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Faster trains to begin carrying passengers as Amtrak's monopoly falls
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 10 months agoORLANDO - Amtrak's decades-old monopoly on intercity passenger rail travel will fall in the coming...
I booked a premium ticket on Florida's high-speed Brightline train for just $44. The first-class...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI enjoyed a cool, clean, and fast journey on Florida's Brightline high-speed train.Molly...
Why doesn’t the US have more passenger trains?
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoIf your idea of train travel – fast, easy, ubiquitous or even glamorous – is from movies like “Before Sunrise” or “Bullet Train” set in Europe or Asia,...
Looking to ride a train out of Columbus? Earliest bet if all goes right might be 2030.
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAlthough federal money is coming to help plan for Amtrak expansion in Ohio, don't expect any...
Keeping Track: Passenger trains may return to S.Ga.
The Moultrie Observer, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 6—VALDOSTA — Efforts are picking up steam to bring passenger rail service back to the Valdosta region after nearly 18 years. The leadership of Amtrak, the quasi-governmental operator of ...
Is $66B in federal funding the 'gamechanger' needed to bring Amtrak back to the Panhandle?
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe federal government has set aside $66 billion to allow Amtrak to reestablish itself as a viable...
What is Brightline like? And could high-speed rail be coming to Tampa?
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoORLANDO — When the fastest train in the country outside of the Northeast began service in Florida in...
Opinion: Is the future of transportation sleeper trains?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn this Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, a Brightline train sits at the station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla....
Tri-Rail arrives in Miami, but not the promised one-seat ride downtown. What’s next?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFor years, Tri-Rail promoted a “one-seat” train ride into Miami from West Palm Beach once it could...
Feds map out potential Amtrak routes from Twin Cities to Denver, Phoenix and San Antonio
Tribune via AOL· 3 months agoImagine riding a train from the Twin Cities to Phoenix, San Antonio, Denver or Seattle. Federal rail officials want to know if you think that's a good idea — or not. A study detailing the possible ...