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Amtrak canceling more than a dozen trains serving DC, Northeast region

Sixteen trains that stop at Union Station in D.C. were canceled by Amtrak on Thursday. And that will be the case again Friday.

The rail service is blaming what it calls “weather-related equipment issues” for the cancellation of three Keystone Service trains, seven Acela trains, 10 Northeast Regional trains.

Amtrak told WTOP it’s communicating directly with impacted customers with reservations on affected trains, and that additional charges will be waived.

The company said customers may change their reservations on the Amtrak App or Amtrak.com.

America 250: The creation of Amtrak

By the late 1950s, America was moving faster than ever. Interstate highways were spreading across the country, jet aircraft were carrying passengers coast to coast in a matter of hours, and the railroads that once dominated long-distance travel were struggling to survive. The passenger trains that moved millions of Americans in the first half of the 20th century — and carried troops across the nation during World War II — were rapidly losing riders.
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