Sentences with phrase «passenger rail service»

MassDOT also received a $ 694,000 grant to study the upgrades and improvements needed for a new inland corridor that will allow for higher - speed intercity passenger rail service between Boston, Worcester, and Springfield and Hartford, and New Haven, Connecticut.

Since its inception in 1990, Rocky Mountaineer has grown to become the largest privately owned passenger rail service in North America and welcomed its one millionth guest in 2008.

Since its inception in 1990, the company has grown to become the largest privately owned passenger rail service in North America and welcomed its one millionth guest in 2008.

Engineering and environmental analysis to support new intercity passenger rail service between Chicago, IL, and Omaha, NE.

Amtrak provides intercity passenger rail service on the Blue Water line from Chicago to Port Huron at the border to Canada.

This is the sixth agreement between the states and a host freight railroad for a major high - speed rail corridor funded under the Recovery Act, and it ensures that these grants will improve passenger rail service in North Carolina, while preserving the world class freight rail system we have today.»

It was Amtrak's third high - profile crash in less than seven weeks, intensifying worries about the safety and reliability of passenger rail service in the United States.

«The comprehensive study will help us establish faster passenger rail service for business and leisure travelers moving between Chicago and Detroit, as well as make freight movements more efficient,» Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said.

Construction of two new track spurs in Orange County, CA, improving intercity passenger rail services by minimizing maintenance delays on the Los Angeles - San Diego Pacific Surfliner Corridor.

This week, 165 years ago, the first Indian passenger rail service commenced operations between Bori Bunder and...

This week, 165 years ago, the first Indian passenger rail service commenced operations between Bori Bunder and...

France's rail workers on April 8 launched a second wave of rolling strikes over government plans to reform the debt - ridden state - owned national railway company SNCF before its monopoly on domestic passenger rail services expires.

Brightline will redefine what it means to travel by train in America with express inter-city passenger rail service arriving 2017, providing an important transportation alternative to connect Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, with future service to Orlando.

NEC FUTURE is FRA's comprehensive planning effort to identify ways to improve the reliability, capacity, connectivity, performance and resiliency of passenger rail service throughout the Northeast Corridor through 2040 and beyond.

«More passenger rail service will help relieve already congested roads along the I - 35 corridor and help this region manage the significant population growth on the way,» said FRA Administrator Sarah E. Feinberg.

Current passenger rail service along the Interstate 35 (I - 35) corridor includes three intercity Amtrak services from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth (Heartland Flyer), Fort Worth to San Antonio (Texas Eagle), and Los Angeles to New Orleans through San Antonio (Sunset Limited).

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have released 10 service and route options for new and improved conventional and high - speed passenger rail service connecting Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and South Texas.

«This new rule is a huge step in the right direction to make passenger rail service even safer.»

The finding clears the way for states and the federal government to invest in future passenger rail service in New England.

The new Dearborn station will continue to serve Amtrak's Wolverine passenger rail service, which provides three round trips daily between Pontiac, MI, and Chicago, IL.

The centerpiece of the President's FY 2013 budget for the Department is a six - year $ 476 billion surface transportation reauthorization proposal that will improve America's highways and transit networks, continue to ensure that these systems are safe, and give travelers new options new options by enhancing and expanding passenger rail service.

The improved corridor between Springfield and New Haven is part of an extensive plan developed by Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Amtrak to dramatically transform passenger rail service in New England over the next 20 years.

«Existing passenger rail service through New England is limited and already at capacity for a region that is growing,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail service, provides service to San Antonio at San Antonio Amtrak Station, operating the Texas Eagle daily between San Antonio and Chicago's Union Station.

Owned and operated by American Heritage Railways, the locomotives used to pull today's train are 1923 - 25 vintage and remain 100 % coal - fired and steam operated, providing year - round passenger rail service.

The most heavily subsidised form of transport is probably public transport, notably suburban and regional passenger rail services.

Since its inception in 1990, the company has grown to become the largest privately owned passenger rail service in North America and has hosted over one million guests onboard.

Higgins said there is a need for much faster passenger rail service.

The Texas - Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study evaluates routes and types of service for passenger rail service between Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and South Texas.

Florida East Coast Industries — a company established more than a century ago by rail baron Henry Flagler — announced plans for intercity passenger rail service by 2014 that will run from Miami to Orlando with service in Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.

In fiscal year 2012, FRA awarded a $ 5.6 million grant to TxDOT to fund a study of new and improved passenger rail service to meet future intercity travel demand, improve rail facilities, reduce travel times, and improve connections with regional public transit services as an alternative to bus, plane, and private auto travel.

They'll also talk about transportation issues including the reliability of passenger rail service and the safety of bridges in New York.

This study will be integrated with a companion effort led by the state of Vermont to study intercity passenger rail service between Boston and Montreal via the Inland Route.

Offering unique vacation packages over four spectacular rail routes through British Columbia and Alberta, Rocky Mountaineer has established itself as the largest privately owned passenger rail service in North America.

As part of 2009's landmark American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the White House committed $ 8 billion to efforts to create and maintain high - speed intercity passenger rail service.

The intermodal facility will be designed for the planned Ann Arbor — Detroit commuter rail as well as future high - speed intercity passenger rail service.

The state - owned North Carolina Railroad currently leases track to Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak operates the passenger rail services on the state's behalf.

The money will support President Obama's vision to create livable cities and improve passenger rail service.

FRA found that no significant environmental impacts would result from adding more frequent and higher speed intercity passenger rail service, in large part due to the use of existing operating rail lines within existing rights - of - way.

Rail Improvement Grants - Capital Investment Grant Program to Support Intercity Passenger Rail Service

Authorizes DOT to award such grants for new fixed guideway capital projects and core capacity improvement projects for both public transportation and intercity passenger rail service.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 54 high - speed rail projects in 23 states will share in $ 2.4 billion to continue developing America's first nationwide program of high - speed intercity passenger rail service.

Installation of 1.5 miles of a high - speed third track on the Northeast Corridor near Wilmington, DE, including bridge rehabilitation and replacement to relieve a chokepoint, add capacity for intercity passenger rail service, and improve on - time performance while increasing flexibility for dispatching.

These requirements apply to all forms of fixed route bus and passenger rail service, including Amtrak and light, rapid, and commuter rail.