Metra trains were halted Sunday afternoon in the west suburbs after a pedestrian was struck by an Amtrak train, officials said. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch "Inbound and ...

“Amtrak’s safety culture is failing and is primed ... In 2015, the NTSB calculated PTC would have prevented 145 train accidents, saved 300 lives and avoided 6,700 injuries had it been in ...

A spate of fatal Amtrak accidents in recent months is focusing renewed attention on the passenger railroad and its safety record. The latest deadly incident occurred Sunday in South Carolina.

“We have to continue to improve and evolve the safety culture at Amtrak.” Even without accidents, Amtrak's reputation suffered routine complaints about unreliable trains or late servic ...

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are trying ... Investigators probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana Other recent Amtrak accidents: Dec. 18, 2017: Three people were killed ...

Amtrak pays for accidents it didn’t cause because of secretive agreements negotiated between the passenger rail company, which receives more than $1 billion annually in federal subsidies, and ...

Passenger train service in the U.S. Northeast was still not back to full capacity early Friday afternoon after crews worked ...

The latest Amtrak crash near Mendon ... Despite the frequency of fatal grade-crossing incidents, the major rail safety push over the past decade has been to prevent train-on-train collisions ...

Impastato outlined broader changes at the government supported railroad in the wake of the accidents. “The safety team at Amtrak now includes a combination of career railroad employees augmented ...

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are trying ... Investigators probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana Other recent Amtrak accidents: Dec. 18, 2017: Three people were killed ...