Over the past few weeks, a number of newspapers ran a column written by conservative columnist George Will. In it, he claims that Amtrak is hopelessly dependent on subsidies from...

Those of us who are trying to get more and better and faster passenger trains keep getting opposition from both members of the public and some elected officials. They oppose...

For years, there has been a simmering controversy surrounding Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, which refers to the Boston-New York-Washington portion of the Amtrak system over which the sorta-high-speed Acelas operate.  ...

Two of Amtrak’s long-distance trains—the Sunset Limited and the Cardinal—currently run on a three-days-a-week schedule. I’m sure the appropriate people at Amtrak would be able to provide their reasons in...