Amtrak News

Amtrak The Livingston Parish News / Apr 26, 2022

As of Monday, April 25, Amtrak has restored Hartford Line service — between New Haven and Hartford, Conn., and Springfield, Mass., to pre-pandemic levels, the company announced Monday. The move means the return of seven trains — two on weekdays, one on Saturdays, and four on Sundays. The…

Amtrak KHGI / Apr 24, 2022

A Kansas City family is seeking damages after one of their loved ones was killed in a shooting that occurred one night on an Amtrak train. The victim, Richie Terell Aaron Jr. was riding home on a train when he was shot by another passenger, Marquise Webb after he boarded the railcar one evening with…

Amtrak Krebs on Security / Apr 22, 2022

Amid the confusion of the national mask mandate on public transit, with a federal court striking it down and the White House dawdling and the Justice Department appealing, the absurd situation at Penn Station reveals who is responsible for Penn’s troubles far beyond any face-masking matters: Amtrak.

Amtrak Krebs on Security / Apr 22, 2022

Amtrak is making its final pitch to federal regulators for a new passenger line connecting New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. But the private companies that own the tracks Amtrak’s trains would use are opposing the deal, arguing that the extra trains would cause significant harm to their...

Amtrak Krebs on Security / Apr 22, 2022

PennDOT has awarded a $1.29 million multimodal grant to help the city renovate the downtown transportation center. The money will go for public safety and connectivity improvements, renovating utilities, installing new wayfinding and access signage, updating passenger spaces and transfer areas and p…