CHICAGO — Amtrak business-class passengers no longer receive free admission to Chicago Union Station’s Metropolitan Lounge, although a $35 day pass is available. Enlarged and reimagined at a new location within the sprawling facility in 2016, the Metropolitan Lounge’s primary function has been to serve transferring long-distance sleeping car passengers. It is a multi-level place […]
Amtrak police dogs More than 50 police dogs serve and protect Amtrak’s trains and stations throughout the United States. From birth to adulthood, these canines are trained to work with their human counterparts, protecting them from threats such as bombs. A few of the dogs are solely trained to detect narcotics. In fact, when Amtrak’s […]
MONTREAL — The last of Amtrak’s cross-border trains, and the last route suspended at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, has finally been fully restored. After the New York-Montreal Adirondack made its first run on Monday, April 3, the first southbound train made the return trip today (Tuesday, April 4). It is shown above passing […]
An Amtrak Keystone day trip to New York City Americans is a great way to view Amtrak’s electrified former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline, an important high-speed rail link between Pennsylvania’s capital city of Harrisburg, Pa., Philadelphia, and New York City. Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor begins at the Harrisburg Transportation Center and continues for 195 miles before reaching […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A locomotive shortage over the weekend caused Amtrak’s westbound Pennsylvanian from New York to run more than four hours late on its 444-mile trip to Pittsburgh. On Saturday (March 11), the seven-car train No. 43 left Manhattan’s Penn Station Moynihan Train Hall on time behind an ACS-64 electric locomotive as usual, changing […]
Perhaps you are visiting New York from overseas and looking to branch out beyond the city, then look no further than an Amtrak Keystone Service day trip to Harrisburg, Pa. Regardless of the circumstances, Amtrak Keystone Service options offer plenty of service to destinations across the Northeast that eliminate the need to rent a car […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak today (Thursday, Dec. 15) introduced the graphics and a new brand name — Airo — for its coming fleet of Siemens Mobility push-pull trainsets due to enter service in 2026, replacing 40- to 50-year-old locomotive-hauled equipment. At a press conference in Penn Station’s Moynihan Train Hall, Amtrak President Roger Harris and […]
MIAMI — With track damage caused by Hurricane Ian flooding in the Kissimmee, Fla., area repaired by CSX maintenance forces, Amtrak is restoring service beyond Jacksonville, Fla., to two New York-Florida trains this weekend. However, the addition of the second “Silver Service” train will result in a net loss of sleeping-car capacity. The Silver Meteor, […]
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in partnership with NJ Transit and Amtrak, has approved a contract for the redesign of New York’s Penn Station. A joint venture of FXCollaborative Architects LLOP and WSP USA Inc, with British architect John McAslan + Partners as collaborating architect, will advance a plan for a single-level facility […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak will begin introducing new ticket kiosk at three Northeast Corridor stations, the beginning of a rollout that will eventually cover more than 150 stations and more than 200 kiosks. Amtrak describes the machines as having “an updated user interface consistent with other Amtrak digital channels that allows for a minimum-touch experience for […]
NEW YORK — Despite more than 7 inches of rain that shut down New York’s subway system late Wednesday, the Amtrak tunnels connecting the Northeast Corridor to Manhattan survived tropical storm Ida without the debilitating damage that occurred as a result of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy. But other damage and power outages caused cancellation of all […]
NEW YORK — Work will resume on the project to bring Metro-North commuter rail service to New York’s Penn Station, a project which had been paused over funding uncertainty and because of the COVID-19 pandemic. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday that the resumption of the process will see selection of a firm […]
