Over 6 million Illinoisans will drive, fly, bus and train somewhere over the approaching holidays, a 2.2% uptick from 2024, ...

CHICAGO — More evidence of the toll Amtrak’s aging locomotive and passenger car fleet is taking on operations was provided in ...

The loudspeaker announcement was reinforced by an Amtrak uniformed agent who made a sweep around the waiting rooms in the ...

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

Amtrak should be asking itself a $7 billion question about the future of its long-distance trains. Should it spend that ...

Theta Hughes, 27, vanished after leaving St. Louis on Dec. 3, 2025; last seen near Chicago's Union Station. Authorities urge ...

Nearly 30 years after the idea was first formally explored, a new commission was born Friday with the goal of finally delivering a passenger rail system that connects Milwaukee, ...

It was 9.34am on Saturday morning and, despite being only 30 minutes into my 48-hour journey, I was already lost for words.

The Amtrak Board of Directors held its year-end 2025 meeting earlier this month in New Orleans, the site of a celebration ...

Experience the final leg of my journey on the Amtrak Southwest Chief, spanning over 2,200 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. This route follows the Santa Fe Trail and passes through eight states, ...

At a time when Chicago is rallying around today’s Bears, let’s not use history as a measuring stick for success.

Federal agents say they stopped a terrifying plan before it ever reached a Florida campus.