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Overview of the March 27 San Joaquin JPA Board Meeting
Outlined below are some key takeaways I found noteworthy from the March 27th San Joaquin JPA Board meeting: The Fresno City and County presentation was an overview of the new 2-year pilot Thruway bus initiative linking Fresno with Yosemite National Park and Fresno with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. This 2-year pilot project is…
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Breaking News!
Approval has just been granted to form a State Assembly Select Committee for Passenger Rail. More details to come…
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San Francisco Amtrak Station Will Move
Mike Barnbaum Effective Sunday, March 1, 2015, five Amtrak Routes (Pacific Surfliner, San Joaquin, Capitol Corridor, California Zephyr, and Coast Starlight) will be affected by stop and schedule changes in San Francisco, California due to the relocation of the staffed Amtrak ticket office from 101 The Embarcadero (Ferry Building) to 200 Folsom Street (San Francisco…
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CAHSR Groundbreaking Ceremony – January 6, 2015
Photos by Paul Dyson, President
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Amtrak’s 2014 – The Real Stats
Amtrak continually tells us about how many passengers they put into seats in the Northeast corridor. What many suspect because of far longer travel distances, but never can get Amtrak to say, is that in passenger miles (passenger mile = one passenger riding for one mile), and is said by some to be the most…
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Bipartisan Passenger Rail Legislation introduced in U.S. House
PRESS RELEASE Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Passenger Rail Legislation READ THE BILL at http://transportation.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hr5449.pdf For Immediate Release: September 11, 2014 Contact: Jim Billimoria, Justin Harclerode Washington, DC – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders today introduced bipartisan legislation that improves the infrastructure, reduces costs, leverages private sector resources, creates greater accountability and transparency, and accelerates project…
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RailPAC member rides the Silver Star
Trip Report and PHOTOS by Anthony Lee, RailPAC Associate Director After spending a couple of days at the Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center at Disney World as well as Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, I decided to take the Amtrak’s Sliver Service Silver Star instead of driving home. This is my first time riding the…
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Los Angeles Union Station 75th Anniversary event
Report and PHOTOS by Robert Manning, Executive VP, RailPAC The combination National Train Day and 75th anniversary for LAUS was a success even though the temperature hit 91, which made for a very hot day. In spite of this thousands attended making it very hard to move about. The photo below shows the main waiting…
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Caltrain Board Honors Art Lloyd for 26 Years of Service
On April 3, RailPAC’s Vice President Art Lloyd was commended for his 26 years of service on the Caltrain Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board.He will remain involved with “Emeritus” status as a consultant and for his vast railroad historical knowledge. We at RailPAC can only echo the sentiments expressed therein and add our congratulations and…
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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…