The Sunset Limited, the Amtrak route connecting Los Angeles to New Orleans, is the only intercity rail route in Houston, the nation's sixth-largest metro area. It was one of three Amtrak lines to ...

HOUSTON, Tx. -- Two people were killed Saturday night when an Amtrak train headed to Los Angeles crashed into a car in Texas, authorities said.

In August of last year, the Mobile City Council unanimously voted in favor of the passenger rail project that kicks off on ...

For the fourth-largest city in the nation, with a population about 2 million, Houston mustered only 12,134 Amtrak passengers in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.