VANCOUVER, B.C. – Amtrak marked a milestone in North American passenger rail on June 10, 2026, as customers traveling from Vancouver, B.C., on the Amtrak Cascades can now complete U.S. preclearance before…
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NEW YORK CITY – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, Special Advisor to the Amtrak Board Andy Byford and Penn Transformation Partners (PTP) unveiled the design renderings for the…
CAMDEN, S.C. – Amtrak has completed a comprehensive series of improvements at both the Camden station and the Denmark station in South Carolina, which are each served twice daily by the Floridian (Chicago-Miami). “Ensuring our stations…
DEVILS LAKE AND FARGO, N.D. – Amtrak passengers have a more accessible experience at five North Dakota stations following about $30 million in upgrades. The Empire Builder stops twice daily at stations…
WASHINGTON – Amtrak has added a new track and platform at Washington Union Station that expand service capacity and improve the overall customer experience. The new track will primarily serve…
CHICAGO – On July 23, 1925, the railroads that built Chicago Union Station dedicated what is now the most intact of the Windy City’s downtown stations. On July 22, 2025,…
MOBILE, Ala., and NEW ORLEANS – Tickets are now available for new twice-daily Amtrak Mardi Gras Service starting August 18, 2025, between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast….
CHRISTIANSBURG, VA – Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin broke ground on April 24, 2025, on the highly-anticipated New River Valley Rail Project in Christiansburg. As part of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s…
LANCASTER, Pa. – Amtrak has commissioned an art installation to be featured at the Lancaster station in Pennsylvania. Entitled “A Place for Every Piece: Lancaster’s Living Quilt,” it tells the story…
WILSON, N.C. – Amtrak officials gathered with city and state leaders on December 4, 2024, to celebrate completion of a $4 million improvement project at the downtown G.K. Butterfield Train…
Amtrak established the Great American Stations Project in 2006 to educate communities on the benefits of redeveloping train stations, offer tools to community leaders to preserve their stations, and provide the appropriate Amtrak resources.
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