A new high-speed Amtrak train has officially made its first tracks along the Northeast Corridor. The NextGen Acela had its inaugural ride from Washington, D.C., to New York City's Penn Station on Wednesday morning.

Numerous train projects are in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, but Amtrak's modernization is speeding ahead.

The future of train travel on the Northeast Corridor is here, but just how much of an improvement is it? CNN’s Alexandra Skores goes on board the train’s maiden voyage and shows us if it’s the revolution Amtrak is hoping for.

The 70th anniversary of Emmett Till's death is being marked by family, friends and officials repeating the fateful train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955.

America’s fastest passenger train is here — and it was built in Hornell, New York, according to the Hornell Evening Tribune. Amtrak’s NextGen Acela trains, made by Alstom, launched Aug. 28 with speeds up to 160 mph.

An inquiry into a train derailment which killed three men in the north east of Scotland is to be held next year. The Aberdeen to Glasgow train came off the rails at Carmont, in Aberdeenshire, on 12 August 2020 after it hit a landslide following heavy rain.

Overhead electrical lines that detached above the track sparked a DART train fire that injured 11 in downtown Dallas in late July, the National Transportation Board Safety confirmed Tuesday. The NTSB said its investigators are now reviewing DART's maintenance and safety procedures.

Do you recognize this man and woman? Police say they're wanted for a shooting that happened on a MARTA train and should be considered armed and dangerous.