U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff on Friday denied Amtrak’s request for an injunction to force the MTA to allow its trains ...

Why was I mumbling Shakespeare? I had set out to read the 154 sonnets, one each day, and then reflect on them for a few ...

SNL' star James Austin Johnson pens a tribute to train travel as the great equalizer — and makes a case for more lines and service upgrades.

A Chicago man was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a train traveling through Macoupin County in the Metro East.

Scarborough Police are reporting that a person killed after being hit by an Amtrak train over the weekend died by suicide. The Scarborough fire and police departments were sent to train tracks near ...

The Amtrak Downeaster runs from Boston's North Station up through Massachusetts and into Brunswick, Maine — a route that doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves compared to the more heavily ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Amtrak Downeaster hit a truck in North Berwick on Thursday. Credit: CBS 13 An Amtrak Downeaster train hit a truck in North Berwick on Thursday, killing a young driver. The driver of the pickup ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amtrak has rejected an ambitious proposal to launch a transcontinental passenger train route that would have connected New York to Los Angeles with stops in Harrisburg and more than ...