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November 12, 2011

US High Speed Rail News. Google. 12th November 2011

Passenger coalition seeks funding approval for Amtrak, high-speed rail

Progressive Rail Roading - ‎Nov 11, 2011‎
Wednesday, the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) sent a letter to House and Senate negotiators in conference on a bill that will decide the fiscal-year 2012 budget for Amtrak and the national high-speed rail program. ...

More trains for NW may mean no more service

Crosscut - ‎Nov 11, 2011‎
Oregon will soon receive more Talgo trains, made in an American plant. But advocates fear Northwest states will miss the chance to open new service. By CB Hall The Pacific Northwest's pool of passenger-rail equipment will get a boost next June, ...

Reroute plan bypasses city; US-subsized Amtrak weighing change in light of $94 ...

Trinidad Times Independent - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎
Amtrak's Southwest Chief line, which wends its way over Raton Pass and descends through Trinidad en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, faces possible rerouting due to a $94 million price tag on repairing tracks owned ...

Amtrak's Total Cost Put Into Perspective

Railroad.net - Tracking news and events in the railroad industry - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎
by christopher-mahoney on November 10, 2011 For the last several months, Amtrak has been attacked in Washington and in the general public as a waste of tax payers money. In 2011 alone, Amtrak received $1.4 billion in taxpayer subsidies, which many feel ...

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