amtrak

Amtrak said that all long-distance passenger trains will not run because freight rail workers are planning to go on strike soon.

Amtrak will furlough more than 2,000 workers as a result of the steep decline in travel demand from the coronavirus pandemic. House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio said the workers were notified this week they would lose their jobs. In May, Amtrak said it needed a new $1.5 billion bailout and disclosed plans to cut …

Amtrak plans to slash up to 20 percent of its workforce as the coronavirus pandemic devastates its ridership and revenue, reports say. The beleaguered national railroad with more than 18,000 employees will make the cuts by October despite receiving a $1 billion federal bailout under the CARES Act stimulus bill, according to The Wall Street …

The US Transportation Department said Friday it released $1 billion in emergency funding for US passenger railroad Amtrak, which has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. Amtrak said last week that daily ridership was down 96 percent and future bookings were 95 percent lower. Amtrak has suspended its high-speed Acela service and cut about 50 …