Amtrak
BUFFALO, NY - JUNE 05: U.S. Border Patrol agents check passenger identifications aboard an Amtrak train from Chicago to New York City on June 5, 2013 in Buffalo, New York. The agents set up a 24 hour check of transportation hubs in and around Buffalo. They said they received intelligence of undocumented immigrants passing through the area. The Border Patrol also monitors cross along the northern border between the United States and Canada.
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Right now, cyclists from Long Island, New York City and the Hudson Valley and the south, and the whole Montreal region in the north have no way for getting to these events on Amtrak regional lines ... A lot of them are city dwellers, they don't have cars, so if Amtrak doesn't allow you to ride with bikes, which is the way you recreate, you're not going to be coming here even though you may want to.
Right now, cyclists from Long Island, New York City and the Hudson Valley and the south, and the whole Montreal region in the north have no way for getting to these events on Amtrak regional lines ... A lot of them are city dwellers, they don't have cars, so if Amtrak doesn't allow you to ride with bikes, which is the way you recreate, you're not going to be coming here even though you may want to.
We're urging Amtrak to add baggage cars to the Adirondack and Ethan Allen lines so that passengers can bring their bicycles along with them on their trips to Saratoga, Lake George, Lake Placid, Lake Champlain and the thousands of miles of bike trails throughout the Capital Region and the North CountryMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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LIRR: Wednesday morning rush 'looking good'
it didn't create problems. "It doesn't happen very often, so it's fine," he said of the derailment.Clifford Cole, spokesman for Amtrak, which is conducting the repair work, said the agency had no estimate for when the work would be finished, but is "keeping 7:11 AM Read more »
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NY lawmakers push Amtrak for bike baggage cars
-- New York lawmakers want Amtrak to add baggage cars to its passenger trains that would be capable of carrying bicycles.U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and state Sens. Betty Little of Warren County and Brad Hoylman of Manhattan said Monday such a move would get Read more »
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LIRR project to ease congestion to cause summer service disruptions
busiest train junction in the country. Just east of the East River tunnels that lead into Penn Station, Harold is used by the LIRR, Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and freight carrier New York & Atlantic."It allows us to really untangle Harold and create really Read more »
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Editorial: Breaking the bottleneck at Penn Station
in 1929, will open in 2016.Fortunately, Penn's improvements should move faster. One reason is that the concrete casement Amtrak just greenlighted is the prelude to a platform over the Hudson rail yards, which will support a massive new cluster of commercial, Read more »
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Feds: $185M for new rail tunnel connecting Penn Station to N.J.
Hudson tunnel, more than a century old, flooded during superstorm Sandy, shutting down the entire Northeast Corridor used by Amtrak . And so it was "perfectly permissible" to use federal dollars dedicated to Sandy rebuilding efforts to help fund a new, flood-resistant Read more »
Around the web
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Visitor's center has new location
alone does well over 550,000 passenger trips as year. This is a hub for both Peter Pan and Amtrak who transport thousands of people in and out of the Berkshires. So it's very area appropriate that the city of Pittsfield is located here so greet our visitors 45 m ago from Your News Now - Amsterdam / Mohawk Valley Read more »
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Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
NY State Senators Brad Hoylman and Betty Little – The coalition of New York State elected officials are working to ensure that Amtrak allows “walk-on” bicycles on two lines — the Ethan Allen and Adirondack — in upstate New York as a way to boost tourism and 2:56 PM from Mobilizing The Region Read more »
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Orlando Amtrak station to get $4M in upgrades for SunRail: report
The city plans to upgrade the street, organize parking and improve the sidewalk. The money for the road improvements will come from the state, and the project is slated to be complete by next summer when SunRail trains hit the tracks. If you are commenting 12:19 PM from Orlando Business Journal Read more »
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I-5 Skagit bridge reopens today - House THUD bill cuts Amtrak, keeps towers open - Mica slams Amtrak 'gourmet' food - Chrysler to recall 2.7 million Jeeps
as requiring the furlough of “hundreds of mechanics.” Kathryn for Pros: http://politico.pro/12HSrS8 Boardman not on board: Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman blasted the bill’s cuts in a Tuesday call with reporters, saying the bill “puts every one of our 9:42 AM from The Politico Read more »
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LIRR expects near-normal AM rush-hour
crews worked into the early-morning hours Wednesday to repair switches and 500 feet of track damaged by a tunnel derailment on Monday night. Tuesday’s commute was a tough one, with dozens of rush-hour trains cancelled or diverted. No injuries were reported 7:25 AM from Long Island Business Network Read more »
