WASHINGTON – Amtrak said Friday it will offer discounts of as much as 15 percent for some tickets on its Acela Express and Metroliner premium trains that run between Washington and Boston, expanding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new Acela trains are scheduled to start running on the Northeast Corridor soon. Courtesy of Amtrak When former President Joe ...

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak patched together a North-east Corridor service plan using older rolling stock to replace its new Acela Express trains, which will be sidelined for months due to brake problems.

Amtrak late last week released a request for proposals (RFP) for a new fleet of single-level passenger-rail vehicles to replace the Amfleet I cars. Amfleet I cars are used primarily on the Northeast ...

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak said its popular Acela Express trains would be sidelined until the summer at the earliest, as it works to repair problems with the high-speed trains brakes. In the meantime, ...

Amtrak’s new Acela trains, called NextGen, are four years late arriving for passengers on the Boston-New York-Washington route, but still most Amtrak passengers on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) will ...