Amtrak began its journey more than 50 years ago, when its first train departed from New York on May 1, 1971. While the golden age of trains rapidly gave way to the rise of air travel, Amtrak has since ...

Amtrak’s new, high-speed Acela fleet is one of the country’s largest-ever public-transportation investments, ringing up at $2 billion. But over the last three years, as each of the 28 new Acela train ...

Amtrak will begin deploying its new fleet of high-speed trains later this month, connecting major cities in the Northeast Corridor. The trains, known as Amtrak’s NextGen Acela, will run between ...

The fastest train in America rides on one of the country’s oldest railroad tracks. A quarter century after the Acela began ...

A new modern Amtrak fleet of 28 high-speed trains will enter service this spring on the popular Acela line from Boston to Washington, D.C. after nearly a decade of planning and design delays. The ...

In 2024, Amtrak, the nationalized passenger rail system of the United States of America, served 32.8 million customers. This marks the highest number of customers served in a single year in Amtrak's ...

Amtrak passengers will finally get to ride the new $2.4 billion Acela trains capable of hitting 180 mph this spring on the Northeast Corridor in New Jersey if they pass final tests. “Our NextGen Acela ...

Amtrak has halted payment on its new fleet of Acela cars as the manufacturer has been unable to meet federal safety standards, according to a report released Tuesday by the federal railway’s inspector ...

High speed rail in the U.S. gets a bad rap when compared to the ultra-aerodynamic trains that zip across Europe and Asia in triple digit speeds. Maybe it’s because there’s only one true high speed ...