Mass Transit

STV, Amtrak break ground on Ivy City Yard modernization project

STV and Amtrak have broken ground on the Ivy City Yard modernization project that will support next-generation trainsets and ...

‘Party time on that train’: Officials seek more Amtrak Mardi Gras train data as ridership surges

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service is off to a booming start, drawing more than 46,000 passengers in its first 90 days and far ...
Railway Age

For Amtrak, ‘A Year of Records’

Amtrak closed its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25, Oct. 1 2024 – Sept. 30, 2025) on Sept. 30 with “record ridership and revenue—marking another year of growth and strong performance, “underscoring the growing ...

Scott Walker calls downtown Madison Amtrak proposal a 'dumb idea'

Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who opposed connecting Milwaukee and Madison via rail, says he was "right to kill this idea years ago." ...

In the US, high cost and low use make the future of high-speed rail bumpy | The Conversation

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains in this interview why high ...

5 Trends Reshaping The Future Of Transportation Rail Infrastructure

We began this century with rails built for trains, and I believe we’ll end it with corridors built for intelligence—and speed ...
FOX6 News Milwaukee on MSN

New rail service studied to connect Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Chicago

The Milwaukee-Area–Racine–Kenosha (MARK) Passenger Rail Commission held on Friday, Dec. 5, its inaugural meeting to explore ...

Historic Utah train depot, left without passengers for nearly 3 decades, may see return to service

After Amtrak stopped serving Ogden, the city went without any passenger trains until 2008, when the Utah Transit Authority’s ...
Railway Age

RUN Conference: New Starts, UP-NS Merger, Amtrak Equipment Needs

On Nov. 14, the Rail Users’ Network (RUN) held its fall online conference. Its theme was “An Update—Keeping You Informed in the World of Passenger Rail & Rail Transit.” The organization also ...

High-speed rail moves millions throughout the world every day – but in the US, high cost and low use make its future bumpy

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan’s bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 ...
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High-speed rail moves millions throughout the world every day, but in the US its future is bumpy

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan's bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 ...
The Westerly Sun

R.I. to get input on rail upgrades plan

WESTERLY — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is coming to Westerly to host a public listening session on its ...