Led by robust Northeast Regional gains offsetting fewer Acela frequencies, Amtrak carried nearly 3.5 million passengers ...

Experience the highlights of Amtrak’s popular overnight train journey featuring the newly introduced Viewliner II Bedroom ...

The government could shut down again in just a few days. The last time it happened was a 35-day stretch from Dec. 2018 through Jan. 2019. This time, Congress has until the end of Sept. 30 to approve ...

A chunk of debris that glanced off a Long Island Rail Road train running through the East River Tunnel last week — shutting down service for an hour and a half — came from another LIRR train, transit ...

CITYWIDE — MORE THAN 50 Long Island Rail Road trains were delayed, cancelled or diverted Tuesday morning after debris from an Amtrak Viewliner train wound up in an East River Tunnel, according to a ...

Amtrak is dismantling two coaling towers in southwest Michigan and Indiana, affecting the passenger line's Wolverine and Blue Water schedules in Michigan from Sept. 15-19. "Structures along routes ...

Amtrak has launched the "future of high-speed rail." The mass transit provider added new NextGen Acela trains to its fleet this week that will run along the Northeast Corridor from Washington D.C. to ...

The railroad once represented the American dream of expansion—and exploitation. But is train travel becoming a thing of the past? No one is cheering for Amtrak’s 43 Pennsylvanian. I’m waiting for the ...

East Coast travel may get a little quicker. Amtrak debuted a faster new train Thursday called "NextGen Acela" that will be able to hit a top speed of 160 mph. Amtrak's original high-speed Acela trains ...

Five new Amtrak trains will begin rolling out between Washington, DC, New York and Boston at top speeds of 160 mph starting Thursday. The inaugural NextGen Acela ride is taking off from Washington’s ...