Amtrak has announced plans for critical work to ‘cutover’, or, transfer one track of rail service from Portal Bridge in Kearny, New Jersey, to the new Portal North Bridge over the Hackensack River.

VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI - An area of the village of Decatur were evacuated Saturday afternoon due to a potential grain bin fire. A mandatory evacuation order was put into effect shortly after 2 p.m. on ...

Amtrak has announced it started its “Big City Savings” sale on January 5, 2026, slashing some selected fares by up to 30 percent. What Is Amtrak’s Big City Savings Sale? Amtrak has launched the ...

Amtrak saw record ridership and revenue in 2025, driven by new investments and rising demand. Many train travelers find it an easier and more pleasant experience than driving or flying. Amtrak has ...

Two Acela trains scheduled to arrive in Boston Sunday have been canceled due to separate equipment issues, Amtrak announced. Acela 2292 was canceled Sunday morning due to an "unrecoverable engine ...

OAKLAND — A man was killed instantly Tuesday night when he was hit by an Amtrak train in East Oakland, authorities said. The coroner’s bureau was trying to confirm the man’s name Wednesday morning and ...

Amtrak will probably have to idle some of the new trains it is rolling out because the railroad’s maintenance facilities won’t be upgraded in time, federal inspectors found. The misstep means Amtrak, ...

Amtrak and a key panel of Union Station leaders on Thursday approved a renegotiated agreement that will officially restore federal control of the Washington transportation hub amid efforts to overhaul ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By the time the Amtrak train rolled into Denver early on a September morning nine years ago, 28-year-old Marina Placensia was dead in car 510, seat 22. Her ...

A dining car on a long-distance Amtrak train. Photo Credit: Amtrak Amtrak enjoyed record-high ridership and revenue during the 2025 fiscal year. That included growth on its long-distance routes, which ...

Amtrak issued a press release Nov. 18 touting the railroad’s performance in Fiscal Year 2025 entitled “Amtrak: A Year of Records.” With record ridership, record passenger miles, record capital ...