Interstate Rail Compact News Today

(The Center Square) – The restoration of Amtrak service to the Gulf Coast is still planned, but city of Mobile officials are balking at the three-year, $3 million subsidy required

(The Center Square) – Delays with new track in Alabama are being cited by Amtrak officials as the holdup for new service on the Gulf Coast.

Railroad industry news about: Federal Railroad Administration, $139 million, grant funding, Special Transportation Circumstances, STC program, rail infrastructure projects, Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming . From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

Special Transportation Circumstances Projects will help link states lacking intercity passenger rail service and improve rail infrastructure