Amtrak is encouraging passengers to plan ahead as a temporary nine-day closure is expected to begin Oct. 16, impacting seven ...

Travelers and commuters who depend on trains between Washington and Virginia are expected to face major disruptions from ...

Amtrak’s nine-day First Street Tunnel outage begins after Friday service. VRE trains will terminate at L’Enfant instead of ...

Amtrak will disrupt service in DC for nine days in October as crews replace aging track infrastructure near Union Station.

Amtrak’s First Street tunnel is a critical link in the rail agency’s Northeast Corridor. It has also been the subject of headaches for both Amtrak and VRE. Repairs started October 16, and the ...

Between Oct. 16 and Oct. 26, there will be no Amtrak or Virginia Railway Express (VRE) service from Union Station headed south as a major piece of infrastructure underneath Union Station, known as an ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hailed Amtrak’s new train, marking the United States’s 250th anniversary, as it embarks on a trip to Philadelphia on Thursday. Duffy was on hand at Washington, D.C.

The closure, which begins Oct. 16, is part of Amtrak’s “Pause for Progress” project, aimed at improving rail operations and preventing larger service disruptions in the future.

Although train stations are traditionally transient spots where travelers sit and wait for the next departure, some are so much more than that.