Amtrak

$2 billion project covers speed increase, safety upgrades, new cars

The federal government has signed off on higher speed Amtrak passenger trains between Chicago and St. Louis, running through Bloomington-Normal, completing more than three decades of effort to bring high-speed rail to the state and the nation's passenger rail service.

Amtrak is pausing some services

At Tuesday’s meeting the Carbondale City Council heard an update on the Southern Illinois Multimodal Station.

Time is running out to participate in IDOT’s Illinois Rail Needs Assessment survey.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday the release of a six-year, $20.7 billion construction plan to improve roads and bridges throughout the state, an…

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry and Public Information Officer Roni LaForge about new developments in Amtrak's on-time…

The Amtrak route between Chicago and Carbondale is the least on-time state-supported passenger rail route in the country … according to Amtrak’s own…

A new transportation center in downtown Carbondale is getting some federal grant funding.The Southern Illinois Multi-modal Station project is receiving…

An Effingham man has been sentenced to three years in prison related to a theft on an Amtrak train in Carbondale.The Jackson County State's Attorney says…