When the final passenger trains departed Columbus in 1979, it happened due to federal cutbacks in Amtrak services across the nation.

The nation’s passenger railroad is adapting to White House priorities, such as by dropping high-speed rail projects.

Two Catlett firefighters died in 1989 crash with same train, the Amtrak Crescent, at same crossing while they were responding ...

Then there was the noise. At several nighttime stops along the route, new passengers loudly came aboard looking for their seats while others clambered off. The commotion, coupled with the train’s loud ...

Amtrak’s Borealis, the passenger rail line running between St. Paul’s Union Depot and Chicago’s Union Station, recently marked its first anniversary.

Amtrak's cross-country Empire Builder train has long connected Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, but now the year-old Borealis route makes the trip even easier and more affordable.

Amtrak’s Borealis, the passenger rail line running between St. Paul’s Union Depot and Chicago’s Union Station, recently marked its first anniversary. But there is a bigger reason to ...

When returning to Minnesota, riders can take the Borealis route from Chicago's Union Station back to Union Depot in St. Paul at 11:10 a.m. any day of the week.

Amtrak passengers were directed to shuttle buses on Wednesday at Chicago Union Station. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Brian Schuster did not have any complaints after the hour and a half ride to Chicago.

But in a Wednesday night update, Amtrak said Thursday’s train to Chicago’s Union Station will be replaced with bus service but the Thursday train to St. Paul’s Union Depot will proceed normally.

Officials have also notified Amtrak of the case, as the person traveled on Amtrak Train 175 from New York to Washington Union Station on Wednesday, March 19.

The Borealis' daily route from the St. Paul Union Depot to Chicago's Union Station launched last May. Officials said since the start of the new line, ridership has exceeded even Amtrak’s ...