The NextGen trains are the first big upgrade to the Acela since 2000 when Amtrak launched its first high-speed service ...

A new era of high speed rail debuts today as Amtrak launches its NextGen Acela. The trains reach 160 miles per hour, and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Many students are heading home for the holiday, and they were concerned given Monday's Amtrak derailment south of Seattle. "It's actually a little scary because my mom sent it ...

Amtrak's NextGen Acela train pulled into 30th Street Station for the first time on Thursday. The new Acela trains go 10 MPH faster than the current Amtrak trains and feature new amenities. Amtrak ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Amtrak service from Philadelphia to New York has resumed after being suspended temporarily Thursday morning due to overhead power issues. The power issues occurred at the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WABC) -- Amtrak trains began rolling between New York and Philadelphia early Monday, the first time in almost a week following a deadly crash in Philadelphia, and officials vowed to have ...

Amtrak announced on Tuesday that it plans to install inward-facing video cameras to monitor the engineers operating some of its busiest trains. The decision follows a train derailment in Philadelphia ...

As Philadelphia’s SEPTA prepares to eliminate regional rail service on several lines it leases from Amtrak, the national rail operator says the move could affect its ability to maintain intercity ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Could potential cuts to public transportation funding be a much bigger deal for central Pennsylvania than previously thought? The debate on public transportation funding has ...

WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board released images from a camera on Amtrak train 188, showing the moments of the May, 2015 crash in Philadelphia that left eight people dead. The ...

WASHINGTON -- The engineer driving an Amtrak train wasn't using his cellphone to talk, text or download data just before the train derailed in Philadelphia last month, safety investigators said ...