A group of black workers sued Amtrak Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C., accusing the railroad of discriminating against black managers in its hiring and promotions and of ignoring a ...

As Americans by the millions pile into planes, trains and automobiles for the Thanksgiving weekend, the panel charged with charting the future of the troubled Amtrak rail system decided to stay in ...

The nation’s first high-speed train is scheduled to whiz along Connecticut’s shoreline in late 1999, carrying business travelers from Boston to New York in three hours and from New York to Washington, ...

Last November, after prolonged and sometimes difficult House-Senate negotiations, Congress passed a $2.2 billion “tax refund” to be used for funding Amtrak’s capital needs over a five-year period.

One day after being appointed president of Amtrak, George Warrington took the train to Chicago Tuesday, hinting that expanded Midwest service was being studied–a move that might begin to balance ...

WASHINGTON — Amtrak is expected to receive $555 million for the next fiscal year under a Senate compromise reached yesterday within a larger bill that would set the amount of money that can be spent ...

WASHINGTON — Pity poor Amtrak. Nearly every time officials of the national passenger rail service come to Congress, hat in hand, they are presented with a threat of slashed funding and a lecture on ...

Exactly five years ago, a gasoline tanker explosion killed six people, emptied a Miami-bound Amtrak passenger train and sent up a fireball visible for miles. Today a Broward County jury must decide ...

Long Island Rail Road commuters wondering why their trains have been so late should look no further than Amtrak. LIRR documents released yesterday say Amtrak mishaps at or near Penn Station were ...

Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman will visit with local mayors Monday as the passenger rail operator seeks a funding boost it says is necessary to maintain and improve its service. Boardman will ...