This isn't too surprising; travelers typically love new Amtrak routes. Now, there's another potential new route on the horizon. North Carolina may soon welcome a new route connecting Asheville and ...

Which is how I found myself ensconced for 27 hours aboard The Crescent from Union Station in Washington to Union Passenger ...

A proposed Amtrak rail route could bring thousands of passengers to western North Carolina and revive a historic form of travel for small mountain towns.

A draft economic impact report prepared for the North Carolina Department of Transportation indicates the line could be ...

In all, the Gold Runner line runs across more than a dozen train stations throughout the Central Valley and Bay Area, and connects to many more with transfers available to the popular Capitol Corridor ...

A dining car on a long-distance Amtrak train. Photo Credit: Amtrak Amtrak enjoyed record-high ridership and revenue during the 2025 fiscal year. That included growth on its long-distance routes, which ...

"We're working really hard to put a better product out there every day, increase capacity and get schedules that are more convenient for customers to take," he also noted. Transportation Secretary ...

In September I had the opportunity to travel on Amtrak’s new, NextGen Acela trainsets. Here’s the good news, these trains are a major upgrade over the first generation Acela in terms of comfort, ride, ...

The government could shut down again in just a few days. The last time it happened was a 35-day stretch from Dec. 2018 through Jan. 2019. This time, Congress has until the end of Sept. 30 to approve ...

Amtrak is launching a new high-speed Acela train, but there is one wrinkle: It isn’t actually faster, yet. Five next-generation Acela trains begin service Thursday as part of a $2.45 billion project ...

East Coast travel may get a little quicker. Amtrak debuted a faster new train Thursday called "NextGen Acela" that will be able to hit a top speed of 160 mph. Amtrak's original high-speed Acela trains ...

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 ...