RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- New York lawmakers want Amtrak to add baggage cars to its passenger trains that would be capable of carrying bicycles. U.S. Sen. ...

There were wonderful things to see (and eat) there and elsewhere on our trip, but somehow Inuyama made a particular impression as a perfect, and diverse, place to spend a couple of days.

First attracted by the novelty, travelers quickly became enchanted: here was a mode of transport that let them enjoy the passing scenery, rather than whiz over it in a jet or through it in a car.

ABOARD THE OONI OF IFE TO NORTHERN NIGERIA (AP) — The whistle sounds across the arid plains of scrub brush and exposed rocky cliffs. It blares throu...

12) Amtrak serves full, cooked-to-order meals served on real dishes aboard all long-haul routes. These always include a vegetarian selection and often...

Traveling by train is a fresh of fresh air.

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The journey east on Amtrak's California Zephyr train is as good as the destination. Riding the rails from the San Francisc...

Last week, as congressional leaders announced a plan to reauthorize funding for railroads across America, a new Brookings Institution study showed tha...

Thirty-six hours is the lifespan of the adult mayfly. It is the average work week (plus one hour of overtime) in France. It is the name of a 1965 film...

The most memorable train trips deliver both fabulous scenery and a dose of Americana you just can't appreciate through the windows of a car.

We took a behind-the-scenes tour of the historic New York building and brought back photos.

The very best way to travel between London and Paris is the Eurostar train, which gets you from Saint Pancras station to the Gare du Nord, or the other way around, in about two and a quarter hours. Here's a trick that makes the trip even better.

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak will resume service between New York City and Boston on Friday following the repair of commuter rail tracks damaged by Superstorm...

In 1829, Englishman George Stephenson brought to life the first steam-powered locomotive -- named Rocket -- and marked the birth of train travel.

Coming from the other side of the tracks, the new Italo may have been conceived as "the people's train," but with two of its founders being "Made-in-Italy" magnates -- Ferrari Chairman Luca Montezemolo and Tod's Diego della Valle -- Italo is upping the elegance ante in inter-regional commuting. Think Milan Fashion Week with magnet synchronous motors.

TRENTON, N.J. -- Amtrak is going to break the speed limit in the Northeast Corridor. The rail service announced Monday it will operate test trains ov...

There is an entire genre of photography dedicated to documenting the peculiarities of Amtrak trains.

The different social spaces within the train allow for personal mobility and prolonged social interactions that do not occur in other forms of transportation.

For long-distance travel, aerial crafts have replaced terrestrial vehicles. Consequently, we now think in terms of destinations rather than journeys.

If you've never traveled beyond the U.S., I think you'd have a hard time imagining a society not built around automobiles.

Now that the new tracks are complete on the English side, you go just as fast there and -- within about 2.5 hours -- you're in London.

The Canadian landscape is actually quite diverse -- prairie plains, boreal forests, snow-capped mountains, temperate rain forests, maybe an abandoned logging town or two.