Amtrak

A passenger on board the Amtrak train that crashed into a truck and derailed in Missouri on Monday, killing four people, has described the harrowing moment when his carriage rolled.

Three people from the Amtrak train were killed in addition to one person in the dump truck, authorities said.

The money is part of a settlement agreed to in 2020 after the Justice Department found that Amtrak violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to meet accessibility standards.

As a bipartisan bill that would dedicate $1.2 trillion dollars to improving the nation’s infrastructure waits for lawmakers in Congress to take action, Oklahomans have ideas on what they’d improve in our state if they had the chance. More public transportation is high on the list.

The westbound train, Empire Builder, was on its way from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday after near Joplin, Mont., killing three people.

"You and your family could travel coast to coast without a single tank of gas onboard a high-speed train," President Biden said. The map shows 30 new routes across the U.S. that funding could create.

NPR reported on Friday that the ticket for a two-hour ride between Chicago and Bloomington-Normal, Ill., stations usually costs $16. Amtrak had based the higher price on adjustments to train cars.

Safety advocates and federal investigators have railed against a "lax safety culture" within Amtrak in recent years, but investigators warn against attributing four recent crashes to a systemic issue.

Amtrak demonstrated a new train route Friday from Oklahoma City to Kansas City.Oklahoma Department of Transportation Director Mike Patterson said the new…

The May 2015 derailment left eight people dead and more than 200 others injured. Attorneys say the agreement means their clients will receive money more quickly than if the case were to be litigated.