Amtrak launched a new temporary route last fall called “the Floridian” — the name of a route that was discontinued in 1979. This version of the Floridian, it said, would travel from Chicago ...

[Photo: Amtrak, Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Inc./Getty Images] Project 2025 called for the privatization of all sorts of government agencies and services, and Elon Musk—who has been helping enact ...

To suggest someone in your community for us to feature, email Joe Timmerman at [email protected]. Aboard Amtrak’s Hiawatha service, quiet conversations complement the rumble of steel ...

VANCE, Ala. (WBMA) — An Amtrak train traveling from New Orleans to New York City collided with a vehicle in Vance, Alabama Thursday. A spokesperson for Amtrak said the vehicle was obstructing ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Amtrak is moving forward with Texas Central’s long-discussed high-speed rail project between Houston and Dallas, initiating a procurement process to find a Delivery Partner ...

Elon Musk is pushing to privatize Amtrak, calling the service "embarrassing," especially when compared with train services in other countries. "If you're coming from another country, please don ...

Trump adviser and tech mogul Elon Musk suggested Wednesday that the U.S. government should privatize "as much as possible" and named Amtrak and the U.S. Postal Service as two services ripe for ...

Musk said Amtrak is "embarrassing" while speaking virtually at a Morgan Stanley conference. He said America "should try to privatize everything we possibly can," including Amtrak and the USPS.

"I think we should privatize the Post Office and Amtrak for example... We should privatize everything we possibly can." Sign up here. He said he thought those actions would require congressional ...

Amtrak also invested $181.2 million in the Point Defiance Bypass, which opened in 2017. This new route reduced travel time between Seattle and Portland by a mere 10 minutes. Yet, the inaugural ...

A northbound Amtrak long-distance train passes through Elizabeth, N.J., in 2019. Amtrak is experiencing disruptions in New Jersey and at Washington Union Station on the afternoon of March 1, 2025.