The USRA was born under a unique confluence of circumstances. Prior even to American involvement in the First World War, the ...

Even when it was most used in the 1910s and 1920s, America's passenger train network displayed stark differences between ...

Here in the United States, we’re lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to shiny new passenger rail, despite being leaders in previous centuries. The Federal Railroad Administration ...

The last rail strike in the US, in 1992, lasted less than four days ... but it never had an official status in the country's 248-year history.

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday ridership topped 2019 pre-COVID levels for the first time in 2024 and reached a record high even with less capacity.