En route to Chicago Union Station, passengers ride along an Amtrak system forged by the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, ...

Train hits vehicle on tracks in north suburbs following car crash Amtrak train headed to Chicago derails in New Buffalo, Mich. 7 hurt after Amtrak train crashes into truck, derails in Florida ...

In November, Amtrak, America’s national passenger rail operator, launched a direct service between Chicago and Miami — the first on the route since 1979. The Floridian, as it is known ...

Amtrak competed with other railway companies for train stations and tracks. On its first day of service, passenger trains had to be rerouted from seven train terminals in Chicago into just one.