Protections for long-distance train routes, like the Southwest Chief, are chugging through U.S. Congress. The Southwest Chief runs from Chicago to Los Angeles and back again, completing the route ...

Amtrak's $1,500 Epic Journey Is Worth It Spanning 2,265 miles, the Amtrak Southwest Chief is a 43-hour scenic journey across eight states: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico ...

Delaware-based group AmeriStarRail is proposing a new Amtrak train route that can transport people between Los Angeles and ...

A privately funded train route between Los Angeles and New York City, in less than 72 hours, could begin as early as next year ...

AmeriStarRail said the Transcontinental Chief train would replace the Southwest Chief and the Pennsylvanian Amtrak routes that currently help transport people between Southern California and New ...

Amtrak has launched a week-long sale offering up to 25% off regular Coach Class fares across most of its national network.

Speed is Key Today, Amtrak’s advertised travel time for a trip from New York to Los Angeles on the Lake Shore Limited and the Southwest Chief is 68 hours. Going the other way, it’s 70:15, due in part ...

It could eventually be part of a potential expansion of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief long distance passenger line and the proposed Front Range Passenger Rail project.

Los Angeles Union Station caused a sensation when it opened in 1939. For first-time visitors to the City of Angels who alight from an Amtrak train there, it still does. The station ...