Amtrak Bringing Back Full Service Across Illinois With COVID-19 Cases Dropping
Amtrak said it is starting to resume full rail service across Illinois as COVID-19 cases fall.
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Amtrak said it is starting to resume full rail service across Illinois as COVID-19 cases fall.
An woman who flew into O'Hare International Airport from Italy and then took Amtrak from Chicago to St. Louis last week has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials have confirmed.
Amtrak announced Wednesday that it is changing its policy so people with disabilities will not be charged $25,000 for train tickets.
A trip from Chicago to downstate Bloomington should cost about $16. But Amtrak recently quoted a group of advocates for people with disabilities $25,000 to accommodate their wheelchairs.
An Amtrak mechanical worker died in an industrial accident over the weekend.
An Amtrak train struck a vehicle near Morton Grove Tuesday morning.
"It was just chaos trying to find any way to notify somebody," Jenae Bourdony said of her husband's heart attack on an Amtrak train.
Amtrak and Metra delays are expected after a pedestrian was struck by an Amtrak train in Northbrook.
Crews spent more than 12 hours repairing the tracks and cleaning up debris, after an Amtrak train derailed Sunday in University Park in a deadly collision with a box truck.
An Amtrak train struck a box truck and derailed in University Park around 5 p.m. Sunday.
An Amtrak train struck a minivan, killing the driver in Morton Grove just after noon Sunday.
It's the final day for Amtrak trains on the Hoosier State passenger line between Indianapolis and Chicago.
Metra BNSF service was halted for more than two hours Monday, after an Amtrak train hit and killed a person near Berwyn.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the four-days-a-week train won't run after June 30, which is when its $3 million annual state subsidy ends.
Three tracks at Union Station have been closed during the Wednesday morning rush, due to falling concrete.
The agony of February 28 is what led to the hearing. That's when an Amtrak computer blackout led to the stranding of more than tens of thousands of Metra commuters. Now, Metra said it can do a better job of dispatching its trains.
"To knock that much down and not have that kind of back up. I haven't heard of one this big happening before."
A signal problem that caused major delays for Metra and Amtrak trains out of Union Station Thursday was caused by a worker falling on a circuit board during a server upgrade, Sen. Dick Durbin says.
Metra trains heading in and out of Union Station were halted for about 90 minutes Thursday morning, after a computer signal problem. Trains are moving again, but with extensive delays.
Repairs are underway at Metra's home base in Union Station, but commuters are struggling to see the benefits of another huge project that recently was completed.
Every day, more than 300 Amtrak trains cruise across the country. Every so often, one catches fire.
Amtrak will cancel all train service to and from Chicago for Wednesday and some for Thursday due to extreme cold, Amtrak said in a release.
An Amtrak train from Chicago to Grand Rapids, Michigan, hit an unoccupied vehicle on the track in Indiana, but no passengers or crew were injured.
Delays in installing and testing new GPS-related safety technology kept Amtrak trains from hitting high speeds of 90 mph during 2018.
An Amtrak train bound for Chicago struck a vehicle in Ranson, West Virginia on Monday, according to the company.
