The 10 pictures on your editorial page Sunday included five people with the planning commission ("Seeing is believing," Views, Oct. 25). Why are we paying for five people from the same agency to go to Charlotte to ride a train and get "stoked"? ...more

October 27, 2009

After Hillsborough County's rail plans stalled 10 years ago, Charlotte, N.C., got the federal money that had been designated for Tampa's project. ...more

October 25, 2009

Set aside the schedule of Amtrak's northbound Silver Star from Miami to New York through Tampa and get to the station two hours early until Oct. 7. ...more

October 1, 2009

Set aside the schedule of Amtrak's northbound Silver Star from Miami to New York through Tampa and get to the station two hours early until Oct. 7. The Silver Star is scheduled to leave Tampa at 3:17 p.m. rather than 5:17 p.m. to accommodate CSX Transportation track work. ...more

September 30, 2009

Despite a 10 percent decline in Amtrak ridership in March compared with a year ago, down to 2.2 million passengers, Tampa ridership on Amtrak's Silver Star gained 3.8 percent to 8,423. ...more

May 28, 2009

Despite a 10 percent decline in Amtrak ridership in March compared with a year ago, down to 2.2 million passengers, Tampa ridership on Amtrak's Silver Star gained 3.8 percent to 8,423. ...more

May 27, 2009

Recker Highway in Auburndale is shut down after a pedestrian was hit by a train, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 31, 2009

Amtrak's northbound Silver Star will not serve Tampa and Lakeland on Mondays through Thursdays from Monday through April 9 because of track repair. Passengers will be bused to Orlando to make connections with the train to New York. ...more

March 11, 2009

A train was halted in time Tuesday before it crashed into a pile of wreckage from a vehicle accident that occurred along the railroad tracks earlier that morning, authorities said ...more

March 10, 2009

Amtrak's northbound Silver Star will not serve Tampa and Lakeland on Mondays through Thursdays from March 16 through April 9 because of track repair, but passengers will be bused to Orlando to make connections with the train to New York. ...more

March 10, 2009