Latest Amtrak News
Las Vegas-to-California bullet train gets bipartisan backing
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. All six of Nevada’s elected federal...
Train service to resume after California cliffs shored up
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Metrolink and Amtrak train services will be restored next week following months of stabilizing repairs due to shifting ground beneath a stretch of seaside track in Southern California, transit officials said Monday. Service between Orange and San Diego...
Editorial Roundup: Tennessee
Kingsport Times News. April 2, 2023. Editorial: Rail service dream is still on track The wheels of progress turn slowly, it is said, especially train wheels on a track to Bristol. For many years, a return of passenger rail service from Amtrak’s station at Roanoke to...
Amtrak train strikes truck in North Dakota; 2 teens killed
SPRINGBROOK, N.D. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train has struck a pickup truck in North Dakota, killing two teenage boys and injuring a third, authorities say. The North Dakota Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 8 p.m. Monday when the truck's 17-year-old driver failed to...
Rare tornado near Los Angeles rips building roofs; 1 injured
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in a Los Angeles suburb, ripping roofs off a line of commercial buildings and sending the debris twisting into the sky and across a city block, injuring one person. The National Weather Service sent teams to assess damage in Montebello...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 20, 2023. Editorial: Davis’ clumsy handling of clemency firings raises questions, but Shapiro’s move to strengthen the process is encouraging Advocates for more humane, just and cost-effective ways to grant pardons and commutations...
Spring brings more wind, rain and snow to soaked California
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California on Tuesday as the first full day of spring showed little change from the state's extraordinary winter. The storm focused most of its energy on central...
Amtrak service between NYC and Montreal to resume in April
NEW YORK (AP) — Amtrak service connecting New York City and Montreal will resume next month, more than two years after the pandemic halted trains from crossing across the shared border between the U.S. and Canada. The reopening of Amtrak's Adirondack line follows the resumption of...
Amtrak wants to study Mississippi-to-Texas I-20 train route
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission say they will apply for federal funds to study passenger rail service between Meridian, Mississippi, and Dallas and Fort Worth in Texas. The corridor along Interstate 20 would serve cities including Jackson in Mississippi...
On tap: Booze still allowed on Amtrak in New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Riders on an Amtrak train that runs from Maine to Boston can continue to buy alcoholic beverages during the 35-mile stretch of the trip that goes through New Hampshire as officials said they plan to work out a “creative solution” to avoid violating a state liquor law. ...
