Amtrak

All Amtrak service between Boston and New York on Sunday has been cancelled due to Hurricane Henri. The changes in Northeast Corridor Service include both the Northeast Regional and the Acela, according to Amtrak.  Service on the Springfield Line between New Haven and Springfield has also been suspended, according to Amtrak.  Henri is expected to impact southern New England...

Amtrak services are returning to Vermont with $1 fares after being closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

Vermonters saw another big step Monday in their state’s ongoing recovery from the effects of COVID-19 when Amtrak resumed passenger service in the Green Mountain State for the first time in 16 months. “I’m excited — really, really excited for this,” said Calvin Schweers, 9, as he waited for the Vermonter train to pull into the station in St. Albans…

Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger rail service is steaming toward pre-pandemic norms as the coronavirus recedes in New England. Ridership for June will exceed 25,000 passengers, compared to 48,284 riders in June 2019, but just 768 in June 2020, said Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority. “We’re at 54% of where we were and are very…

Amtrak plans to spend $7.3 billion to replace 83 passenger trains, some nearly a half-century old, though much of the funding must still be approved by Congress.

Amtrak’s new fleet of trains will service the Northeast Corridor and feature upgrades such as hybrid batteries.

Officials are planning a celebration to mark the return of Amtrak passenger trains to Vermont later this month. The July 19 event at the Montpelier Amtrak station will also include officials from the town of Berlin and the Vermont Agency of Transportation. The party is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and last until the train departs the station, scheduled…

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The state of Vermont is preparing to welcome the return of Amtrak passenger rail service and inter-city bus services to the state, the Agency of Transportation announced Thursday. Amtrak service, which was suspended last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will resume July 19. The resumption of service comes as Vermont is preparing for its post-pandemic reopening. Gov. Phil Scott…

President Joe Biden says his proposal for an aggressive series of infrastructure investments would require $2.3 trillion in spending over eight years but could create millions of jobs.

Two major railroad workers unions have asked the Department of Homeland Security to beef up security on Amtrak and other passenger lines, including by creating a no-ride list akin to the no-fly list that prevents people identified as risks from boarding planes

President-elect Joe Biden will no longer be taking an Amtrak train to Washington for his inauguration because of security concerns

Amtrak will resume Acela train service on June 1 for those traveling between Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York, New Haven, Boston and other cities. Acela express trains, which travel at speeds up to 150 mph, were shuttered back in March due to the coronavirus pandemic and customers were told to use Northeast Regional service instead. Amtrak has seen overall ridership…

Amtrak began requiring customers to cover their faces in stations, on trains and thruway buses Monday.

Authorities were investigating Friday after a man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Lawrence police said they responded to the area of Inman Street at around 10:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a person struck. The man, whose age was unknown, was pronounced dead at the scene. Crews responded Friday after an alleged trespasser…

Multiple people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train and a vehicle collided in Jupiter Saturday afternoon, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.

Dashcam video from a West Windsor Police Department patrol car captured the moment an Amtrak train slammed into an alleged drunk driver’s car stuck on the tracks Tuesday night. The harrowing event began when police responded to a report of a disabled car on the west bound train tracks beneath the Route 64 Bridge at the Princeton Junction Station, just...

If you’ve wanted to travel by train, now’s a good time to buy your tickets. Amtrak is offering 50% off fares as part of a two-day sale this Tuesday and Wednesday. Travel dates run from

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