On March 26, the U.S. government-owned Amtrak reported that it had pulled 70 Horizon passenger cars out of service across its Hiawatha, Borealis and Cascade routes. The company said a routine ...

The removal of this equipment affects service on the following routes: Downeaster, Hiawatha, Borealis, and Amtrak Cascades. Some trains, such as the Downeaster, will operate with fewer cars ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A heads up to anyone who takes Amtrak's Hiawatha line -- some services will be on roads instead of rail. During inspections, Amtrak found corrosion on some Horizon railcars ...

Shuttle buses will continue to run in place of half of the Hiawatha trains “until further notice,” Amtrak said. Amtrak passengers at Chicago Union Station on Wednesday morning found their ...

RIGHT NOW, DETERIORATING TRAIN CARS PUT THE BRAKES ON SOME AMTRAK ROUTES. THE TWO MAIN LINES AFFECTED ARE THE HIAWATHA BETWEEN MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO, AND THE BOREALIS ROUTE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND ...

In response, Amtrak pulled its Horizon cars from the Borealis line and other lines using them, including the Hiawatha, Downeaster and Amtrak Cascades lines. For the Borealis line, that meant a ...

However, bus substitution will still be chartered for about half of the trains on Amtrak's Hiawatha route, spanning from Chicago to Milwaukee, until further notice. Widespread cancellations of ...

Corrosion was also discovered in multiple passenger cars used on Amtrak's Hiawatha line, which connects Milwaukee and Chicago. Buses have been contracted as substitutes on about half of the ...

Amtrak made the announcement Wednesday morning and said the cancellation also affected its Downeaster, Hiawatha and Cascades service. The national passenger rail operator said the corrosion was ...