In the 1800s, people were building parks, moving goods along dirt trails, hunting whales for oil, and even testing cable cars on downtown streets.

As Union Budget 2026 approaches, expectations are rising among millions of railway passengers. Senior citizens, in particular ...

The bridge is an incredible feat of engineering but it is also synonymous with one of the worst rail disasters in British ...

Called emigrant trains — colonial cars in Canada — they offered low fares and even fewer luxuries, writes Joe Blackstock.

Spain on Monday reeled from a collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 21 ...

A nonprofit working on a long-term plan to create a passenger rail line that would run from Petoskey to Detroit is seeking additional public input on the idea. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the nonprofit ...

An ambitious plan to start train service between New York to Los Angeles via the Lehigh Valley in time for America’s 250th birthday and the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been rejected by Amtrak. Last year, ...

Ellis Smith of the mayor's staff told members of the City Council on Tuesday that, if all the money was in place, a passenger rail system connecting Chattanooga with Atlanta, Nashville and Memphis ...

The train was carrying around 250 passengers and crew members on a cross-country route linking the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 100 people were injured. By Annie Correal Annie Correal is a ...

The world's first passenger train took its maiden voyage in rural England in 1825, making this year its bicentennial. "CBS Saturday Morning" reports on its impact. Where a Saudi company pumps desert ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person armed with a knife took a gun from a CTA train passenger early Tuesday morning before shooting two men, killing one, Chicago police said. The shooting is at least the fourth ...

A high-speed rail slammed into a herd of elephants, slaughtering seven and leaving one calf wounded in India Saturday. As many as 100 elephants were crossing the tracks when the train’s engineer ...