Amtrak offers sale to New York

Amtrak has a sale on fares between Washington and Baltimore to New York City for travel from March 13 to April 4. One-way coach fares are $40 from Washington and $36 from Baltimore. The special fare is only available through Thursday. Read full article >>

Amtrak Showcases The Great Migration Exhibit in Honor of Black History Month

Washington, DC (February 7, 2012) -- In celebration of Black History Month, Amtrak is featuring the Great Migration of African Americans exhibit on their MyBlackJourney.com (MBJ.com) microsite.

Amtrak service rolling into Norfolk

Norfolk passenger rail service is 10 months ahead of schedule and set to go on track December 31, 2012.

Missouri's Amtrak passenger train service causing debt to federal government

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri is running up a debt with the federal government for running Amtrak passenger train service between St. Louis and Kansas City. Officials from the Missouri Department of Transportation predict the state will owe Amtrak about $2.9 million by the end of the next fiscal year. Missouri uses state tax dollars to subsidize the twice-daily train service between the state's two ...

Rail history group bringing passenger trains to Cedar Rapids

While passenger rail advocates continue to work toward establishing a Chicago-Iowa City Amtrak route, an Amtrak train will run between Chicago and Cedar Rapids this summer. But if you want to ride, you’d better join the club first. Members of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) will have the chance to ride an Amtrak special [...]

New Norfolk-Richmond-Washington rail service to begin by year's end

The Amtrak Virginia service will provide one round-trip daily between Norfolk and Washington: a morning departure from the new Harbor Park station in Norfolk and an afternoon departure from Union Station in the nation's capital.