Trump picks former lawmaker Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-picks-sean-duffy-be-transportation-secretary-2024-11-18/

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today continued its historic investment in passenger rail with nearly $1.5 billion for 19 projects along the Northeast Corridor (NEC). https://railroads.dot.gov/about-fra/communications/newsroom/press-releases/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-4

Amtrak gets hundreds of millions for D.C. and Md. as Biden leaves
The money will cover only a small part of Amtrak’s $10 billion redesign plan. https://wapo.st/3ObiMmu #Amtrak #PassengerRail #WashingtonDC #Maryland

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/beyond-eurostar-new-sleeper-train-routes-across-europe-aaauF6Y1yBcE #PassengerRail #SleeperTrains #EuropeanTrains #Europe

CNN on difficulties of resurrecting overnight trains in Europe. https://localnews8.com/life/cnn-style/2024/08/09/europe-was-on-the-brink-of-a-night-train-revolution-heres-what-actually-happened/ #PassengerRail #SleeperTrains #EuropeanTrains