Trains kill 2 people on NJ tracks, 1 in NY and 1 in Philadelphia, causing travel delays Authorities say four people were fatally struck by trains in the Northeast. The first death occurred in Mercer County in New Jersey on Thursday morning ...
Kansas officials discuss 4 options for expanding rail service from Kansas City to north Texas Kansas is a step closer to expanding passenger rail service in the state, but trains won't start rolling for several years. The state Department of Transportation released ...
In this Monday, March 1, 2010 photo, a poster that was left at a makeshift memorial to Gina Gentile and Vanessa Dorwart is shown, in Norwood, Pa. The high school sophomores were killed by an Amtrak Acela train in what was believed ...
Amtrak trains slams into fire truck stopped on tracks in Detroit; minor injuries reported Authorities say a Chicago-bound Amtrak train with at least 76 people aboard has slammed into a fire truck that was stopped on the tracks in southwest Detroit, causing ...
Amtrak completes rollout of wireless Internet service on Acela trains, inside 6 stations Amtrak has rolled out wireless Internet access on all 20 of its Acela Express trains between Washington and Boston and in six major stations along the northeast corridor. The ...
Officials in Pennsylvania say 2 teens struck by Amtrak train committed suicide Officials in Pennsylvania say two teenage girls who were struck and killed by a high-speed Amtrak train committed suicide. An Acela train traveling from Boston to Washington, D.C., hit the ...
Financial toll may prove otherwise, but snowy February not a logistical nightmare for carriers Roughly 2,000 flights were canceled. Train and bus service was scrubbed. And some shipments of small packages and heavy freight were suspended or delayed. Sound familiar? Another February ...
<div id="subtitle">Senate votes to allow Amtrak passengers to transport firearms</div><div><p>The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage.</p><p>The proposal, approved by a 68-30 vote, seeks to give Amtrak riders ...
<div id="subtitle">Amtrak reports ridership down 1 million passengers over the past year, but still high overall</div><div><p>Amtrak said Monday its ridership dropped by more than 1 million passengers during the past year, but was still the second-highest year in the railroad's history.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">Amtrak reports ridership down a million US rail passengers over the past year, but still high</div><div><p>Amtrak said Monday its ridership dropped by more than a million passengers in the past year, still the second-highest year in the railroad's history.</p><p ...
