In 2024, Amtrak carried a record-breaking 32.8 million passengers, the highest ridership the company has seen since its inception in 1971. The recent surge shows that reliable rail service can indeed ...

Charlotte’s hot summer isn’t just causing you to overheat. It’s impacting the Amtrak trains you ride, too, contributing to them arriving late across North Carolina. Amtrak issued an alert on ...

A new Amtrak service will connect North Carolina and Chicago, starting Nov. 10, but it won't be a fast trip. Passengers who board the Floridian at Raleigh's Union Station at 9:08 a.m. will arrive ...

Passengers were stuck without air conditioning or electricity until a rescue locomotive was sent to pull passengers back ...

Amtrak passengers evacuated from a train stuck in a Baltimore tunnel without air conditioning during a heatwave.

The Saluda Grade Trails Conservancy bought 31.5 miles of track to build a mixed-use path that could connect to other, already ...

Pedestrian fatally struck by Amtrak train in North Carolina by: Starletta Watson, Hannah Leyva. Posted: Sep 12, 2024 / 06:32 AM EDT. Updated: Sep 12, 2024 / 08:52 AM EDT.

Amtrak and the N.C. Department of Transportation will run a special train for race fans from the Triangle to Rockingham Speedway on April 19, when NASCAR returns to the venerable North Carolina track.

An Amtrak train headed for Boston was evacuated Monday afternoon after an earlier issue left passengers stuck inside the ...

It’s impacting the Amtrak trains you ride, too, contributing to them arriving late across North Carolina. Amtrak issued an alert on July 15, for example, that high temperatures between noon and ...

Amtrak confirmed that Amtrak Train 78 was traveling from Charlotte to Raleigh around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday when a man who was trespassing on the track was hit by the train as it was approaching the ...