USDOT Weighs In on Gulf Coast Service
USDOT Weighs In on Gulf Coast Service Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
More than 300 people rode Amtrak’s Gulf Coast Inspection Train (pictured) from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Fla., in February 2016, as part of an ongoing effort to restore passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast, which was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and never resumed. (Marc Glucksman, Amtrak)
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) “stands ready” to work with Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS) and other stakeholders to restore “long overdue” passenger service between New Orleans and Mobile, it wrote in a recent Surface Transportation Board (STB) filing.
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press Apr 27, 2021
U.S. Census Bureau via AP
In this image from video provided by the U.S. Census Bureau,
acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau Ron Jarmin speaks as a
graphic showing the U.S. population as of April 1, 2020, is
displayed during a virtual news conference Monday, April 26, 2021.
The Census Bureau is releasing the first data from its 2020
headcount.
The first batch of once-every-decade data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a United States that is growing less quickly but still seeing its population shift to the South and the West.
Amtrak STB Petition Cites CSX, NS ‘Unwillingness to Engage Meaningfully’
Amtrak STB Petition Cites CSX, NS ‘Unwillingness to Engage Meaningfully’ Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Amtrak, on the eve of a 50th Anniversary virtual celebration slated to feature President Joe Biden, has filed a petition asking the Surface Transportation Board to deny CSX’s and Norfolk Southern’s motion to dismiss Amtrak’s application to restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala.
In its petition (download below), Amtrak refers to USCODE-2011 Title 49, Subtitle V, Part C, Chapter 243, Section 24308, “Use of facilities and providing services to Amtrak,”
Amtrak requests federal ruling requiring freight operators to allow Gulf Coast service
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
The Amtrak inspection train pulls into downtown Mobile in February 2016.(photo courtesy of Marc Glucksman/Amtrak)
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Federal regulators with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board will determine the fate of passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast.
Amtrak, in a news release Tuesday, indicated it was initiating a process before the STB to require the freight operators along the rail line – CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern – to permit the nation’s passenger rail operator two daily Amtrak trains between New Orleans and Mobile.
Amtrak Playing Hardball With CSX, NS on Gulf Coast Service (Updated)
Amtrak Playing Hardball With CSX, NS on Gulf Coast Service (Updated) Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
More than 300 people rode Amtrak’s Gulf Coast Inspection Train (pictured) from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Fla., in February 2016, as part of an ongoing effort to restore passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast, which was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and never resumed. (Marc Glucksman, Amtrak)
In a move that appears to be a pre-emptive strike, Amtrak has asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to intervene on its behalf if CSX and Norfolk Southern don’t cooperate on hosting proposed new service between New Orleans and Mobile.