But expect delays.
Amtrak’s Northeast Regional trains are getting new locomotives capable of returning energy to the grid.
Later this week, Amtrak will begin test runs of truly high-speed trains along its Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston, the train service announced yesterday.
A D.C.-based firm is exploring the idea of a high-speed train that could get you from D.C. to New York in an hour, but the project—if it ever comes to pass—is many decades off.
Photo by mosley.brian Those of you who fled the District to drier pastures out west may have trouble getting back in time for work on Monday. As of 8 p.m., Amtrak has suspended all service north of Jacksonville, Fla., and east of Toledo and Indianapolis through Sunday. Previously, train service had been canceled south of the District through Sunday due to a certain lass named Irene. Amtrak engineers are currently inspecting 363 miles of…
Don’t get too excited just yet, but this story from the Washington Times is bound to make those of you who travel between D.C. and New York City on a regular basis salivate. The federal government plans to announce it is seeking contractors to build a new $30 billion to $40 billion high-speed rail line between Washington and New York that would be used exclusively by passenger trains. Now, Congress still has to vote to…
This DCist was in New York this weekend, and like anyone who frequents Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Penn Station in Manhattan, we know the drill while waiting for trains. In Union Station, lines can snake down the concourse prior to boarding. At Penn Station, people in the waiting room stand patiently underneath the departure and arrival board for the track number to be announced, as classical music plays…
Good morning, Washington. This photo is from KimTheWolf who posted the shot of a bed of yellow daffodils near the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 25th Street NW in DCist Photos. Although temperatures will be pleasant approaching 70 degrees, Capital Weather says that for Sunday, temperatures will be “downright chilly” in the low 50s. Kansas Senator Warns D.C. to Watch Its Step: Sen. Sam Brownback, the Kansas Republican who chairs the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on…
That huge ad on the Post’s website is hard to miss. Amtrak is celebrating the unveiling of its new website with lower fares. So if you’re heading to New York anytime soon, or anywhere else for that matter on Amtrak (except South Dakota and Wyoming, they are the only lower 48 states without train service … sorry Rapid City and Cody), you can get 10 percent off. But that’s not on Acela or Metroliner, so…
