Amtrak Halts Long-Distance Service Over Freight Rail Labor Dispute The passenger railroad said trains would operate only if they could complete trips by 12:01 a.m. Friday.

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak fell under new pressure to settle a long-running labor contract dispute after a mediation board sided with the unions' demands.

Amtrak said Wednesday that it was canceling all long-distance passenger trains, effective Thursday, because of a possible work stoppage on freight railroads whose tracks Amtrak uses. The announceme… ...

Sep. 14—New Mexico's longest Amtrak route, the Southwest Chief, will not run for the foreseeable future as the railroad company grapples with a labor dispute, an Amtrak spokesperson confirmed ...

Amtrak says it is “working quickly” to restart service it canceled this week after freight railroad companies and their unions reached a contract agreement to head off a potential strike ...

Amtrak says it is “working quickly” to restart service it canceled this week after freight railroad companies and their unions reached a contract agreement to head off a potential strike ...

Amtrak says it is “working quickly” to restart service it canceled this week after freight railroad companies and their unions reached a contract agreement to head off a potential strike ...

Amtrak is threatening to cut rail service from Boston to New York and Washington, D.C., a nearly unthinkable move that would upend countless commutes, because of a legal dispute with the MBTA ...

U.S. railroad unions said they were heartened on Friday with the recommendations of a special presidential board for settling their long-running contract dispute with Amtrak and avoiding a strike.

Amtrak and the MBTA are locked in an increasingly hostile legal battle over their responsibilities to each other under a 2003 contract.

White House intervenes in Amtrak contract dispute By Reuters November 28, 20079:11 AM PSTUpdated November 28, 2007 ...