At nearly four times the price of the coach ticket, the first-class roomette ticket includes dinner, a private bathroom, and ...

The US secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, is hitting the road – and he wants you to ride shotgun. The cabinet official ...

A stalled Amtrak train headed to South Florida turned infernal when high temperatures aboard sent four passengers to the ...

Four people were taken to the hospital for treatment of “heat-related issues” after Amtrak’s southbound Floridian was halted ...

ORLANDO — Amtrak’s decision last fall to create the Chicago-Miami Floridian out of the Capitol Limited and Silver Star — ostensibly to reduce equipment moves during East River tunnel ...

Amtrak decided to truncate one established route and combine it with another established route, to start running a resulting route that is 1,944 miles long, the longest east of Chicago by far and ...

Amtrak’s new ‘Floridian’ train service connects Chicago with Miami, offering great dining and wonderful views on the way to the Sunshine State — much better than an internal flight, writes ...

Amtrak launched a new temporary route last fall called “the Floridian” — the name of a route that was discontinued in 1979. This version of the Floridian, it said, would travel from Chicago ...

The Floridian’s late departure out of Chicago meant that the final run into Miami, following the historic tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, happened under cover of darkness.

Chicago Sun-Times Audience Engagement Specialist Ellery Jones looks out a window while riding the inaugural run from Chicago to Miami of Amtrak’s Train 41, the Floridian.