Amtrak

Amtrak will be taking over renovations at New York's Penn Station, according to a letter sent by the Federal Railroad Administration.

The 240-mile route would take under 90 minutes and travel at a top speed of 204 MPH, according to Amtrak.

Amtrak is on its way to carrying more passengers this fiscal year than ever before. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Reuters reporter David Shepardson about why that is.

The funding will go to almost 30 projects along the lines connecting cities such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.

There have been no passenger trains on this 140-mile route since Hurricane Katrina devastated the region in 2005.

Nat Read says he has ridden every mile on the Amtrak rail network, and he's never grown tired of looking at the country through a train window.

The accident happened near Moody, just north of Temple.

Amtrak made initial service adjustments on Wednesday in response to a possible freight railroad service interruption that could occur later this week because of a rail strike. It uses the same lines as freight trains.

At least three people were killed and others injured when an Amtrak train struck a dump truck in rural Missouri.

President Biden has aspirations for a new era of train travel. Amtrak supporters hope that a new line between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, is just the start. But major obstacles stand in the way.