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House Appropriations Sub-Committee Proposes $550 Million for Amtrak The House Appropriations transportation subcommittee passed a bill that would provide Amtrak only $550 million for Fiscal Year 2006. The deep cuts proposed by this committee would mean killing all cross-country trains. Funding at this level would slash Amtrak’s operating budget by more than half. It goes
Read moreCongressmen Support Full Amtrak Funding Congressman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) reacted to Appropriations sub-committee bill that would provide only $550 million dollars for Amtrak by calling it “extremely disappointing.” Together with 170 other members of the House Congressman Menendez sent a letter to the Appropriations sub-committee Chairman and Ranking Member seeking $2 billion for Amtrak in
Read moreNO AGREEMENT REACHED June 28, 2002 By mid-day Friday no agreement had been reached between Amtrak and the Bush Administration for a federal loan guarantee that would prevent a shutdown of Amtrak operations as early as July 8th. Both sides had previously announced that a tentative deal had been reached but talks broke down when
Read moreFRA Denies UP Waiver Request December 20, 2004 -In a letter dated December 17, 2004, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) advised the Union Pacific Railroad that it was denying the railroad’s request for a waiver of various Federal regulations to permit run through trains from Mexico into the United States at Laredo, Texas. Carmen Division
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