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President Joe Biden didn’t want to be anywhere else Friday than helping his Amtrak family celebrate 50 years on the rails

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.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a $3.7 billion deal with Amtrak and CSX Transportation that officials say will break loose a major East Coast chokepoint and allow for a dramatic expansion of passenger and commuter rail

The multibillion-dollar agreement was signed, paving the way for a new bridge across the Potomac. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has the details.

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

As service starts to ramp up, Amtrak has issued new safety measures to protect passengers against COVID-19. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

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

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…

A man was hit and killed by a train in Southwest D.C. Monday morning and train traffic in the area has been stopped.  The man was struck in the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue SW, the D.C. fire department said on Twitter at 7:30 a.m. Amtrak, VRE and CSX trains are stopped in the area, the department said.  VRE...

The Federal Railroad Administration announced Friday that Union Station will close nightly from 11 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the request of Amtrak, according to a statement from the Department of Transportation. Nightly closures will continue until the pandemic is quelled, DOT said. MARC, VRE and Metro service will not be affected. The closure will prevent entry but not exit…

Trains and planes are still running to and from D.C. – even from the New York area. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has more on what those passengers are being told to do.

Amtrak has apologized to civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill after she said she was asked to give up her seat on a train at the start of Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.

Involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges have once again been dropped against the Amtrak engineer at the controls during a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia.

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

Nonstop Acela service is here. Starting Monday, Amtrak has one nonstop train per day to take travelers between D.C.’s Union Station and New York’s Penn Station.

Cory Booker’s presidential campaign manager is warning supporters that without a fundraising boost to end September, the Democrat’s campaign does “not see a legitimate long-term path forward.”

A car was able to drive onto the platform and onto the tracks at Union Station earlier this year, a review of the transportation hub’s security vulnerabilities shows.