Amtrak reported 34.5 million customer trips last year, a 5.1% increase over the previous year and an all-time record.

Amtrak’s ridership broke records this year after the national railroad introduced new routes across the US and upgraded ...

Amtrak closed its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25, Oct. 1 2024 – Sept. 30, 2025) on Sept. 30 with “record ridership and ...

U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said Tuesday it set a new yearly record for ridership and revenue as it cut losses by 15% to $598 million. Amtrak is the middle of a massive effort to rehabilitate aging ...

As the years rolled on, passenger trains became faster, safer, and more comfortable. In the 50 years between 1865 and 1916, the American rail network grew from 35,000 miles to more than 250,000 miles.

A Federal Railroad Administration study calls for Amtrak to double the service it offers on long-distance overnight trains like this one in New Mexico. Several Southwest states are eying intercity or ...

NEW YORK — The fastest trains in Amtrak's fleet are getting even faster. The first of those NextGen Acela trains, as Amtrak calls them, are scheduled to start running on the Northeast Corridor between ...

RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2025 ISSUE: For 115 years after Railway Age began publishing in 1856, passenger trains were operated by private-sector railroads. That changed in 1971, when Amtrak was formed to ...

Meet Zemu, a pioneering passenger train that is now officially in business in California. This is the first hydrogen fuel cell train to enter service in the US. Whether the opinions are positive or ...

Amtrak said ridership decreased 3.9% on its only east-west train through Springfield. The long-distance Lake Shore Limited had 382,881 passengers in 2025, down from 398,420 in 2024. The train didn’t ...