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An Amtrak Northeast Regional train bound for Boston was evacuated on Monday after passengers were stranded for more than an hour in a dark tunnel near Baltimore's Penn Station without power and ...
In May, I spent four hours on an Amtrak train traveling from the Canadian city of Vancouver to Seattle in the lowest-tier car, which cost $50. The coach ride surprised me in six ways.
An Amtrak train was delayed an hour and 45 minutes in Hudson on Monday after axels on the train were seen smoking. The Hudson Fire Department's Fire Chief, Shawn Hoffman, said some of the axels ...
LAFAYETTE PARISH — The Lafayette Police Department is investigating a collision between an Amtrak train and a motor vehicle that occurred Monday evening in the 2300 block of SW Frontage Road.
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.
BANGOR, Mich. — An Amtrak train traveling from Holland to Chicago has been delayed after hitting a tree on the tracks near Bangor. The incident happened around 10 a.m. on Friday on Train 371.
A heads up to people and families traveling to Chicago today, an Amtrak train traveling from Holland to Chicago has experienced a delay near Bangor, Michigan after striking a tree on the tracks.
On May 9, 2010, Chicago Union Station’s Great Hall hosted one of Amtrak’s well-publicized National Train Day outreach events to promote train travel. The program was dropped after 2015.
WASHINGTON — Almost a decade after Amtrak cancelled “National Train Day,” an outreach promotion launched in 2008 designed to familiarize potential customers with where its passenger trains go, ...
Amtrak started service on its Borealis route in May 2024, becoming the second daily round-trip passenger train between St. Paul and Chicago. The train offers a café car and free wifi.
Amtrak announced a new Mardi Gras service will start in 2025, running from Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans, Louisiana. See the stops in Mississippi.
I took an overnight Amtrak train from Denver to Salt Lake City in January. I spent the 15-hour journey in a private 23-square-foot space with two seats and two beds — otherwise known as a roomette.