The market is exactly the wrong place to put something if you want a rail transportation system that meets the needs of all ...

Amtrak, after investing more than $4 billion in a year to improve its creaky infrastructure and aging fleet, said it expected ...

Amtrak issued a request for qualifications inviting companies, joint ventures and contractors to vie for a spot on a short list of applicants, Texas ...

But this insistence that Amtrak should be profitable “is an effort to impose a highly selective business model on what is really a public service.” If Amtrak were privatized, it could ...

Amtrak provides a service that is "inherently not profitable," Thompson said, adding that "this is the uniform model for most rail passenger service worldwide." If it isn't profitable, Thompson said, ...