Amtrak Pulls Horizon Fleet
Several trains running on Amtrak corridors outside the Northeast Corridor (NEC) have been cancelled, and the future of other trains is uncertain, due to removal from service of all Horizon cars on
Author: David Peter Alan
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Tenth and Final of a Series: A Look at Costs and Benefits
In this series, we have taken a detailed look at the concept of through-running for regional railroads operated by transit providers and serving a major city, railroads that were formerly considered mainly
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Ninth of a Series: If Not New York, Anywhere Else?
So far in this series, we examined the concept of through-running for local “transit railroads” that serve a city’s downtown core and the suburban areas that surround it. The idea is that
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Pop-Up Metro: New Model for New Starts
First of a Series: July 17, 2023 was a beautiful sunny summer day in Rockhill Furnace, Pa., a town that is not located anywhere near a passenger train. Huntingdon, on Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian
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Eighth of a Series: Penn Station and Grand Central, Perfect Together?
In the previous article in this series, we examined plans for through-running between different railroads serving Penn Station, but not a different type of through-running: trains running through Midtown Manhattan between Penn
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COVID-19 and Rail, Five Years Later
This nation, and most of the world, recently marked five years since much of life as we knew it essentially shut down because of the sudden proliferation of the COVID-19 virus. It
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Whither (Wither?) California High-Speed Rail (Reprise)
California’s High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) project is under attack from the U.S. Department of Transportation again. On Feb. 20, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called for an investigation of the project, which aims to
Making ‘FasTracks’ in the Mile-High City
RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2025 ISSUE: Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) represents an impressive success story for rail transit.
Twelfth of a Series: Amtrak-Sponsored Texas HSR Takes a Step Closer – But to What?
The big buzz and bigger controversy around Texas during the past several years has been a proposal by a company called Texas Central to build and operate a high-speed rail line between
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24th of a Series: A Look Behind the Issues
The future of the controversial Congestion Pricing toll for vehicles entering the downtown and Midtown areas of Manhattan is in court once again. After nearly a dozen cases filed in federal courts