The 2021 Federal Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act paid for the new trains. The Amtrak Cascades line serves the I-5 corridor. Amtrak Cascades takes passengers between Eugene and Vancouver, B.C., ...

Some of Amtrak’s fleet of next-generation Acela and Airo trains will likely sit idle in 2026 as the national railroad company ...

U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's next-generation high-speed Acela train cars were delayed by more than four years due to planning, design and track issues, and a desire for higher speeds that have not ...

Amtrak launched an enhanced version of its Northeast Corridor high-speed rail Acela service on Thursday. In what Amtrak calls "a new era of high-speed rail," the launch of NextGen Acela will bring ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...

Step onto an Amtrak train and you’re likely to enter a compact car with the stale odor that comes with thousands of riders passing through a decades-old train. That’s not the case for the spacious new ...

Amtrak will debut five of its NextGen Acela trains on the Northeast Corridor Thursday, Aug. 28, with more seats and slightly faster trains between Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston. The ...

Amtrak launched its new NextGen Acela high-speed trains capable of 160 mph on Thursday, saying "the future of high-speed rail starts now," but there will be little change in travel times. The first ...

Victoria D. is a digital producer for CBS Boston. Before joining CBS Boston in 2023, Victoria had already worked in journalism in both New York and Boston for more than 10 years. Julie Hanson is ...

Amtrak has been promising that an upgrade to its signature Acela high speed service along the Northeast Corridor was on the horizon. It finally is, set to debut at the end of the month. ByLaurie ...