train travel

What It's Like to Travel Across the Country by Amtrak Right Now - Newsweek There are certainly advantages to flying over choosing another form of transportation especially when traveling a long distance, one of the main ones being speed. Though, as the U.S. continues to fight the coronavirus...

The Ultimate Guide to European Train Travel With a Eurail Pass - AFAR Here’s how every type of traveler—not just backpackers—can benefit from this all-in-one train ticket. If you haven’t thought about buying a Eurail Pass since your backpacking days, you’re not alone. The last time I traveled...

The end of an American tradition: The Amtrak dining car - Washington Post Harrison Keely’s most fond memories of riding Amtrak all include snapshots of the dining car. The shiny silverware and white linens. Enjoying thick slices of French toast covered with powdered sugar and drenched in syrup...

Italy by train: lazy days around Calabria and the south coast - The Guardian For author Tim Parks there is joy to be had on local trains in the sultry south, where the pace of life is as leisurely and bewitching as the narrow-gauge railways uppose you have some summer days to spare. Suppose...

Train lovers forge lifelong friendships through rail travel - ABC News They're aboard because they love trains: The pilot from New Orleans, the computer consultant from New Jersey, the retired tax lawyer from Florida, the computer accounting consultant from Queens and his mother, the retired...