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November 2013 Capitol Corridor Service Performance
Report by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority The performance results for both ridership and revenue continued to decline in November 2013 when compared to November 2012. For November 2013, a total of 117,891 passengers rode the Capitol Corridor trains, representing a 6.8% drop in ridership and an 8.2% decline in…
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Amtrak opens the Los Angeles Metropolitan Lounge
Report by Paul J. Dyson, RailPAC President Los Angeles, December 19, 2013 Today I attended the opening ceremony of the new Amtrak lounge for sleeping car and Business class passengers. In spite of being Amtrak’s 5th busiest, Los Angeles Union Station has never had a facility of this kind and it is much to be…
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Amtrak Monthly Performance Report
Reported by Anthony Lee, RailPAC Associate Director Each month Amtrak compiles a Performance Report, covering many financial and financial items. Their full (unaudited) report can be found on www.amtrak.com by going to the list of items at the bottom of the home page and selecting “News & Media” then select “Reports & Documents” and then…
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RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (November, 2013)
Here are this month’s photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. Russ Jackson, Photo page editor. 1. How’s this for an historic photo? Is that really Mr. & Mrs. Leland Stanford speaking…
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New Amtrak Cars, But (sigh) Not For The West
Commentary by Russ Jackson, URPA/RailPAC On October 24, 2013, Amtrak rolled out the new low-level Viewliner cars at the manufacturer CAF’s plant in Elmira, New York. The order is for 130 cars: 25 sleeper cars, 25 dining cars, 25 baggage/dormitory cars and 55 baggage cars, and Amtrak is excited. They should be. This is the…
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Capitol Corridor Statistics (October, 2013)
By David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Service Performance Overview FY2013 Projected Results Year-over-year ridership on the Capitol Corridor trains was even with last September. 132,937 passengers rode the Capitol Corridor trains in September 2013, closing out FY 2013 with a total of 1.70 million riders and representing a ridership decrease…
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Six RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (from October, 2013)
Here are this month’s 6 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. Russ Jackson, Photo page editor. 1. Amtrak opened its Metropolitan Lounge at Los Angeles Union Station in early October. First…
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Capitol and other CA Corridor Statistics (September, 2013)
By David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Year-over-year ridership on the Capitol Corridor trains was even with last September. 132,937 passengers rode the Capitol Corridor trains in September 2013, closing out FY 2013 with a total of 1.70 million riders and representing a 2.6% decrease in riders compared to FY 2012.…
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RailPAC PHOTOS of the Month (September, 2013)
Here are this month’s 5 photos by RailPAC photographers. Click on each photo to see it full size! Contributions to this page are welcome. Send your jpg rail photos to RailPAC Photo Editor, at [email protected]. 1. Two Metrolink trains connected together, at the Oceanside Transit Center. On September 20 RailPAC’s Noel Braymer was on board.…
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Capitol and other CA Corridor Statistics (August, 2013)
From David B. Kutroksy, Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Capitol Corridor Service Performance After a bounce in ridership in July 2013, ridership dropped in August 2013 by 2.2% compared to August 2012. A total of 143,080 passengers rode Capitol Corridor trains in August. Initial evaluation of conductor counts indicated that ridership for August…