Which is how I found myself ensconced for 27 hours aboard The Crescent from Union Station in Washington to Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, aboard the latest iteration of a passenger rail ...

We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train ...

No one knows exactly when Terrence Butler began keeping a journal, but there is a best guess. The first and only time someone noticed that he was ...

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December travel has its own rhythm, part celebration and part escape. It’s the month when time slows just enough to invite reflection, while the world lights up with reasons to go somewhere new. Savvy ...

The Amtrak Board of Directors held its year-end 2025 meeting earlier this month in New Orleans, the site of a celebration ...

Now, a company called Halloway is taking private train cars directly to the public in January 2026.

From rezoning fights and a cold-case breakthrough to hospital growth, housing funds and an Amtrak study, Suffolk’s spring ...

The classic retreat for a swim and sunbathing is Waikiki Beach, the crowning glory of Honolulu’s south shore, packed with ...

A dining car on a long-distance Amtrak train. Photo Credit: Amtrak Amtrak enjoyed record-high ridership and revenue during the 2025 fiscal year. That included growth on its long-distance routes, which ...

"We're working really hard to put a better product out there every day, increase capacity and get schedules that are more convenient for customers to take," he also noted. Transportation Secretary ...

In October 2021, I took an overnight Amtrak train from Miami to New York, a 30-hour journey. I booked a bedroom about the size of a king-sized bed with a full bathroom for $1,000. The private room was ...