A trip from St. Louis to Chicago via Amtrak’s Lincoln Service will be about 15 minutes quicker starting this week due to track upgrades that allow for increased speeds. The Amtrak line ran its first ...

More Americans are taking the Amtrak than ever before. Here's why the national rail service is having a moment.

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train route runs between Los Angeles and Chicago on a 43-hour trip, with a dining car and a great ...

Some Metra trains in and out of Chicago are canceled or delayed after an Amtrak train on Sunday heading from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest derailed, Metra authorities say. According to Metra, ...

You can hitch a ride from Chicago to Miami on an Amtrak train beginning next month. According to Amtrak, the "Floridian" line will start in Chicago and make stops in Cleveland, Washington D.C., ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A new temporary Amtrak train service will soon connect Chicago and Miami—combining the Capitol Limited and Silver Star services for a limited time. The Floridian Amtrak service will ...

Passengers of one of Amtrak’s busiest hubs risk missing their train if they do not follow this recently released advisory.

Amtrak is dismantling two coaling towers in southwest Michigan and Indiana, affecting the passenger line's Wolverine and Blue Water schedules in Michigan from Sept. 15-19. Charter buses will provide ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Amtrak acknowledged that it's experiencing nationwide server issues that are causing some train cancellations and delays in parts of their service area. Please note: The above video ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The threat of a major rail strike is affecting travel plans for a lot of people in Chicago Tuesday morning, and it could affect Metra service, as well. Amtrak has preemptively ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --An Amtrak train from Chicago to St. Paul, Minnesota, was delayed more than four hours on Saturday night, after switching problems just outside the Twin Cities. Amtrak's Borealis train ...