by admin | Jul 21, 2004 | Transportation
State lawmakers are looking for a way to make the cross-state passenger trains run on time and maybe, more often. AMTRAK is just one of the issues facing the joint legislative committee on intermodal transportation. But it’s a hot issue. Committee members fuss...
by admin | Feb 5, 2004 | Transportation
AMTRAK is threatening to cut passenger train service between St. Louis and Kansas City if the state does not put another $800,000 into the subsidized service. AMTRAK says it needs the money by the end of the month. The Legislature coughed up $800,000 a year ago when...
by admin | Apr 2, 2003 | Transportation
Passenger train service between Kansas City and St. Louis will remain an AMTRAK affair. A private company in St. Joseph has decided not to bid on the job. The state sinks more than $6-Million in subsidies into the AMTRAK service, but Herzog Transit Services had said...
by admin | Mar 8, 2003 | Transportation
Amtrak trains will continue to roll through Missouri … but at a cost. State officials and Amtrak have reached a deal that will see passengers paying a little more to ride the rails. Starting April 1st, all instate tickets will have a $5 boarding surcharge....
by admin | Feb 10, 2003 | Transportation
State support of the federal passenger rail line, Amtrak, in the state has doubled in cost per passenger over the past two decades from about $16 to $32 a passenger. Brian Weiler, Director of the State Transportation Department’s multi-modal division, says that...
