Amtrak

Amtrak officials said the system is experiencing significant operational issues because of severe weather over the past few days.

Some railmen calculate that this is equivalent to a subsidy of about $240m a year, on top of what Amtrak gets from the government.

Railroad companies around the world, including Amtrak in the United States and Deutsche Bahn in Germany, are looking into the technology.

Amtrak has a passenger line that runs along the same tracks, but officials say it would be less affected by the project.

At least 2, 000 flights in the region had been canceled and the Amtrak passenger rail service between New York and Boston was suspended.

Amtrak's roomettes are essentially walk-in closets with two facing seats, a window, and a sliding door along the corridor.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has said on his Web site he would fight for Amtrak funding while seeking reforms.

Our location in the heart of midtown is directly opposite Madison Square Garden and Amtrak's Penn Station.

Amtrak has struggled to maintain full service this year because nearly 100 of its cars and locomotives are damaged and out of service.

A freighter cut into the path of my passenger train. When the two collided the Amtrak locomotive erupted in a giant fireball.

The Starlight is one of Amtrak's flagship routes, following the Pacific coast from Seattle to Los Angeles, or vice versa.

By comparison, Amtrak trains require at least 18 hours to travel a similar distance from New York to Chicago.

Low on cash, Amtrak has not been able to get the cars back on the tracks.

More than a dozen people were seriously injured when this Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train.

Two Amtrak trains collided in northern California, sending emergency crews rushing to the scene, authorities said late Wednesday.

Some current and planned high speed lines (like the Amtrak-owned lines across Michigan) are good for 110 mph.

Occasionally, adventurous southbound travellers experiment with Amtrak, America's national rail company.

Despite the existence of Amtrak's Acela, "you don't have an existing high-speed train industry in the United States to build upon. "

Biden frequently travels between his home state of Delaware and Washington on Amtrak trains.

Oakland police, emergency personnel and Amtrak authorities have responded to the scene.

Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole said limited service on the busy route was expected to resume shortly before the start of the Monday commute.

Amtrak also operates special sightseeing trains throughout the western United States, such as the California Zephyr and Coast Starlight.

The freight railroads have learned to live with the limited Amtrak passenger services on their tracks.

But Amtrak's looking to revamp its service, and announced plans in September to add a Next-Generation High-Speed Rail line in the Northeast.

Amtrak canceled trains to Newport News, near Virginia's coast, from Richmond, Va. , and Washington.

Dozens of Amtrak passengers are also reporting being stranded in Chicago for more than 12 hours awaiting a New York-bound train.

They could close passenger and branch lines, as long as they preserved access for Amtrak services.

Amtrak Chairman John Robert Smith says the deal ensures passenger service won't be interrupted.

In October Congress reauthorised Amtrak for five years, and included plans to advance intercity and high-speed passenger rail.

Most trains are operated by AMTRAK, the national railroad corporation.

Amtrak expected more than 115, 000 riders on Wednesday, about a 70 percent increase over a usual Wednesday, spokesman Cliff Cole said.

On some shorter lines, Amtrak has "quiet cars" where noise from phones, laptops and other devices is prohibited.

Amtrak's passenger services are sparse compared with Europe's.

Penn Central declared bankruptcy in 1970; its passenger service was taken over by Amtrak in 1971 and its assets by Conrail in 1976.

Many passengers said they spent the night in the station's cold waiting room with little information from Amtrak officials.

On the way to Oceanside, you will need to stop at Laguna Niguel Station and wait for an Amtrak Train to pass, then continue.

So that's why I'm calling for the creation of an Amtrak no ride list.

The entire Amtrak system accounted for just 6 billion passenger miles.

A similar-length journey in the US, from Washington DC to Chicago, takes 18 hours on Amtrak.

Just over 20 years ago I caught another Amtrak train in Baltimore, on America's opposite coast. It crashed 18 miles later.

Amtrak train 227 now departing for Los Angeles at platform O.

We can't afford Amtrak , we can't fix our roads, we can't do so many things.

He travels home to his family in Delaware every day on Amtrak, and lives in a surprisingly modest house.

Ridership on Amtrak is up as much as 40 percent on some routes compared to last year. 40%?