TO RIDE ON Brightline, a private passenger train in Florida, is a luxurious experience. A “premium” journey begins in a lounge with four kinds of beer on tap; the train itself has smart leather seats ...

“The third area for advocates to watch, of course, is the work to replace the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.” ...

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2025 ISSUE: Just this past September, something historic happened in the high desert of Southern California: The first hybrid hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) battery-electric passenger ...

Public transit took a battering during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns, social distancing, and the infectious disease itself kept people from bunching together on trains, planes, and buses for ...

The California Zephyr is the longest passenger train route in the United States, stretching from the West Coast deep into the Midwest. Known for breathtaking scenery and classic rail travel, this ...

As millions of Americans crowd highways and airports this Thanksgiving week, Amtrak is enjoying an unexpected surge: a record 36.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2025, up a remarkable 10 percent ...

It appears the demand for train travel is continuing to rise, with Amtrak, the nation’s passenger rail service, reporting record-breaking ridership numbers this past year. On Tuesday, Amtrak released ...

In this photo from the Allen County Historical Society, an Amtrak passenger train makes a stop at the Lima station. Amtrak served Lima from 1975 to 1990. Courtesy of Allen County Historical Society ...

Ethan Oliver is a 22-year old from Pottsboro, a Texas town of fewer than 3,000 near the Oklahoma border. The nearest Amtrak station is a 90-minute drive away, in Dallas. That didn’t stop him and four ...

U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Hoeven (R-ND) recently introduced the bipartisan Passenger Rail Crew Protection Act (PRCPA) to enhance public safety by “ensuring passenger rail crew ...