The Amtrak Airo speeding ahead. The first Amtrak train departed from New York on May 1, 1971, marking the beginning of a journey that spanned over 50 years. Even as the era of rail travel declined and ...

Amtrak began its journey more than 50 years ago, when its first train departed from New York on May 1, 1971. While the golden age of trains rapidly gave way to the rise of air travel, Amtrak has since ...

This summer, if all goes well, Amtrak will roll out the first clutch of trains in its shiny new Airo fleet, an $8 billion project that the company hopes will usher in a more modern, comfortable and ...

Amtrak is rolling out a new fleet of passenger trains this summer, replacing rail cars that in some cases have been in service for nearly 50 years. The new trains, known as Airo, are part of an $8 ...

Earlier this year, if you happened to be standing at a train station in New Jersey at a certain time of night, you might have seen a sleek new high-speed Acela zip by. The trains, which did 900 test ...

Five new Amtrak trains will begin rolling out between Washington, DC, New York and Boston at top speeds of 160 mph starting Thursday. The inaugural NextGen Acela ride is taking off from Washington’s ...