ALTON, Ill. – Amtrak customers were welcomed by representatives of the railroad, city of Alton, Madison County and the state of Illinois on Sept. 15, 2017, to the gleaming new…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced the availability of $500 million to fund investments in road, rail, transit, intermodal and port projects that will have…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 22, 2017, Amtrak recognized three individuals with its “Champion of the Rails” award. Given out annually as part of the President’s Service and Safety Awards,…
PONTIAC, ILL. – Town officials were joined by state and Amtrak representatives on June 5, 2017, to dedicate a new $2.65 million station in Pontiac, Ill. Lincoln Service trains and the…
LAWRENCE, KAN., and WASHINGTON, D.C. – As May – National Historic Preservation Month – came to a close, local preservation organizations recognized projects at Amtrak-served stations in Lawrence, Kan., and…
Washington Union Station was recently featured on C-SPAN’s American Artifacts history program. Beverley Swaim-Staley, president and CEO of the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, described the grand building’s history and evolution…
RALEIGH, N.C. – Starting in early 2018, Amtrak customers traveling on the Carolinian (New York-Charlotte), Silver Star (New York-Raleigh-Miami) and Piedmont Service (Raleigh-Charlotte) will be greeted with a new multimodal transit center…
ADA Stations Program Progress Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 512 of the 517 stations Amtrak serves in the United States are required to be made accessible.* Determining ADA…
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – City and state leaders gathered at the Sacramento Valley Station on February 23, 2017, to celebrate completion of a two-year renovation of the 68,000-square foot structure, which…
PAOLI, PA. – On February 28, 2017, federal, state and local officials joined together with SEPTA, Amtrak and their honored guests to officially break ground on the Paoli Station Accessibility Improvements…
Amtrak established the Great American Stations Project in 2006 to educate communities on the benefits of redeveloping train stations, offer tools to community leaders to preserve their stations, and provide the appropriate Amtrak resources.
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