Train travel

Amtrak set an annual ridership record of 28.7 million passengers for the fiscal year ended September 30. That's 5.7% more than in fiscal 2009. Ticket revenue rose 9% to $1.74 billion, Amtrak said in a statement. Sponsored Links High gasoline prices and an improved economy helped buoy results,...

Business travelers enjoy wi-fi access on some airlines, but not all. Amtrak sees an opening here: It's announced plans to offer wi-fi access on Acela trains between Boston, New York, and Washington, starting in March.

Lately, it's seemed like a lot of travelers have a one-track mind. With President Obama's push for high speed trains beginning to bear fruit in the United States, many rail fans are contemplating a future in which airplanes won't be the only regional travel option. In this brave new world,...

People love trains; they are fast and avoid all the hassles of traffic. But they aren't used in the U.S. like they are in Japan and much of Europe. Why? They are too slow. Obama and a number of governors want to change that, with an $8 billion investment in high-speed rail using trains that go...

Out of the blue, Amtrak has decided to allow Americans in on the big rail pass scheme that's usually offered only to international visitors. We don't know why (we don't even know when Amtrak will arrive at the station, so how could we know about its business practices?), but the loosening of the...

This post is part of our series ranking the top 25 bygone products and trends we'd like to see return. There's something romantic about train travel. Is it the memories of the model train running on tracks around the Christmas tree, the luminous artwork in "The Polar Express"? The clips from old...