LOS ANGELES, CA, 2021-Nov-24 — /Travel PR News/ — With Thanksgiving week traffic projected to approach pre-pandemic levels, Metrolink, southern California’s regional passenger rail service, will offer relief from the stress of gridlock at an affordable cost. This year, on both Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, Metrolink will offer a $10 Holiday Pass that allows… Read the full press release
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VIA Rail Canada: trains to operate normally with minimal delays despite forecasts of heavy snowfall and freezing rain
High Demand For Seats Continues Throughout the Windsor to Quebec City Corridor and on Halifax-Montreal services Montréal, 2015-12-28 — /Travel PR News/ — With a winter storm hitting the Maritimes and forecasts of heavy snowfall and freezing rain for Quebec and Ontario for the next 36 hours, travel throughout the region will be challenging. VIA Rail… Read the full press release
Austrian Airlines will increasingly transfer ultra-short-haul flights between the Upper Austrian federal capital and Vienna to the rail service AIRail
• AIRail: Positively received by passengers • 17 flights per week from Linz still operated by Austrian Airlines: up to 2x daily on the Linz-Düsseldorf route and 6x per week between Linz and Vienna as of April 1, 2015 • 8 direct connections each day with AIRail from Vienna Airport to Linz Central Railway Station… Read the full press release
Metrolink CEO Michael P. DePallo announced that he will step down from his post effective January 2 to pursue other opportunities
LOS ANGELES, 2014-12-15 — /Travel PR News/ — After leading the organization for more than two years, Metrolink Chief Executive Officer Michael P. DePallo announced that today he will step down from his post at Metrolink effective January 2 to pursue other opportunities, and that the Board will commence a process for hiring a new permanent… Read the full press release
California Governor Brown signed bill crucial to Metrolink’s funding for low-emission Tier 4 locomotives
LOS ANGELES, California, USA, 2013-10-04 — /travelprnews.com/ — In early 2013, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) granted Metrolink $34.66 million in Carl Moyer Program funds to help support the commuter rail agency’s purchase of 17 Tier 4 locomotives. An additional $17 million, essential for the purchase of three additional locomotives, was contingent upon the… Read the full press release