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The Tennessee Association of Railroad Passengers will hold a Rail Passenger Meeting on Saturday, August 18, 2018, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at Casey Jones Village in Jackson, Tennessee. We cordially invite rail passengers from Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi to join us. The price to...

Finally some good news on the new Birmingham, Alabama Intermodal Transit Center! According to an article late last week the new facility is under construction and - except for a few thousand honey bees - is right on schedule. The local transit section is expected to open in June 2016 with...

Any word on when the new Intermodal Gateway station will open in East Lansing? I heard it would open this fall, but I can't find any updated articles or photos.

On April 20th and 21st I attended the NARP Spring Council meeting and the annual Day of the Hill event. This was my first time participating in any NARP events outside of my home region. This was also my first time entering the halls of our national government. There was never a doubt in my...

I just got an e-mail from a friend at Amtrak. Amtrak and Greyhound have put together a new Thruway Bus connection that serves Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee; Paducah, Kentucky; and Evansville, Indiana via the St. Louis Gateway Station. The bus schedules are already loaded on Amtrak.com...

Last week my entire family closed up shop for a one-week vacation in the greater Detroit area along with a round trip on VIA Rail Canada from Windsor to Toronto. A little background information: we used to have a home outside of Detroit when my father managed a design facility for Chrysler...

A couple years ago there was mention of a study to redevelop all or part of the former Gulf Breeze service that was sponsored by the State of Alabama and discontinued in 1995. If you like to read long, detailed documents, grab your coffee and click here. I just started reading it myself...will...

Yesterday I received the newsletter for the Denver Union Station project. I see that the hotel facility will open in the summer of 2014 and the transit center will open in the spring of 2014. But here's what threw me: they mentioned that in February they will "complete the remaining track...

The Birmingham City Council unanimously approved a $2.57 million contract to begin infrastructure work for the new mass transit hub downtown. The long-awaited facility will bring Amtrak, Greyhound, and local transit under one new roof and replace one of Amtrak's worst station facilities. Click...

Remember the Customer Service Excellence Program on the California Zephyr? It was in the C.Z. PIP report and I've seen it mentioned here a couple times. I put it to the ultimate test. I arranged for two cousins of mine, twins who are 19 y.o., to take the California Zephyr from Chicago to...

On June 10th I set out for my annual vacation with my usual trip on Amtrak. For years I have been planning a visit to Holland, Michigan. I have always heard that it's a beautiful, scenic and friendly town with a well-preserved Dutch culture and identity. Finding my way to Holland Yes, there...

I came across this article in Yahoo! finance this morning: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/airlines-retrenching-alternatives-slim-150607698.html As expected, the writer mentions how the opportunity to build high speed rail is getting away from us, but also mentions how existing rail services are...

Tell me about the Amtrak facility at Indianapolis. Is it good or bad as far as appearance or functionality? Does Greyhound harm or enhance the service there? I hear that it was home to a shopping mall comparable to St. Louis Union Station but that the venture failed. Tell me the story there...

On Sunday, April 17th, I drove to Memphis, Tennessee to take a round trip on Amtrak's City of New Orleans. This was a dual purpose business/pleasure trip. As I approached downtown Memphis I was overwhelmed by the downtown traffic. There must have been a major event in town because I could not...

Some relatives of mine went to New Orleans for a three day vacation after Christmas. When they were scheduled to depart, they went to the terminal only to find that their train was delayed. Evidently, the southbound Crescent from the day before was chronically late due to the winter storms...

Howdy folks. We may one day have an alternative to Atlanta's Peachtree station. Douglasville, GA passed a resolution to ask Amtrak to stop in their city, which is a growing western Atlanta suburb. The Crescent (19 & 20) passes through on its way between Atlanta and Anniston, AL. I hope this...

On June 28th I attended a business conference in downtown Memphis. Being in the same town as a train station I can never resist going for a short trip on the rails. So, I planned in advance to make a round trip to Chicago leaving on the 30th. I have made the round trip from Memphis to Chicago...

Here is the link to her story. She describes a peculiar situation at the Holland, MI train station. Then, she notes that first class sleeping and dining car services have really gone down. Finally, she describes a nightmarish experience at Chicago Union Station. I pray that what she went...

CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS Editorial January 3, 2007 Wrong track on Amtrak It appears that hope for slashing unconstitutional taxpayer subsidies to the Amtrak rail service is evaporating. With Amtrak's subsidy-friendly Democrats taking control of Congress (and aided by some...

Dearest Rail Advocates, It looks like I will help put together next year's Region 5 NARP conference. I want to steer this one in a direction of getting our message out to the public and try not to simply "preach to the choir". Send me some suggestions on what we can do, activity wise, to move...