High-speed rail in the Northeast just got a significant upgrade. Amtrak's new NextGen Acela trains launched on Wednesday, August 27. The first train left Union Station in Washington, DC, at 5 a.m., ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New Yorkers are about to have a quicker trip to the nation's capital. Starting in September, Amtrak will launch an express high-speed train between New York Penn Station and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation’s ...

Five new Amtrak trains will begin rolling out between Washington, D.C., New York and Boston at top speeds of 160 mph starting Thursday. The inaugural NextGen Acela ride is taking off from Washington’s ...

The Trump Administration has expressed interest in bringing Washington DC’s Union Station under the control of the U.S. Department of Transportation in an announcement made ahead of Amtrak’s launch of ...

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, away from Amtrak, in another ...