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Amtrak is adjusting service to Florida for the safety of its passengers and employees because of Hurricane Michael.
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Amtrak installs lactation suite at Baltimore’s Penn Station
Amtrak has installed a pod at Penn Station in Baltimore to provide a private space for breastfeeding mothers.
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Read More »Amtrak bears the cost of accidents even if not at fault
WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, earlier this month. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident, Amtrak ...
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Read More »Judge: Amtrak engineer’s deadly crash an accident, not crime
PHILADELPHIA — An unusual, 11th-hour attempt to put an Amtrak engineer behind bars for a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia unraveled Tuesday as a judge dismissed the case without trial because he found the evidence pointed to an accident, not ...
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Read More »More time offered to comment on Amtrak plans for Northeast
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal railroad regulators are giving people more time to comment on major changes proposed for Amtrak’s Boston-to-Washington Northeast Corridor route. A proposal to upgrade the 8-state passenger rail corridor over the coming decades was unveiled last month, ...
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Read More »Baltimore Amtrak tunnel replacement would cost $4 billion
The Federal Railroad Administration is proposing a $4 billion project to replace a 143-year-old Amtrak tunnel beneath Baltimore that is a major bottleneck in the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington. The agency said Thursday that the project is the ...
Read More »Amtrak to pay $265M for Philadelphia crash that killed 8
PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve. The settlement allows victims to have ...
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Read More »Biden announces new funding for Amtrak Northeast Corridor
WILMINGTON — Federal officials are announcing new funding for Amtrak’s passenger rail system and stressing the need for continued investment in America’s transportation infrastructure. Vice President Joe Biden scheduled a stop Friday at the train station in Wilmington, Delaware, which ...
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Read More »Amtrak: New ‘Sprinter’ locomotives have cut delays nearly 25 percent
NEWARK, N.J. — The introduction of 70 new locomotives on Amtrak’s most heavily traveled line three years ago has contributed to a reduction in engine-related delays of nearly 25 percent, the national passenger railroad said Thursday. The last of the ...
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Read More »Some Amtrak victims say federal findings hard to believe
WASHINGTON — Victims of last year’s deadly Amtrak derailment aren’t buying the findings of federal investigators that the train’s engineer likely lost his bearings because he was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. Through lawyers, they called the ...
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