Amtrak and the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) are replacing a diesel-powered bus with an electric vehicle, which will travel along parts of Amtrak’s Cascades route.

READING, PA — Amtrak has officially discontinued its Thruway bus service connecting Reading and Philadelphia as of March 18, 2025. To ensure continued transit options in the region ...

READING, Pa. - Amtrak officials announced the end of bus service from Reading less than three years after it began. Effective March 18th, 2025, the company says it will discontinue the Amtrak ...

Amtrak said the electric bus will help the company advance its pledge to become net zero by 2045. Download our free KING 5 app to stay up-to-date on news stories from across western Washington.

It uses buses all over the US to run thruway connecting services, which are scheduled to connect with Amtrak trains. Amtrak’s first electric bus is a 45-foot Van Hool CX45e.

Ridership rose 41% last year on its route between Portland and Vancouver, B.C. The Amtrak Cascades route carried 941,727 passengers in 2024, Amtrak said in a statement at its website.

Amtrak starts bus service to connecting Worcester, SouthCoast to Providence. What to know. The buses will make three trips a day Wheeler Cowperthwaite Providence Journal 0:02 ...

The bus and train hours differ slightly from the weekdays to weekends. The bus service is run by DATTCO, a bus company in New Britain, Connecticut, and is being paid for by Amtrak.