More and more people are turning to train travel, especially amid the company's recent upgrades and investments in its trains; for instance, Amtrak was recently applauded for upgrading one of its most ...

The Amtrak Coast Starlight runs over 1300 miles and has been in operation for 50 years. Photograph by Nature and Science, Alamy Stock Photo. By Mike MacEacheran. November 3, 2024.

Amtrak says the Coast Starlight train was carrying 198 passengers and 13 crew when it rammed into a public works truck on a raised gravel crossing. The truck's driver was taken to a trauma center.

Amtrak’s long-distance trains in the Northwest, the Coast Starlight and Empire Builder, are not affected. The Coast Starlight, which makes the same stops as the Cascades service, shares the line ...

Amtrak announced at the Southern Rail Commission’s quarterly meeting Friday service on the Mississippi Gulf Coast would begin in 2024.