Compared to the behemoth Acela, which hustles hundreds of thousands of riders between Boston, New York City, and Washington DC each month, Amtrak's Mardi Gras line is downright petite—just two 58-seat ...

The president repeatedly claimed during his 2024 campaign that undocumented immigrants were taking jobs from U.S. citizens. But for construction workers on the Gateway project, Trump himself is posing ...

Across North America, there is a grassroots clamouring for the return of railway lines that once provided a reliable and affordable alternative to cars and planes ...

The catch, however, is that this revival also kills a popular backup plan. With Empire Service back, Amtrak has withdrawn its approval for a temporary Metro-North extension to Albany—a proposed $40 ...

Amtrak will restore full daily service between the Capital Region and New York City in early March, while the Metro-North commuter railroad expansion north of Poughkeepsie has been cancelled due ...

Amtrak has agreed to restore all suspended or combined Empire Service trains between New York's Penn Station and the ...

I will be the first to say that people hate on the T, and the MBTA as a whole, too much. Many people discount how lucky they are to live in a city where multiple forms of public transportation are so ...

Amtrak says dynamic pricing has helped strengthen its finances, but travelers often grumble at the cost, especially for last-minute travel. Still, the train has a secret weapon: avoiding the airport.