I took a 15-hour Amtrak trip in a roomette accommodation. Then I took a three-hour trip in first class on the Amtrak NextGen ...

I was surprised by the extra legroom the ticket offered, plus how much I could recline my seat. However, for the price, I expected a larger tray table and more space in between seats. As someone who ...

In October 2021, I took an overnight Amtrak train from Miami to New York, a 30-hour journey. I booked a bedroom about the size of a king-sized bed with a full bathroom for $1,000. The private room was ...

The 46-hour cross-country rail trip—which can cost as little as $160—is nothing short of epic.

And the morning views of my north Georgia mountains made me smile and warmed my heart.” As Greene said, she’d wound up on the ...

Colin Ash was a kid when his family first took the train from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to New Orleans. They'd ride the streetcar, visit the children's museum. Now 36, Ash lives in New Orleans and ...

Dallas and Houston are 250 miles apart. But if you want to take a train between them, prepare for a 23-hour odyssey that says ...

Amtrak reported 34.5 million customer trips last year, a 5.1% increase over the previous year and an all-time record.

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Amtrak said ridership decreased 3.9% on its only east-west train through Springfield. The long-distance Lake Shore Limited had 382,881 passengers in 2025, down from 398,420 in 2024. The train didn’t ...