In 2024, Amtrak, the nationalized passenger rail system of the United States of America, served 32.8 million customers. This marks the highest number of customers served in a single year in Amtrak's ...

Today, the American Lung Association released a new report, “Getting Health on Track: Cleaner Locomotives for Healthy Air.” ...

The end may not be near — given Amtrak’s current, chronic capacity shortage, exacerbated by last spring’s sudden withdrawal of the Horizon coach fleet — but the company has begun the lengthy process ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Amtrak’s oldest new trains are arriving shortly: the NextGen Acela (finally) starts running between Washington and Boston on ...

Here are some additional facts and comments about the proposed Front Range passenger rail system planned to run from Pueblo through Colorado Springs and Denver to Fort Collins. A recent study by John ...

While the share is higher in Europe, only about 1% of railroad lines in the United States are equipped with overhead wires that carry electricity to power trains. That presents a complicated challenge ...

This story was updated to include a comment from North Dakota Department of Transportation Director Ron Henke's letter to the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority. JAMESTOWN — The $150,000 allocated to ...

Several trains running on Amtrak corridors outside the Northeast Corridor (NEC) have been cancelled, and the future of other trains is uncertain, due to removal from service of all Horizon cars on ...

The Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers held a meeting titled, “New Trains for Wisconsin: How to Advocate for Them,” ...

With vehicle traffic continuing to worsen in both Austin and San Antonio, I-35 between the two metros is increasingly clogged ...

Travis County has hired engineering firm HNTB to conduct a six-month study exploring passenger rail options linking Austin ...