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A potential freight rail strike is putting the breaks on some Amtrak service. Adam Harding reports.

Amtrak has canceled all long-distance trains nationwide starting Thursday, as it prepares for a possible freight-rail strike that would impact its service.

Hundreds of Amtrak passengers were facing major delays in the Northeast on Wednesday, with trains stopped for hours. Nearly 10 trains weren’t moving because of the issue, according to updates from Amtrak.

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Amtrak stopped running passenger trains Friday along a stretch of track near an old warehouse in Albany with an exterior wall in danger of partially collapsing. The track closure interrupted service west from Albany and complicated operations of Amtrak’s new Burlington, Vermont to New York City service. Amtrak officials could not say how long the stretch of track would...

Those planning on taking an Amtrak service between New York and Philadelphia Wednesday may experience delays due to heat-related speed restrictions, Amtrak announced. In a tweet, the transportation agency said: “SERVICE ADVISORY: Amtrak service operating between New York (NYP) and Philadelphia (PHL) may experience delays due to heat related speed restrictions. Please check back for more details or call/text...

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Seven train cars derailed in Mendon, Missouri, after an Amtrak train struck a dump truck at a public crossing.

An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said. Two of those killed were on the train and one was in the truck, Missouri State Highway Patrol…

It was a rough ride on the rails for Amtrak and New Jersey Transit riders Monday morning with some trains canceled and others greatly delayed due to a crash in New Jersey.

Commuters looking to head home from New York City to New Jersey are facing lengthy delays at Penn Station, as NJ Transit and Amtrak suspended all rail service amid the evening rush hour.

Gov. Kathy Hochul gave no indication Wednesday as to whether she plans to lift state mask requirements on public transit in the near-to-immediate future, even as her encompassing emergency order enabling many pandemic measures is set to expire. The mask mandate, specifically, is tied to a March 2 advisory issued by the state health commissioner that declared face coverings to…

Gov. Kathy Hochul says New York’s mass transit COVID mask mandate remains in effect for the “short term” but didn’t specify a timeline Wednesday as she faced questions after a federal judge‘s decision voided the national rule earlier this week. Hochul emphasized that it was a federal judge’s procedural overturn, not a shift in perspective from the federal health...

One of the two omicron subvariants of the highly transmissible BA.2 COVID strain believed to be fueling “significant community spread” in parts of New York is now the dominant COVID variant in the CDC region that includes the Empire State.

Confusion about mask mandates arises among many New Yorkers due to frequent policy changes.

While New Jersey has ditched most of the mask requirements on mass transit, masks are still required for NYC transportation options — leading to confusion over when travelers need to don a mask, and when they can taken them off. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Here is where local public transit agencies stand when it comes to mask requirements following news of the federal judge striking down the CDC mask mandate.

Following the strike down of the federal mask mandate, wearing a mask now depends on your mode of transportation. Romney Smith reports.

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic. The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improperly failed...