Faced with brutal competition from airlines and too many unprofitable routes, Amtrak announced yesterday that it will scrap more than a fifth of its service nationwide and cut 5,500 jobs. Effective ...

As a result of a far-reaching retrenchment announced Wednesday, commuters dependent on Amtrak’s Chicago-to-Milwaukee route likely will have to find alternate transportation beginning in April.

Congress and the various legislatures in states where service is affected by recent Amtrak cuts should do all they can to provide necessary funds to increase rail service and improve it. Further, ...

For many people Amtrak is a safe, efficient, inexpensive way to travel. The problem is that “many” – 22 million a year – is not enough. The nation’s passenger rail service continues to draw too few ...

The Dec. 28 editorial headlined “Amtrak’s Troubled Railroad” made the good point that government underwriting is essential for Amtrak just as it is for air and highway travel. Other observations in ...

Amtrak’s plan to electrify the shoreline railroad corridor between New Haven and Boston is running into heavier opposition as an important deadline for the project approaches. Officials of the ...

Amtrak will cut hundreds of management jobs as part of a new cost-saving reorganization. President Thomas M. Downs outlined the plans Wednesday at a meeting of Amtrak’s board of directors. The board ...

As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, Amtrak's future has never been so bright. New routes, new trains and plenty of technology are bringing it up to date, and its green credentials make it ...

An Amtrak train arrives at the Boise Depot in the 1970s. The Spanish-style depot, which opened in 1925, harkens back to a time when passenger trains were common. The Pioneer line operated between ...

Amtrak's board fired its president yesterday, nearly a week after a government investigation found repeated management problems with the rail service. David L. Gunn's firing comes after a three-year ...