passenger rail

Passenger trains have not stopped at the red brick depot along Fort Madison’s riverfront since 1968.That’s when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway…

Representatives from Macomb, Galesburg, and Quincy got together along with Amtrak officials to celebrate a half-century of Amtrak service through western…

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said he expects fellow Republicans will go along with an infrastructure bill if the Biden administration get it under $1 trillion.

Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation said new locomotives will be put into use on a number of routes, including the Illinois Zephyr/Carl…

Amtrak says it doesn’t know which services would be affected if Illinois cuts its funding. But the rail company says it’s sure there would be some service…

More than 100,000 people ride the Illinois Zephyr train line from Quincy to Chicago each year. In addition to seeing it as a good means of transportation,…

A group of Illinois lawmakers is encouraging the state to study the feasibility of an east-west passenger rail corridor.The route -- by bus at first, with…

Politicians in western Illinois want to make sure those in Washington DC know support for Amtrak reaches across the aisle and across the miles.Republican…

Illinois will acquire new rail cars for all of the in-state Amtrak routes. Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider said the new cars…