From a compulsive liar who became a folk hero to a luxury launch that advertised rocks instead of cars, these campaigns now seem almost unbelievable. Yet each one captured a specific anxiety or ...

Geneva Ellegant sat outside her Alabama home on a Tuesday morning, remembering her daughter’s witty humor, gift for painting and beautiful singing voice. “She was my easy child,” Ellegant said of ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The new year will bring new schedule and operational changes for Amtrak in Hampton Roads. In order to accommodate the construction of the $2.3 billion Long Bridge project, aimed ...

A dining car on a long-distance Amtrak train. Photo Credit: Amtrak Amtrak enjoyed record-high ridership and revenue during the 2025 fiscal year. That included growth on its long-distance routes, which ...

My family of four spent 46 hours traveling from Chicago to Seattle in two Amtrak roomettes. The roomettes were small but comfortable, and we got to see lots of gorgeous views along the way. The rail ...

"We're working really hard to put a better product out there every day, increase capacity and get schedules that are more convenient for customers to take," he also noted. Transportation Secretary ...

In September I had the opportunity to travel on Amtrak’s new, NextGen Acela trainsets. Here’s the good news, these trains are a major upgrade over the first generation Acela in terms of comfort, ride, ...

The state of Michigan has committed $40 million for research and engineering of a new transportation hub. The planned hub would bring passenger rail service back to the station for the first time ...

The government could shut down again in just a few days. The last time it happened was a 35-day stretch from Dec. 2018 through Jan. 2019. This time, Congress has until the end of Sept. 30 to approve ...

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The NextGen Acela train is engineered to reach speeds of up to 160mph. Credit: Alstom SA. Amtrak has launched its NextGen Acela service, marking a major update to the Acela service since its initial ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...