Amtrak is celebrating the fall season with a massive sale and is offering a 25% discount on tickets. The Travel and Leisure edition told in more detail. The sale will last until October 4th. Discounts apply to tickets across the US on most bus and business class routes…
National passenger rail carrier Amtrak has announced that it will be canceling trains on most of its long-distance routes effective September 15 due to a freight rail strike that could start on September 16. USA Today writes about it. “Amtrak is closely following ongoing labor negotiations…
There has never been a better time to pull national parks off your wish list. Many types of travel, especially international travel, are excluded for now, and current safe travel practices require staying at home, avoiding crowds, and sticking to wide open spaces.…
Three people died and at least 50 were injured in the June 27 Amtrak train derailment in Missouri, CNN reports. Corporal Justin Dunn, a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol, told reporters that two of the dead were on the train, and the third…
An Amtrak train traveling through Virginia got stuck on the tracks due to a severe winter storm. The 220 passengers spent nearly 40 hours on the train before the trip resumed. The New York Post shared the details. The people aboard the Crescent 20 from New Orleans, Louisiana said ...
An Amtrak train that was heading from New York to Miami and crashed into a CSX freight train on Sunday was on the wrong track as a result of poor switching. As a result, two were killed and more than 100 people were injured, reports the New York Post, citing ...
An Amtrak passenger train collides with a CSX freight train in South Carolina. According to local authorities, on Sunday morning, two people were killed and more than 70 injured, writes USA Today. According to Derrek Becker of the South Carolina Emergency Management Authority, ...
The Positive Train Control system, which brakes the train to a stop when it reaches dangerously high speeds, was not activated on the tracks during the Amtrak train crash in Washington state. As reported by CNN, Amtrak President Richard admitted it ...
An Amtrak passenger train derailed and hit the busy Interstate 5 on its first day on the route. A large number of injured people and deaths have been reported. At least 6 people were killed. The composition consisted of 83 people, including ...