During a trip from Miami to Tampa, I learned that traveling by Amtrak isn't much cheaper or faster than driving or flying.

About 300 Amtrak passengers aboard the San Francisco Zephyr got a rude awakening on a 1982 morning near Emerson, Iowa.As they were on their way to Omaha, their cross-country journey was interrupted by ...

Delaware-based group AmeriStarRail is proposing a new Amtrak train route that can transport people between Los Angeles and ...

With jerky movements, a maximum speed of 79 mph, and narrow tunnels through isolated landscapes, this train route is ideal ...

An on-line-only public Amtrak board of directors meeting today (July 31, 2025) lasted only 45 minutes and concluded with a ...

LINCOLN — A man died after being struck by an Amtrak train in Lincoln early Monday, police said. A Lincoln police spokeswoman ...

A California surf instructor had her arm ripped off after being hit by an Amtrak train while she pushed her e-bike across the ...

Amtrak and Union Pacific have reached a settlement in their dispute over performance of the Sunset Limited and have asked the Surface Transportation Board to end its investigation into the train’s ...

LINCOLN — Authorities identified the bicyclist who died Monday after being struck by an Amtrak train in Lincoln as Todd ...

A train route from New Jersey to California? AmeriStarRail proposes new train route that would make the cross-country trip in ...

Amtrak and the MTA must determine whether demand still exists and whether a one-seat ride is a worthwhile endeavor.

That's the reality on the Amtrak Cascades train, which runs through the Pacific Northwest and has coach and business-class seating. I recently rode it from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Seattle.