GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Amtrak's Grand Rapids-to-Chicago route has seen massive ridership gains since 1997, far outpacing its cohort Michigan train routes, according to a new report from the Brookings ...

There will certainly be lawsuits against Amtrak following Monday's derailment, which killed three people and injured dozens more. The commuter train was traveling at 80 mph on a 30-mph stretch of ...

In 1997, Congress passed the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act, hoping to resolve the perennial fiscal crises of the passenger rail system and to set it on a path to self-sufficiency. Nevertheless, ...