Amtrak told CNN Business that to calculate trip times for most of its proposed new routes it researched passenger train times in the mid-1950s to early 1960s and chose the best trip time. Amtrak ...

Driving may be faster, but the inaugural train trips between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans this week drew travelers eager for ...

Amtrak's fiscal 2021 infrastructure list includes spending on the planned replacement for the Portal North Bridge in Newark, N.J. Amtrak, with New Jersey Transit, hopes to start construction in ...

Amtrak’s new Acela trains are already years late. The new trains were supposed to enter service in 2021, and the railroad says the delay is because testing isn’t going smoothly.

Amtrak Amtrak Wants $75 Billion To Create More Money-Losing Routes The company's 15-year "Corridor Vision" also asks Congress for the power to sue private railroads that don't prioritize its ...

For its 50th anniversary fiscal year (Oct. 2020-Sept. 2021), Amtrak provided 12.2 million passenger trips, representing a growth of 4 million over the 2020 rate and a 42% rise over its FY21 goal, the ...

Amtrak is hoping to shorten that gap with a new line of Acela trains in 2021. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave took a look at the rides that will be faster and offer new features.

Amtrak is struggling to hire and retain workers amid a national labor shortage, down 1,500 people since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. It has left the railroad unable to resume pre ...

If 2020 is remembered for Amtrak service cuts, layoffs and financial woes, perhaps 2021 will someday be recalled as the year when the future of passenger rail made a 180-degree turn.

Amtrak's new Acela, which is America's fastest train, is undergoing speed testing at a sprawling 30,000-acre facility outside Pueblo, Colorado. The rollout of the train continues despite furloughs ...

Amtrak has temporarily dropped its mandate for all employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19, a requirement that the rail service had said would likely result in cuts to service. As a result ...