A minor Amtrak derailment blocked some platforms at Chicago's Union Station early Monday morning.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Passengers lived through an Amtrak nightmare over the weekend, getting stuck on a train from Detroit to Chicago for 19 hours without electricity, bathrooms, water or food. Jake Tobias ...

An Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed Monday in Missouri after striking a dump truck and at least three people were killed and multiple people injured, authorities said. Seven ...

Some Metra trains in and out of Chicago are canceled or delayed after an Amtrak train on Sunday heading from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest derailed, Metra authorities say. According to Metra, ...

Amtrak’s Cardinal runs from Chicago to New York City in approximately 28 hours. The route passes through Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. It offers views rarely seen ...

Amtrak has extended cancellations on a number of Midwestern routes for several days following a week of well-publicized ice ...

Plans to launch a Milwaukee-to-Madison rail service were revived in 2021, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The threat of a major rail strike is affecting travel plans for a lot of people in Chicago Tuesday morning, and it could affect Metra service, as well. Amtrak has preemptively ...

You can hitch a ride from Chicago to Miami on an Amtrak train beginning next month. According to Amtrak, the "Floridian" line will start in Chicago and make stops in Cleveland, Washington D.C., ...

Chicago-area residents looking for some fun in the sun later this fall will have the chance to take an Amtrak train directly to Florida, but only for a limited time. According to a press release by ...