U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Wednesday sent a letter to Stephen Gardner, CEO of Amtrak, to express his frustration at the suspension of one of two Amtrak round trips between Quincy, ...

A proposal to eliminate federal spending on Amtrak could derail passenger service between Chicago and nearly a dozen Illinois college towns. The Bush administration has proposed ending all federal ...

Passengers say the journey on Amtrak's Southwest Chief is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level scenery spanning deserts and ...

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Amtrak has begun selling tickets for a newly minted “Borealis” line that will double service between Chicago and the Twin Cities beginning May 21. The new service, one train in each direction, ...

Amtrak ridership hit a record 30 million passengers nationwide last year. On the Chicago-to-St. Louis route, passenger numbers increased 11 percent during the last fiscal year to more than 619,000 ...

Experience the Amtrak Empire Builder train as it traverses breathtaking landscapes across Washington State, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. This iconic route, one of ...

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Would you ride a train from Chicago to Florida — in coach? Ellery Jones with the Sun-Times boarded Amtrak’s temporary Floridian route from Chicago to Miami Sunday evening on Nov. 10 and is expected to ...