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June CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: June 2011 Performance Report)
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May CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: May 2011 Performance Report)
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AMTRAK Long Distance trains at 40 And, what they still need is more cars!
Comments by Russ Jackson That was then: Forty years is a long time. In this report let’s first take a look at where the western long distance trains started for Amtrak, and then look at today. Charting will be for two trains that were in the Amtrak official timetable #1 for May 1, 1971, which…
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April CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: April 2011 Performance Report)
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March CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: March 2011 Performance Report) Capitol Corridor’s March 2011 performance statistics are in and it’s clear that January and February’s results were not anomalies. Double-digit increases continue as ridership and revenue results once again set new monthly thresholds: A remarkable 148,198 passengers boarded our trains compared to 133,987 during the same…
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Amtrak Updates Fleet Strategy Plan
Commentary by Jarrod DellaChiesa, Director I wish this was an April Fools prank, but it isn’t.
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Don Sepulveda joins Metro
Don Sepulveda has joined Metro has the Executive Officer – Regional Rail. Don will be leading the regional rail team in working on matters related to high speed rail, Metrolink and intercity rail corridors (such as I-5 and the LOSSAN corridor). Done comes to Metro after spending his career in the private sector as a consulting…
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Write the Governor: Re-allocating the Florida HSR Funds
We understand that the Federal Railroad Administration plans to re-allocate HSR funds that Florida has refused to accept. California is among the states vying for a share of the $2.4 billion available. In November of 2009, California was poised to apply for federal funds for improvement of its three intercity rail corridors as well as…
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Commentary on the March 19th RailPAC/NARP Annual Conference
By Noel T. Braymer
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HSR, Commuter Rail discussed at Steel Wheels in CA
Report by Dennis Lytton, RailPAC Director and NARP Council Representative Saturday I attended the joint meeting of RailPAC and NARP at the Los Angeles Metro headquarters building at [Los Angeles] Union Station. The day of presentations included updates from Metrolink’s CEO on future plans including express service to start in May and PTC implementation. Californians for High Speed…