Amtrak first introduced its Acela product in 2000. The NextGen trains were outlooked to enter service in 2022, but ...

In 2015, an Amtrak train in Philadelphia was travelling at twice the 80 km/h speed limit as it entered a sharp curve and derailed. Eight people were killed and more than 200 were injured when the ...

Amtrak ordered to expand speed control system at deadly crash site of speeding train By Ron Todt The Associated Press Posted May 16, 2015 6:42 pm Updated May 16, 2015 6:44 pm ...

JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) — An Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana over the weekend was going just under the speed limit at about 75 mph (121 kph) when it went off the track along a gradual ...

The NextGen Acela Fleet promises to bring Amtrak to the level with its new high-speed rail. Teaming up with Alstom, the Acela is part of $2.45 billion investment.

Amtrak in 2000 introduced Acela, the first high-speed rail service in the Western Hemisphere. Since then, we’ve served more than 65 million passengers. But what’s next for high-speed rail in America?

The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was hurtling at 170 km/h before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 80 km/h ...

And Amtrak has proposed building a new high-speed line between Houston and Dallas. “Those are two major metropolitan cities that are a little too far to drive, a little too short to fly,” says ...

Amtrak didn't wait for speed-control system that could've prevented fatal wreck Work to install the sophisticated, GPS-based technology isn't expected to be completed until next spring, according ...

Amtrak is considering suspending service on tracks that don't have sophisticated speed controls by a Dec. 31, 2018 deadline, Amtrak president and CEO Richard Anderson said Feb. 15, 2018, threatening ...