Police in Hillsborough praised an Amtrak engineer Thursday for stopping a North Carolina passenger train after spotting a truck stuck across the tracks.

CAYCE, S.C. -- - An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a parked freight train in the early-morning darkness Sunday after a thrown switch sent it hurtling down a side track, authorities said. Two ...

Hello and welcome to Raleigh Union Station! Today we’re taking a ride on Amtrak’s Carolinian from here to Greensboro, North Carolina. Donald Trump reveals plan to tackle energy bills for millions ...

A record number of people rode North Carolina’s state-subsidized Amtrak trains in 2025, the fourth straight year of record ridership since the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 740,000 boarded Piedmont and ...

A coal train derailment north of Enfield, North Carolina, blocked the route for Amtrak trains between the Northeast and Florida late Sunday, including the Carolinian serving Charlotte, the Triangle ...