Amtrak

House GOP panel proposes Amtrak cuts hours after deadly train crash

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

A powerful House committee is weighing legislation that would slash funds for Amtrak by 18 percent just hours after a deadly train crash in Philadelphia.

Will your pet be allowed to ride Amtrak?

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Lawmakers want Amtrak to allow small dogs and cats on trains.

Officials: Infected Amtrak rider may have exposed travelers to measles

By Rebecca Lee

New York officials said Saturday that a college student who had tested positive for measles was contagious when he boarded an Amtrak train last Sunday and potentially exposed thousands of travelers to the infection.

Amtrak Residency offers 24 writers a desk during a long train ride

By Victoria Fleischer

For some, writing is best tackled in solitude. For others, linguistic discoveries are best made with a little ambient noise in the background. Today, Amtrak named 24 writers who will get free access to the sounds of human chatter and…

DEA paid Amtrak informant for passenger lists over two decades

By Pete Yost, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak employee hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades to obtain confidential information it could have gotten for free, according to internal investigators at the railroad.

Writers get all aboard Amtrak’s train residency program

By Sarah Sheffer

There’s something romantic about train travel. The stillness aboard as the landscape swiftly changes outside your window, passengers and places coming and going along the way. For many, those cramped train cars come with extra room for creativity. When writer…

Amtrak Suspends High Speed Train Service Again

Amtrak cancelled its Acela Express train service in the Northeast corridor on Thursday for the second time in a week, citing new concerns about cracks in parts of the high-speed train's equipment.