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Train derailment in Iowa kills one person, injures hundreds in 1982

About 300 Amtrak passengers aboard the San Francisco Zephyr got a rude awakening on a 1982 morning near Emerson, Iowa. As ...

Would you take a 72-hour train from New York to L.A.? Transcontinental project hopes for 2026

Delaware-based group AmeriStarRail is proposing a new Amtrak train route that can transport people between Los Angeles and ...

See Ohio stops on proposed 72-hour train route between LA, NY

AmeriStarRail is proposing an Amtrak train route that can transport people between Los Angeles and New York in 72 hours. See ...

Dream of a high-speed maglev train between D.C. and New York is dead for now

The Federal Railroad Administration has withdrawn support for a high-speed train project from D.C. to Baltimore, saying ...
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Amtrak ridership up, but board concerned by chronic delays, unhappy customers

Passenger train ridership in the U.S. is up, but so are delays, according to Amtrak's top brass during a quarterly Zoom board ...

I traveled long-distance on Amtrak for the first time. These 10 things surprised me.

During a trip from Miami to Tampa, I learned that traveling by Amtrak isn't much cheaper or faster than driving or flying.
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Not so fast: Federal officials halt proposed Northeast Maglev train

Citing major environmental and logistical concerns, the Federal Railroad Administration has ended its review of the Northeast ...
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People on the move: BATA, Amtrak, Trinity Metro, Denver RTD, VRE, WTS International

The Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA), Amtrak, Trinity Metro, the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) and WTS International have made new ...