What began as open fields east of Houston is slowly taking shape as a new hometown: Riceland, a sprawling 1,500-acre ...

Hello and welcome to the beautiful city of San Antonio! Today we are going to be taking a ride on Amtrak’s Texas Eagle up to Dallas. This will be part one in a two part journey, with our first leg ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The new year will bring new schedule and operational changes for Amtrak in Hampton Roads. In order to accommodate the construction of the $2.3 billion Long Bridge project, aimed ...

Americans are supporting train travel in droves. Newly released Amtrak statistics show that the national rail operator closed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) with record ridership and revenue, marking another ...

Penn Station’s west entrance in Manhattan, shown earlier this year. The $2.9-billion Penn Station Access project—aimed at linking Metro-North’s New Haven Line to the hub through four new Bronx ...

In September I had the opportunity to travel on Amtrak’s new, NextGen Acela trainsets. Here’s the good news, these trains are a major upgrade over the first generation Acela in terms of comfort, ride, ...

You'll be able to catch a train to or from the Berkshires this holiday season. That's because Pittsfield rail service is set to resume on Dec. 1, according to Amtrak spokesperson Jason Abrams. This ...

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service connecting Mobile to New Orleans is off to a strong start, serving 6,700 total riders in 15 days and triggering the need for an additional car during New Orleans Saints ...

One person is dead after a passenger train collided with a vehicle Wednesday morning near Round Rock. At about 10 a.m., an Amtrak train slammed into a Toyota 4Runner that was either stopped on the ...

The NextGen Acela train is engineered to reach speeds of up to 160mph. Credit: Alstom SA. Amtrak has launched its NextGen Acela service, marking a major update to the Acela service since its initial ...

Amtrak is launching a new high-speed Acela train, but there is one wrinkle: It isn’t actually faster, yet. Five next-generation Acela trains begin service Thursday as part of a $2.45 billion project ...

Five new Amtrak trains will begin rolling out between Washington, DC, New York and Boston at top speeds of 160 mph starting Thursday. The inaugural NextGen Acela ride is taking off from Washington’s ...