For that matter the original fleet could go faster than the tracks would allow.
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Amtrak has suspended service to Montreal due to poor track conditions in Canada.
In Canada, Amtrak runs on track owned by Canadian National Railway, which “has implemented reduced speed regulations due to heat,” forcing Amtrak to truncate the Adirondack line, according to Amtrak spokesperson Jason Abrams.
Canadian National did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
But in a press release, the North Country Chamber of Commerce, based in Plattsburgh, said Canadian National is limiting trains to 10 miles per hour whenever temperatures exceed 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
https://www.amtrak.com/alert/adirondack-trains-68-and-69-schedule-changes.html
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Canada is not doing well.
Moorpark, California
Coast Starlight (Los Angeles-Seattle Amtrak train)
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The Milwaukee airport Amtrak station (on the Chicago-Milwaukee “Hiawatha” corridor) is being expanded from one platform to two.
Current platform:
Future platforms:
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/multimodal/mars.aspx
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Great news for passenger rail. More service to existing cities and creating new destinations as well.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-14/inside-amtrak-s-75-billion-plan-to-revive-us-train-travel
(Paywall Bypass)
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Update on the long-delayed Mobile-New Orleans train.
The Gulf Coast has been without Amtrak service since Hurricane Katrina eighteen years ago.
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Lakeland, Florida
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Amtrak has NEC improvements underway.
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I wondered why trains were crawling along in parts of this route…
“Adirondack” train will now go between NY Penn Station and Saratoga Springs (before today it only went as north as Rensselaer).
Service to Montreal not expected to resume until September.
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At one point there was a proposal for a Worcester-Providence passenger train, to connect New England’s second- and third-largest cities. That proposal sadly went nowhere.
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Sad that Amtrak is resorting to bus service.
Amtrak has long provided busses that extend its network to places where train service is impractical. Airlines literally do the same thing:
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