The remnants of Hurricane Ike have been dumping heavy rains on the states of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri. The resulting temporary closure of various railroad routes is leading to the cancellation of some Amtrak service, with other Amtrak trains operating subject to significant delays.
Amtrak is working with the owners of the routes to restore […]

An incident involving a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train near Chatsworth, California, has resulted in a temporary closure of the railroad route used by Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains and the Amtrak Coast Starlight, north of Los Angeles.
Amtrak extends condolences to those involved in the commuter train incident and has offered any available assistance.
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Amtrak has begun to restore some service temporarily suspended due to the landfall of Hurricane Ike.
Nevertheless, all passengers who have travel plans through September 15 in the affected areas on the Los Angeles-San Antonio-New Orleans route of the Amtrak Sunset Limited, Chicago-Fort Worth-San Antonio route of the Amtrak Texas Eagle or Chicago-Memphis-New Orleans route of […]

In preparation for Hurricane Hanna, which is expected to make landfall in Florida later this week, Amtrak has cancelled some service in Florida, beginning Sept. 3, 2008.
Silver Star
Train 91, the Silver Star, scheduled to depart from New York Thursday morning, September 4, will terminate in Tampa on Friday with no alternate transportation between Tampa and […]

Amtrak has temporarily suspended service to and from New Orleans following the landfall of Hurricane Gustav. Inspections and any repairs needed to Amtrak-owned property are underway. Amtrak is also working with other railroads in the affected area in order to restore service.
Amtrak train equipment currently in Memphis is available to federal and state authorities as […]

OAKLAND - July was an historic, record-breaking month for Amtrak California trains. More than half a million passengers traveled on the three state-supported services (Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins and Pacific Surfliner ), the most passengers Amtrak California has ever carried in a single month.
The most significant ridership increase was on the Amtrak San Joaquins service […]

AUSTIN - The newest figures show people are increasingly opting for the Amtrak Heartland Flyer train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth and avoiding the higher cost of driving their own cars and trucks.
For the 10 months ending July 31, ridership on the daily trains is up by more than 17 percent over the year-ago […]

WASHINGTON - Amtrak ridership in July Fiscal Year 2008 increased to 2,750,278, nearly a 14 percent increase, marking the most passengers carried in any single month in Amtrak’s 37 year history.
Total ridership for the Fiscal Year to date — October 1, 2007 - July 31, 2008 — reached 23.7 million, topping the 21.3 million from […]

CHICAGO – BNSF Railway has notified Amtrak of the postponement of an infrastructure project in Western Illinois.  Although it was to begin this week, BNSF is now planning to conduct the track work this fall, on a date to be announced.
Train 381, the morning westbound Carl Sandburg from Chicago, will operate on its normal schedule […]

WASHINGTON — Amtrak has announced the re-launch of its Northeast Corridor Regional service, renaming it Northeast Regional. Traveling between Boston, New York, Washington, Richmond and Newport News, Va., the service, Amtrak’s busiest, transported more than 6.8 million passengers last fiscal year.
Anticipating a busy summer travel season and the impact of an integrated marketing campaign, Amtrak […]