Amtrak Cutting Service Due To Federal Vaccine Requirement
Amtrak service will likely be reduced next year as it complies with the upcoming vaccine requirement for federal workers.
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Amtrak service will likely be reduced next year as it complies with the upcoming vaccine requirement for federal workers.
Amtrak plans to spend $7.3 billion to replace 83 passenger trains, some nearly a half-century old.
The map released by Amtrak shows new service from Boston to Manchester and Concord, New Hampshire.
The proposed project will be built in Brattleboro, the first stop for northbound trains entering the state from Massachusetts.
Amtrak's Downeaster is adding more round-trip offerings between Maine and Boston.
The Downeaster train out of Brunswick, Maine was on its way to Boston when it struck the man on the tracks off South Broadway.
Amtrak plans to replace its popular Acela trains in 2021. The new trains will hold more people, travel faster, and have improved safety features.
Police are looking for the driver who stole an Amtrak truck in Boston Friday, hit a woman and took off.
Amtrak is modifying service in the Northeast and Midwest because of winter storms moving through the region.
It was a rough trip home for passengers on an Amtrak Acela train for New York City to Boston.
It's about to get a little easier to get from Boston to coastal Maine.
Passenger rail service between Boston and Brunswick, Maine, is expected to expand by the end of this year with the completion of a critical rail project.
Riders will have views of the coastline, marshes and streams along the Downeaster route from Boston to Brunswick, Maine.
Getting out of New England on Tuesday won't be easy.
More than 50 passengers were traveling on Acela Express train 2150.
Despite an initial federal mandate, the MBTA commuter rail system still has a couple years to go before PTC is up and running.
A trip like this is not easy and not always comfortable, but happily, time burnishes the upside. If you ride the Empire Builder, you are sure to stockpile some life enriching memories.
You never know what you have till it's gone and there is no telling how long Amtrak's long haul routes will survive?
A passenger posted a video of the delivery man walking up to the train Sunday as it sat on the tracks.
It's time to book your vacation so I am reminding you that train travel is great by posting the entire Jay Talking domestic train travel compilation. Episode two of the Coast Starlight run highlights the mid-portion of the trip and features fog-topped rolling hills, a tunnel, and a wild hairpin turn.
It's vacation time soon, so I am reminding you that train travel is an option by posting the entire Jay Talking domestic train travel compilation. This episode features the rugged cliff-lined southern California coast from a speeding train.
Amtrak service between Boston and New York City has been canceled on Tuesday while a powerful blizzard bears down on the region.
An Amtrak train heading to Boston was stuck in the Bronx for about four hours overnight, leaving passengers freezing with no heat on board.
Amtrak says it has cancelled or altered service through parts of Virginia as tropical storm Hermine approaches.
After Amtrak signal issues caused delays and cancellations on the Commuter Rail Sunday, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said the MBTA and MassDOT will pursue fines against Amtrak if the situation repeats itself.
