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December 6 article in the Roanoke Times: State hunts for contractor to build Roanoke Amtrak platform. Excerpt: If they have not even awarded the contract yet, I would count on delays. So, yea, Roanoke service likely won't start until early 2018. The article, BTW, has a tentative schedule with a...

Good news. So maybe the Vermonter can be extended to Montreal in only 4 or 5 years? :huh:

FYI, the State Fact Sheets for FY2016 with station passenger numbers and other info have been posted. Two station numbers to start with: NYP: FY16 = 10,436,909; FY15 = 10,189,521 One that I had wondered about with the respectable ridership increase on the CZ. Denver: FY16 = 139,652; FY15 =...

The Harold Interlocking project is a part of the East Side Access project, they are not separate projects. If you want to find out more on the status, check the rather detailed quarterly reports on the MTA ESA project document webpage. However, the last quarterly report is from the 1st quarter...

The last news article I recall reading on the Acca Yard Bypass indicated that it was expected to be complete by early 2018. It is possible that there has been a schedule slip, but I interpret Winter 2018 as by March 1 or 21, 2018. A recent post on here indicated that a short service...

I agree. She was Labor Secretary during the Bush Administration and has a previous stint in transportation, so at least she has experience in transportation and in running a Cabinet department. Many of other major appointments or selections announced so far have zero experience in government...

The cost of the SmarTrip card is $2. The cards can now be purchased at any of the standard ticket vending machines at a charge of $2 on top of the money paid for the initial fare. Since the minimum fare for the DC Metro is $1.75 (off-peak for short distance trips), can get one for $3.75 total...

Update on the timeframe for starting the Quad Cities service: Moline expects passenger rail to be rolling by early 2018. Excerpts: Will they actually start service in early 2018 or will the schedule slip again?

Amtrak is calling it the 30% Off Track Friday Sale Through Cyber Monday sale (link to the webpage listing which train services are on sale).

A search for Tier III regulations turned up this three year old thread. The wheels of federal rule making turn slowly. The FRA released their proposed Tier III rules on November 21 to be posted in the Federal Register with 60 days allowed for comments and feedback. FRA press release: FRA...

I agree. But a CR next January or February for the remainder of FY2017 for the entire federal budget is not likely. But in the context of big political fights over the Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank, infrastructure funding. and all the hot button issues, perhaps the small stuff such as...

Trains magazine has posted a short interview article on Wick Moorman that is of interest. He makes it clear that he is not planning on a long tenure as CEO. Moorman: Amtrak CEO tenure will be short. Not behind a paywall (at the moment). Some excerpts: Rolling stock and LD trains comments: The...

Remember, IDOT is only acting as the coordinating agency for the Midwest 3 state consortium which collectively will own the SC-44s (and the N-S bi-levels). So Michigan and Missouri have a voice in who gets the new shiny locomotives first. I expect the states have agreed to a deployment schedule...

The schedule for the current NFK service with it's early AM weekday departure from NFK is aimed at providing contractors and military personnel in the Norfolk area the ability to make day trips to DC. So the train departs NFK very early, the return trip departs WAS circa 4 PM. This is what...

Last week, the FRA posted fact sheets for 3 corridors that list all the projects on the corridor with (estimated) completion year for each project. Useful overview of the funded projects for those corridors. The links to the eLibrary page are below (can read or download the 2 page PDFs from...

Mica does not need to go home to Florida to look for a job. As a former Committee chairman, he could cash in with DC law and lobby firms and make a lot more than he been making as a Congressman. If he is picked as Transportation Secretary and takes the position, he won't make as much money, but...

Agreed. NYC has by far the most extensive heavy rail rapid transit system and regional rail systems in the US. LA is going to make huge strides over the next 20 to 30 years with this additional funding (assuming politicians don't get elected and stall or kill parts of it sometime in the next...

WSDOT is Washington State DOT, not Wisconsin. So, IL and CA opted to start from xxx1 while WA opted to started from xxx0. Oh, a start from Zero versus One indexing issue! :o

Some rather interesting items in the November 8 minutes of the NGEC executive board with regards to the N-S bi-level contract. Status Update: Would be interesting to learn how are they finagling a contract extension beyond the ARRA deadline. The surprise item in the minutes is about NCDOT...

The answer is in the November 8 meeting minutes of the NGEC executive committee. Excerpt from the status update section for the Charger Procurement: