The New York Times reports that Musk’s company is helping the government assess “the costs and progress” of the Frederick Douglass Tunnel program, a new underground Amtrak route that has been designed to replace an aging tunnel system that connects Baltimore to Washington and Virginia.

Elon Musk's tunneling firm, the Boring Company, had recent talks to assess if it could help with an Amtrak project in the Northeastern U.S., the New York Times reports.  The project is the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program connecting Baltimore to Washington and Virginia.

The Federal Railroad Administration has brought in the tunneling company to see if it could help with a multibillion-dollar rail project.

Federal railroad regulators are in talks with Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company (TBC), over a multibillion-dollar Amtrak project, according

Prospective Amtrak board of directors nominee Robert Gleason made clear in his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing today (May 13, 2025) that he is committed “to bringing better passenger rail service to small towns across America.

At least 119 current and former Amtrak employees conspired with New York medical professionals to swindle the company's health care plan out of over $12 million, the Amtrak Office of the Inspector General said in a report released Tuesday of what it described as the largest employee conspiracy it has ever investigated.

Amtrak paid more than $12 million in fraudulent medical claims for its employees as part of a scheme involving crooked doctors, officials said.

At least 119 Amtrak employees participated in a scheme with healthcare providers that defrauded the company’s health insurance plan of more than $12 million between 2019 and 2022, according to findings released by the Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Amtrak is cutting roughly 20% of its top-level management staff in an effort to reduce costs amid uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s plans to invest in infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter.

The train company’s watchdog began investigating the jaw-dropping scheme after an agent noticed unusual billing patterns, according to the OIG’s office.

A major tunnel repair project in New York City is causing ripple effects upstate — with Amtrak riders experiencing fewer trains, fuller cars, and longer travel