I've spent 75 hours on overnight Amtrak trips. I wish I had known 9 things before stepping aboard.

I spent 60 hours on Amtrak overnight trains between NYC and Miami. Then I spent 15 hours on an Amtrak sleeper train from Denver to Salt Lake City.
Grand Forks Herald

Amtrak ridership in Minnesota up 176% since 2021, up 89% in North Dakota

GRAND FORKS — For a town like Rugby, North Dakota, where the population is about 2,400 and the nearest commercial airports are roughly an hour away, the local passenger train is a point of pride and a ...

There's A New Proposed Amtrak Route Called The 'Midwest Connect' That Will Link These Popular Cities

It's not a highspeed rail system, but Columbus, Ohio hasn't had a a passenger rail since 1979 and the Fort Wayne, Indiana ...
CBS News

Amtrak's new high-speed Acela train a gamechanger for Northeast travelers

Amtrak's NextGen Acela high-speed trains are now racing passengers between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., hitting top speeds of 160 miles per hour. Leo Friedman and his mother, Phyllis, ...

MTA blames Amtrak inaction for delays finishing Metro-North to Penn Station project

MTA officials said Amtrak's failure to cooperate means linking Metro-North to Penn Station will take at least three years ...
Packers Wire

Peoria's pursuit of passenger rail will require more money than originally anticipated

In 2021, the Biden administration earmarked $66 billion in federal ... More background: Peoria takes 'huge next step' in effort to bring Amtrak passenger rail to the city Peoria still has a long way ...