In May, I spent four hours on an Amtrak train traveling from the Canadian city of Vancouver to Seattle in the lowest-tier car, which cost $50. The coach ride surprised me in six ways.

Amtrak’s overall budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, which began Oct. 1, 2024, was $2.63 billion. The Northeast Corridor received $1.14 billion. Trump’s FY 2026 budget asks for $850 million for ...

When Amtrak razed rowhouses last year to make way for the new tunnel, the railroad went the extra mile, salvaging usable items from the 100-year-old homes. Take a tour through the salvage center.

Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer rail service, which connects Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, is facing potential suspension by 1 October 2025 unless the State of Texas allocates additional funding. Operated by ...

Train service between New York and New Haven was largely restored in time for the morning commute on Friday, Amtrak said, but travelers still ran into some “residual delays” after service was ...

On May 9, investigators established surveillance at the Amtrak locations in Topeka and Lawrence, with Miller and a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent at the Lawrence location.

The Heartland Flyer, an Amtrak route between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, is a jointly funded partnership between Texas and Oklahoma City. Oklahoma’s portion for 2025 was $4.5 million. The Texas ...

City officials are taking steps toward returning passenger rail service to Suffolk after nearly five decades. At a work session on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, the City Council heard details of a new ...

A Plaistow woman was killed Monday afternoon when she was struck by a train in Exeter, police said.Alicia Leonardi, 42, was walking with an ex, walking his dog, Jackson, along railroad tracks in a ...

Amtrak plans to launch a service that would create the first one-seat train ride between Long Island and the mainland United States. Officials at the national railroad laid out the idea during ...

While more people than ever are hopping aboard an Amtrak train in Virginia, train delays in the state seem to be getting worse.. Why it matters: The on-time performance (OTP) rate for trains along the ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — An Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck during the evening rush hour in Lafayette. It happened near the Amazing Storage Facility on Southwest Frontage Road, close to ...