Flynn Nicholls is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on U.S. politics and society. Originally from New Zealand, Flynn joined Newsweek in 2024 and had previously ...

The rail operator functions on state and federal subsidies. The latest Amtrak project map, which showcases the Northeast Corridor, highlights a wide range of upgrades, including new tunnels ...

Amtrak officials have applied for $299.7 million in federal grants to replace trouble-prone overhead wiring that powers trains, and has been blamed for delays and service suspensions this summer.

Those upgrades proposed in the 1970s were included in the new power system Amtrak built northeast of New York, between New Haven and Boston, in the 1990s. It took Amtrak two decades to get the ...

IT’S THE SAME STORY FOR MANY. TAKING AMTRAK IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR THIS HOLIDAY. AMTRAK SAYS THERE ARE SIGNAL POWER ISSUES ALONG THE TRACK, CAUSING DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS FROM WASHINGTON TO ...

The best and worst times to hit the road for the holidays Amtrak suspended part of its Northeast service on Sunday due to downed power wires and customers along the Northeast Corridor experienced ...

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak has submitted applications for nearly $7.3 billion in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding for 14 proposed Northeast Corridor projects to ...

Amtrak has canceled at least a dozen trains along the Northeast Corridor line between Washington, New York and Boston, citing extreme cold and another forecast round of snow. The federal passenger ...

BALTIMORE - Amtrak has announced they are adding additional services for riders in the Northeast region. The new services will include an additional four weekday round trips and two new weekend ...

Both of Amtrak's popular routes between Penn Station and Boston, the high-speed Acela and the Northeast Regional line, include a stop in New Haven. The agency urged riders to instead use the Metro ...

In March, when Amtrak announced it was expanding its Northeast Regional service between New York’s Penn Station and Union Station in Washington, D.C., adding four round-trips on weekdays and one ...