Which is how I found myself ensconced for 27 hours aboard The Crescent from Union Station in Washington to Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, aboard the latest iteration of a passenger rail ...

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Amtrak is redirecting a significant slice of its executive bonus pool to the people who keep its trains running, handing out ...

More than 18,000 Amtrak workers will receive a $900 bonus before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation ...

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 ...

As millions of Americans crowd highways and airports this Thanksgiving week, Amtrak is enjoying an unexpected surge: a record 36.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2025, up a remarkable 10 percent ...

"We're working really hard to put a better product out there every day, increase capacity and get schedules that are more convenient for customers to take," he also noted. Transportation Secretary ...

A bomb squad was called to the Martinez train station on Wednesday after someone reported a suspicious package which was ultimately found to be safe, according to police. Just after 1 p.m., officers ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...

Amtrak is launching a new high-speed Acela train, but there is one wrinkle: It isn’t actually faster, yet. Five next-generation Acela trains begin service Thursday as part of a $2.45 billion project ...