Severe weather prompted Amtrak to cancel the Empire Builder route between Minneapolis St. Paul and Seattle/Portland on Dec. 28 and Dec. 29.

Early the week of Jan. 13, Amtrak issued a cancellation alert for its Empire Builder: “Trains 7 and 8 will be canceled between Spokane and Chicago due to inclement weather throughout the area on ...

KALISPELL — Amtrak officials say the company is changing the schedules of its Empire Builder passenger train because of congestion from increasing oil freight along the line.

Amtrak said it's canceling three long-distance trips starting on Tuesday amid a looming railway strike that could disrupt the U.S. economy, resulting in lost productivity of $2 billion a day.

Amtrak is cancelling some long distance and Northeast corridor trains citing "winter storms and extreme cold." Routes including theMaple Leaf, Empire Builder, the Empire Service and more. Some ...

Empire Builder: Trains 8 and 28 are canceled between Seattle/Portland and Chicago. Borealis service between St. Paul- Minneapolis, MN, and Chicago is still available. Amtrak Extended Cancelations ...

The Empire Builder, California Zephyr and Southwest Chief routes are all affected. Amtrak's California Zephyr changes crews during a station stop eastbound at Grand Junction, Colo., in 2019. Gene ...

Starting Thursday, all Amtrak long distance trains will be suspended due to an impending rail worker strike. Amtrak uses 21,000 miles of track owned by the freight rail operators involved in union ...

Amtrak is canceling trips on some long-distance routes out of Chicago, as the deadline for a possible strike by freight rail workers looms. Beginning Tuesday, the passenger rail agency is suspendin… ...

It could be worse: Amtrak’s Empire Builder, inbound from Chicago, is about five hours behind schedule. “I prefer it to driving,” Lundin said. “I do not have to be on the road, ...

The project expansion will add a second daily round-trip passenger train on the 411-mile corridor, complementing the existing Empire Builder schedule with both a morning and midday departure from ...