WASHINGTON, D.C. – Westmont resident Robert Gleason Jr., a leading proponent of expanded passenger rail service in western Pennsylvania, now holds one of the highest-ranking positions within the ...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's first statewide rail plan since the COVID-19 pandemic outlines several long-term infrastructure proposals that could make it ...

As Philadelphia’s SEPTA prepares to eliminate regional rail service on several lines it leases from Amtrak, the national rail operator says the move could affect its ability to maintain intercity ...

A train traveling from New York to Harrisburg hit a person "trespassing on the tracks" around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Amtrak said.

The coroner's office has released the name of a Harrisburg man who died after he was struck by a train near the Harrisburg ...

An investigation is underway after an Amtrak train traveling from New York to Harrisburg struck a person on Tuesday, ...

Amtrak’s retired trains are sold, recycled, or preserved through a structured process as new Airo and Avelia fleets shape the ...

FILE - An Amtrak train departs 30th Street Station in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2021. As Philadelphia’s SEPTA prepares to eliminate regional rail service on several lines it leases from Amtrak, the ...