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	Regional (Amtrak) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Regional is Amtrak's service between Newport News, Virginia and Boston, Massachusetts.
		Amtrak removed the Acela from the name due to mass confusion by passengers with the high speed Acela Express.
		On October 28, 1995, Amtrak introduced the NortheastDirect brand for all trains on the Northeast Corridor (and its extension to Newport News, Virginia) except for the express Metroliner and hourly Clocker services.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regional_(Amtrak) (875 words)

	Amtrak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The members of Amtrak's board of directors are appointed by the President of the United States, and are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate.
		Amtrak's old logo from 1971 to 2000, often called the "pointless arrow" or, less often but officially by Amtrak, the "inverted arrow." On July 6, 2000 Amtrak unveiled "...a new logo whose shape and suggestion of movement convey the comfort and uniqueness of the rail experience.
		Amtrak's portion was acquired in 1976 as a result of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amtrak (5638 words)

	Joseph Henchman's Web Site - Papers - Public Policy analysis of Amtrak
		Regional trains, where they are run, are the result of state initiatives; Amtrak discontinued many of these trains in 1995, and states have provided funds for Amtrak to continue operating them.
		Amtrak and NARP quickly issued releases pointing out the importance of a healthy rail system for national defense and mobility, and four Amtrak-related bills were introduced.
		Amtrak’s focus is not on regional short distance corridors, and states have had to step in to receive adequate service.
	members.aol.com /JDHenchman/papers/amtrak.html (4002 words)

	NYC Subways 2020
		Another part of Amtrak's current woes is that it is tied to Federal purse strings, and becomes a target and lightening rod for unreasonable expectations and self-serving policies.
		Regional Trunk Lines (shown on the map in various shades of green) might be single or double track, and would run on headways of 30 to 120 minutes.
		Regional Trunk Lines may be owned and operated by a single state or regional operating authority, or by a consortium of several such operating authorities.
	members.tripod.com /subways2020/AMTK2020/AMTK2020.html (1281 words)

	Plan for Amtrak's N.E. Corridor raises questions - The Boston Globe
		A preliminary step toward spinning off Amtrak's Northeast Corridor train service was touted as a crucial move forward by the rail agency's chairman yesterday, but it was greeted with questions and outright opposition from politicians, rail advocates, and regional planners.
		Amtrak's chairman, David M. Laney, said that splitting off the Boston-to- Washington, D.C. corridor -- the system's most heavily traveled leg -- under joint federal-state management is the only way to revitalize US passenger rail service.
		Amtrak supporters are pushing for the passage of a Senate bill that would reduce Amtrak's federal operating subsidy by 40 percent but would give it money for improvements to tracks and equipment.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/10/14/plan_for_amtraks_ne_corridor_raises_questions (716 words)

	UTU: News
		Amtrak engineers said there is no immediate safety risk for passengers passing over the century-old bridges, but Amtrak officials are saying the ailing infrastructure is the result of inadequate funding from Congress, drawing rebukes from some lawmakers.
		Amtrak estimates the cost for repairing all three to be more than $31 million, and no plan exists to deal with the impact of permanent bridge failure.
		Amtrak is highlighting the bridge problems as its case in point about the impact of at least a decade of deferred maintenance.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=14810 (912 words)

	Future of Amtrak Topic of Regional Conference
		Yet the mood of those interested in the fate of the Kentucky Cardinal and Amtrak remained upbeat this weekend at the National Association of Railroad Passengers regional conference at the Galt House Hotel.
		Congress and Amtrak are playing a high-stakes game of chicken with the country's train service, said Howard Harding, retired Akron, Ohio, transportation director and member of the association board.
		The Amtrak Reform Council, formed by Congress in 1997 to look at the rail agency's business practices and its potential to break even, has already recommended an administrative restructuring and opening current routes to bid.
	www.bmwe.org /News/2002/03mar/124.htm (588 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Amtrak would employ franchising itself in the conduct of its long distance train operations by franchising to local entrepreneurs, who might be the existing Amtrak station agents, the right to operate Amtrak ticketing facilities at the local station.
		Amtrak would also franchise private sector motor vehicle operators to function as feeders to Amtrak long haul routes in markets not reachable by rail in much the same way that the trunk airlines franchise the so-called commuter carriers to feed traffic to them at their hub airports.
		The new Amtrak will be fully accountable for the costs of its retirees, but whatever level of subsidization Congress might choose to provide to RRA accounts for other retirees must be channeled through different means than the Amtrak budget.
	www.unitedrail.org /pubs/reorganize/8.htm (1286 words)

	Don't Bankrupt Amtrak
		Amtrak wouldn't have the luxury of "time-out-to-reorganize" bankruptcy provisions the airlines have used.
		Mineta predicts private operators would bid for new regional passenger rail opportunities, and the federal government would consider a 50-50 match with states that are willing to invest in new tracks and stations.
		Amtrak enjoys, for example, preferential legal rights to run its trains on rights of way the freight railways own, and at legally restrained prices.
	www.commondreams.org /views05/0328-32.htm (954 words)

	Amtrak’s beginnings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Amtrak’s arrow logo was replaced in 2000 with its wave-like “travel mark” introduced concurrent with the launch of its satisfaction guarantee program, and in anticipation of the inauguration of the high-speed Acela Express.
		Amtrak’s early years are often called the “Rainbow Era,” which refers to the arrangement of hand-me-down engines, coaches and sleepers from the various railroads that formed the colorful consists of early Amtrak trains.
		Amtrak’s network of trains grew as well, and some of the cities and towns that had been without service on May 1, 1971, later became part of the Amtrak system.
	www.trains.com /Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/123clbam.asp (2304 words)

	Some Amtrak service to return today
		Regional Amtrak trains were expected to resume normal service today, with some long delays, after a freight train derailment in the south Bronx yesterday led the railroad to suspend service between Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station and New Haven, Conn.
		Amtrak said in a statement that updated advisories will be issued today when more information about service restoration becomes available.
		Amtrak had other schedule disruptions earlier this summer when brake cracks forced the suspension of the high-speed Acela trains for nearly three months.
	www.thejournalnews.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050824/NEWS02/508240368/1018 (338 words)

	Penn: Office of the Comptroller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		If you are currently holding a unreserved ticket for a weekday Regional train traveling after April 24, you may exchange it for a reserved ticket of the same class and fare (peak/off-peak) at no additional charge.
		Amtrak, in compliance with a security directive issued by the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA), will implement a random passenger identification verification policy on board trains.
		Passengers purchasing tickets from Amtrak ticket offices or on board trains must be 15 years of age or older and possess valid photo identification in order to purchase an Amtrak ticket.
	www.finance.upenn.edu /comptroller/travel/policies/new_amtrak.shtml (860 words)

	Light Rail Now - Attack on Amtrak is an Attack on Regional Corridor Public Transport
		Nevertheless, regional corridor ridership is certainly crucial, and a further essential interface with urban transit, both bus and rail.
		Amtrak's California Zephyr, shown here negotiating the Rockies through Colorado, provides an example of how a "long-distance" train route actually comprises a series of "short-haul" corridors and provides essential regional interconnections – all of which would be zapped by Bush's Amtrak shutdown proposal.
		Instead, Amtrak's current services should be retained and approached as a basis on which to develop a truly rational, viable national railroad system – not a candidate for the guillotine.
	www.lightrailnow.org /features/f_amtrak_2005-03.htm (1013 words)

	USATODAY.com - Amtrak may finally be at the end of the line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Amtrak has limped along for more than a generation not because it's still needed.
		A Senator demands Amtrak keep running loss-making routes with famous names just so he can tell the folks back home that he kept a train arriving at the state capital at four in the morning every third Tuesday.
		With Amtrak gone and a stake driven through the heart of the 19th century fantasy of a national passenger railroad system, the tracks would be clear for discussing serious rail solutions for 21st century America.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/columnist/brancatelli/2005-02-18-brancatelli_x.htm (1013 words)

	Destination: Freedom - February 1, 2000
		Amtrak shares the yard with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Commuter Rail division, but the commuter trains are expected to move to its Readville, Mass., facility, about nine miles west near the end of the Dorchester Branch.
		Amtrak is reporting that the corporation beat its business plan target by more than $2 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2000 (from Oct. 1, 1999 to Dec. 31) with total revenue up 8 percent to $476 million.
		The Amtrak figure of $8 million better, says ARC, stems from higher than projected net earnings from commuter, reimbursable and commercial activities which were $19.6 million ahead of projections due to "renegotiated contracts for easements," "flagging" costs to contractors on the NEC, and increased charges to state and local governments and commuter authorities.
	www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df02012000.html (9720 words)

	Sacramento Amtrak Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Sacramento Amtrak Station is located in the former Southern Pacific Railroad Terminal Building at 4th and I Streets in downtown Sacramento.
		The City of Sacramento and the Union Pacific RR, owner of the historic station which houses Amtrak's personnel and is used by over 300,000 passengers annually, plan to relocate the train passengers so that the remainder of the Union Pacific's holdings in downtown Sacramento may be sold and turned into commercial real estate.
		Current proposals include relocating the Amtrak passenger facilities out of the current station, further from the central business district, into a smaller (yet to be built) building.
	www.amtrakcalifornia.com /depots/stops/sac.htm (529 words)

	UTU: News
		Amtrak routes in most of the rest of the country see little more than one train a day, but these trains -- or at least the fear of losing them -- become very important to local politicians.
		Amtrak estimates it will need to spend more than $1 billion a year just to get the Northeast Corridor back to a state of reasonable repair.
		Murray said that Amtrak's strategy seems to be that unless it gets the money it wants, "the states that currently enjoy the best rail service and put up none of their own money will continue to enjoy that service while the rest of the country will have to do without."
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=752 (607 words)

	Columbia Missourian - House panel votes to cut regional Amtrak funding
		The Amtrak service has been a target of some legislative budget-cutters for several years but has always survived in the final version of the budget.
		The state has helped cover the cost of the Amtrak route for years, but some lawmakers, especially in areas the train doesn’t reach, have grumbled about the funding.
		To help control the state’s costs, Amtrak agreed to impose a special $5 surcharge on Missouri passengers in 2003 and also eliminated ticket agents at some depots.
	columbiamissourian.com /news/story.php?ID=12487 (442 words)

	Amtrak Acela Regional Page 1-!!-Stan's RailPix.
		It is from the Amtrak Winter 2000 Timetable, the first timetable with Acela Regional Service.
		At this time, Acela Regional service includes one morning and afternoon departure daily that will offer travel times of less than four hours between Boston and New York.
		Amtrak's Northeast Corridor is the heaviest traveled railroad in North America, with 1,400 trains operating over some portion of the Washington-Boston route each day.
	www.trainweb.org /railpix/regional1.html (411 words)

	SJSU Transportation Solutions - Regional transit serving SJSU: Amtrak Capitol Corridor
		Amtrak Capitol Corridor is an intercity train service operating between Auburn, Sacramento, Oakland and San Jose.
		On weekdays, Amtrak offers 12 roundtrip trains between Oakland and Sacramento, with 4 roundtrips extending to San Jose from Oakland and 1 roundtrip to Auburn from Sacramento.
		Amtrak provides bus connection between San Jose and Oakland to connect with other Capitol Corridor trains.
	ts.sjsu.edu /Commute_Tips/_ifacc.htm (271 words)

	Dan Chazin's Trip on the Amtrak Capitol Limited and Regional
		Amtrak decided not to publish a large-format Northeast timetable this fall, but at least it made the less-attractive card timetables available.
		About 4:55 p.m., I walked through Gate G (a sign there states that "for safety reasons," only Amtrak employees may use this gate, but the sign is widely ignored), thereby bypassing the line that formed at Gate K, and I walked downstairs to Track 26 to board Train #178.
		Today's Regional Train #178 is pulled by AEM-7 engine #943 and includes four Acela Coachclass cars, an unreconditioned Amfleet I coach, a café car and a Business Class car.
	www.trainweb.com /travelogues/dchazin/2003d07a/2003d08a.html (4252 words)

	Amtrak and commuter rail
		MARC multi-ride ticket holders may ride the Amtrak trains printed in the MARC timetable at no additional cost, Monday through Friday, in accordance with the zone/city pairs on their ticket.
		Now with regard to California, one of the reasons that there is some cross honoring of tickets by Amtrak, is the fact that most of the commuter services in CA are run by Amtrak under contract from the state.
		And, Amtrak has so little authority or power in that corridor that it was recently forced to accept local stops for certain of its trains in Orange County as a condition for adding the new LAX-SLO train in November.
	www.flyertalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=386157 (1636 words)

	Warring States Travel \| Coming By Train
		Amtrak connects at Springfield with the Peter Pan bus line, and most train journeys to Amherst finish with that bus connection (for bus instructions, see the Bus page).
		The Springfield Amtrak station is a short walk from the Springfield bus station, and those with light luggage should find no difficulty in going from one to the other.
		Reservations are required on Amtrak; see your travel agent or go direct to the Amtrak web site.
	www.umass.edu /wsp/conferences/travel/train.html (891 words)

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