Massive changes to Amtrak and U.S. rail in general were announced in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which highlighted millions in funding for the company's busiest and most important routes, including ...

Amtrak has revealed the current progress of almost 30 high-speed rail infrastructure projects as part of its July update on ...

Since Amtrak’s beginning in 1971, its routes have evolved—and unfortunately, in many cases, devolved. In its early days, Amtrak took over several regional passenger services, inheriting a ...

Service, starting on Aug. 18, will connect New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., by train for the first time since Hurricane Katrina ...

Amtrak announced a new, temporary route on Monday, ... A map of the route shows the train beginning its journey in Chicago, heading to Washington, D.C., before continuing south to Miami.

Amtrak currently has over 500 destinations, however the company is looking to add more with its “Amtrak Connects US” project. About 96% of the 241 readers who responded said they think the ...

The maps are labeled as a “Proposed Network of Preferred Routes,” and the administration is taking public comments on them through March 8 at [email protected].

These 15 potential new Amtrak routes would add more than 23,000 rail miles to the system, serve more than 60 new metropolitan areas, and provide rail access to 39 million people that currently don ...

You’ve heard of "The Little Engine That Could," but Amtrak’s Texas Eagle just might be the little train that could. Amtrak announced plans to discontinue the route in the 1990s, but the communities in ...

The maps themselves represent potential routes, not planned ones. Latest Amtrak study maps include potential routes through Sioux Falls, Rapid City Skip to main content ...

Amtrak's Longest Route Is More Than 65 Hours — Combining 2 Iconic Trains From Chicago to Los Angeles. The Texas Eagle runs between San Antonio and Chicago and, when paired with the Sunset ...

The maps are labeled as a “Proposed Network of Preferred Routes,” and the administration is taking public comments on them through March 8 at [email protected].