I’ll wager that a year or two from now, an objective analysis will show that what Amtrak is doing with the long-distance trains during this pandemic might possibly have made...

During the worst days of the coronavirus, people were avoiding crowds, which meant they weren’t traveling. As a consequence, ridership on Amtrak’s long-distance trains dropped to around 15% of capacity,...

Not for me, I’m afraid. Normally, by this time of year I would have made one or two trips and at least one of those would have included one of...

Year after year . . . hearing after hearing . . . in report after report, the complaint from Congress has been that Amtrak should at least break even. For...

I had a vision last night. In it, Bill Flynn, Amtrak’s new president, was asked to testify before a Congressional committee considering Amtrak’s recent request for a grant of $1.475...

Amtrak has submitted a request to Congress for a supplementary appropriation of roughly $1.5 billion for the year 2021, bringing the 2-year total requested to $3.54 billion. This second request...

During the worst days of the coronavirus, people were avoiding crowds, which meant they weren’t traveling. As a consequence, ridership on Amtrak’s long-distance trains dropped to around 15% of capacity,...

Word is flashing about on-line that, because of the coronavirus, Amtrak has made drastic cuts in its schedule—cuts that will probably be in effect for at least the next several...

Amtrak is about to get a new boss. He is William J. Flynn, who will assume the duties of president and CEO on April 15th, replacing Richard Anderson, whose three...

Amtrak hasn’t always been around. It was created by Congress a half century ago because the private railroads were losing money and wanted desperately to get out of the passenger...