Amtrak, the nation's government-supported passenger rail service, is undergoing several expansion and modernization projects, upgrading trains, tracks and stations, with a particular emphasis on ...

Amtrak experienced a nationwide outage of its federally mandated safety braking system for 90 minutes earlier this month for reasons still being investigated. The rail operator has until next week to ...

Nat Read in the station before boarding the train that would take him to Brunswick, Maine, where he finished his quest to ride every mile of the Amtrak system. Vincent Alban / The Boston Globe via ...

A widespread Amtrak system failure has left thousands of passengers stranded across the United States as the national rail service struggles with a major technological breakdown that began Friday ...

Passenger rail operator Amtrak has confirmed in a statement that the Heartland Flyer, a daily train connecting Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, will continue running through 2026 after narrowly escaping ...

This train could be going 150 miles an hour if we fixed the overhead wires. Photo: Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty This train could be going 150 miles an hour if we fixed the overhead wires. Photo: Doug ...

2002-02-15 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- House members began the debate yesterday over whether Congress will pump vast amounts of money into a revived national passenger rail service or follow a ...

Amtrak has revealed the current progress of almost 30 high-speed rail infrastructure projects as part of its July update on the Northeast Corridor. The map shows progress on headline projects like the ...