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The agency has hired more than a dozen people since the start of 2024 to work on platform and train cleaning. Crews are also focusing on removing graffiti.
The Coast Starlight has been shuttling riders along the Pacific since Amtrak launched, in 1971, and it's still one of the ...
Add the Portland area’s Tri-Met to the list of transit agencies warning of dire consequences without an increase in funding.
The Legislature's transportation committee says LD 487 'ought not to pass,' especially without assured funding from the Trump ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — All Amtrak Cascades trains have returned to regular service ... which were retired after the 2017 Point Defiance Bypass derailment. Oregon's two Talgo Series 8 trainsets ...
An Amtrak-operated train owned by Oregon DOT hit a fallen tree north ... off the current scheduled trip times between Seattle and Portland as well as Seattle and Vancouver. The bill also sets ...
The Oregon Rail Heritage Museum will make three trips with the Easter Bunny Express on Saturday April 19th. The steam engine Polson Number Two will make the 45 minute trips ...
The Amtrak Cascades service usually runs 12 trains daily between Seattle and Portland. Amtrak will supplement the lost train services with bus rides to and from its train stations along the ...
The Oregon Legislature passed a bill in 2024 calling on Metro to study the use of existing heavy rail assets for passenger rail in the Portland metro area. A bill in the legislature this session (SB ...
Matkin said more trains will return to service later this week, including trains between Seattle and Portland, Oregon, and a train between Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. “The goal is to quickly ...
Khanh Pham, D-Portland. “Oregon is facing a transit crisis ... “They do not need to be focused on covering the earth with MAX trains.” ...
You can hop on the light-rail from the Portland International Airport (PDX) and get into the city for a little more than $2, which is much cheaper than cab fare (around $35). Rental cars from the ...