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Will Amtrak Service Link Tucson and Phoenix? Will Amtrak Service Link Tucson and Phoenix? Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Amtrak’s proposal calls for three daily round-trips from Tucson through to Phoenix and Buckeye (see map above), running on host freight railroad Union Pacific. Eleven Arizona mayors—led by Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego—have released a joint letter to the state’s congressional d...

Amtrak service is back on a full schedule in Illinois for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The resumption of service means that there are once again five daily round trips between Chicago and St. Louis, including the Lincoln Service and Texas Eagle routes with stops in Springfield. There are also two daily roundtrips between Chicago and Quincy, and three per day between Chicago and Carbondale. The schedule was scaled back more than a year ago as ridership plunged amid shutdowns a...

State of Illinois supported Amtrak trains will resume full service soon. The Illinois Department of Transportation says the Lincoln Service, Carl Sandburg/Illinois Zephyr and Illini/Saluki trains will resume full service on Monday. Service levels had been reduced by half due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the resumption of a full schedule, there will be three daily roundtrips between Chicago and Carbondale (including the Amtrak national City of New Orleans), five daily roundtrips between Chicag...

Amtrak, America’s only major passenger train system, is re-examining timetables and finding other ways to improve its 15 national routes to bring in more riders and revenue. Among those under review are two routes that dip into Ohio and are practically hidden at night, their trains passing through when most people are sleeping. In many states, travelers who take Amtrak’s long-distance trains for vacations or out-of-state business trips board in the middle of the night and return home from s...

Internal Revenue Service | (Courtesy, The Heritage Foundation) The IRS has reversed an earlier decision denying tax-exempt status to a Christian organization it had previously deemed too political because it advises voters to read what the Bible says on issues such as the sanctity of life and marriage. Christians Engaged, a nonprofit group based in Garland, Texas, led by conservative activist Bunni Pounds, had previously applied for an exemption under Section 501(c)(3), only to be rejected earl...

Plan would restore rail service to big swath of the Midwest HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, The Associated Press June 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Proponents of expanding passenger rail service through Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas hope an anticipated influx of federal infrastructure funding will get the the long-discussed route off the ground. The project, which is among 39 new routes that Amtrak has proposed, calls for extending the Heartland Flyer. The train now travels south fr...

Jun. 9—The top two executives of Amtrak committed their support Tuesday to creating a new rail route that would link Newton and Wichita to Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, opening a variety of possible connections to Chicago and the east and west coasts. The proposal announced by Amtrak President Stephen Gardner and CEO Bill Flynn would close a longstanding gap by extending the Heartland Flyer ...

The service will be offered to sleeping car passengers on the railroads western long-distance routes.

The content will be live through June 16, 2021 and accessible via the MoDOT webpage. The virtual open house format allows members of the public to access the materials at any time through June 16. The public is invited to view the information about Missouri’s passenger rail network, ask questions of MoDOT and the project team and leave comments on how passenger rail service can better service the citizens of Missouri. The passenger rail component of the State Freight and Rail Plan examines ...