Passenger train service across the Midwest could get a huge boost in the coming decades, with multiple new routes and more frequent trains running out of Chicago, under a concept envisioned by the ...

In an unusual twist of circumstances, there are three events ongoing at this writing that have a lot to say about Amtrak corridors and trains in the Midwest. All were scheduled to take place within a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A new study says a Midwest bullet train could cost more than $83 billion, but it would also run at a speed of 220 mph. As CBS 2's Kris Habermehl reports, the Midwest has been working ...

There is a real need for a modern passenger rail system in this country, but prospects for such a system are threatened by severe governmental cutbacks. Part of Amtrak's problem has been due to ...

It was planes, trains and automobiles — and that wasn’t even half of it. Regular readers know about my devotion to public transit, especially around Los Angeles. This extends to vacations, where ...

WHY IT RATES: Travel agents with clients migrating to the Midwest to partake in theannual Tulip Time Festival will have more rail travel options thanks to Amtrak.-Donald Wood, Breaking News Senior ...