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Amtrak Makes History Launching NextGen Acela Service – Amtrak Media
August 27, 2025 Amtrak Makes History Launching NextGen Acela Service Download cover photo A new era of American-made trains speeds into the Northeast Corridor WASHINGTON – Amtrak is welcoming guests onboard America’s high-speed trains – NextGen Acela – as service began earlier this morning at 5:00 a.m. ET in Washington, DC, and at 6:00 a.m.…
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What I learned from taking a train across the US
Here’s how US train travel went from excellent to mediocre. By Dean Peterson, Jul 18, 2023, 11:15am EDT If you’ve taken the Amtrak recently, you might have no idea that the United States used to have the largest and wealthiest rail system in the world. How did the US go from having luxurious, widely used…
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Amtrak Is Restarting One of Its Most Scenic Routes Just in Time for Fall Getaways | Condé Nast Traveler
The Amtrak Cascades, which winds through the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest, has been paused since 2020. By Jessica Puckett, August 31, 2022 For the first time in more than two years, Amtrak is resuming service on one of its most scenic routes: The Amtrak Cascades route, which runs from Oregon to Vancouver and…
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After a ‘near death’ experience, Amtrak prepares for rapid growth- POLITICO
By DANIELLE MUOIO DUNN and JANAKI CHADHA, 08/08/2022 10:00 AM EDT Two years ago, Amtrak was facing a “near-death” experience, Stephen Gardner, CEO of the national passenger rail service, said at a briefing last week with the Association for a Better New York. Both business and travel leisure rapidly grinded to a halt, causing ticket…
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The Coast Starlight is a cruise on rails, and the food’s pretty good | San Francisco Chronicle
By Carl Nolte, June 18, 2022, Updated: June 18, 2022 10:40 a.m. The long vacation trip to Europe fell through. Too complicated. So now this season’s vacation plan calls for something different: short getaway trips around the West. And the best so far has been a quick trip to Santa Barbara by train. Something different. It…
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Spend a Month Seeing America by Train for $400 | Lifehacker
Don’t expect luxury, but do expect to cover a lot of ground. By Elizabeth Yuko, Saturday, March 26, 2022, 1:00PM Spring has officially started, and if that makes you want to get out and explore, you’re not alone. But with gas prices continuing to soar, a road trip may not be the most cost-effective way…
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Train Travel in the U.S. Is Getting More Luxurious | Condé Nast Traveler
Upscale sightseeing tours, new products from Amtrak, and planned high-speed routes are making U.S. train travel more comfortable and convenient. By Barbara Peterson, September 7, 2021 Rail is on a roll, thanks to a new emphasis in Washington on infrastructure and the environment. These efforts are boosting not just Amtrak’s fortunes, but those of private…
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Coast Starlight: 24 hours on one of America’s most scenic train routes | CNN Travel
Jessie Yeung, CNN • Published 4th February 2022 (CNN) — Along the West Coast of the United States, 1,377 miles of railroad tracks run from Seattle to Los Angeles — a route often named as one of the most beautiful train journeys in America. The route, called the Coast Starlight, takes 35 hours in total…
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The Dining Car Will Soon Return to Amtrak Trains | Southern Living
The throwback to a golden era of train travel will only be available for certain routes. By Melissa Locker, Updated October 22, 2021 Good news for people who like eating while in motion: Amtrak may be bringing back the beloved dining car. That’s right, eating your Whataburger honey butter biscuit behind the wheel is no…
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Amtrak’s Plan to Connect the U.S. – Railway Age
Written by Kevin Smith, Editor-in-Chief, International Railway JournalSeptember 14, 2021 Biden has been a vocal supporter of the federally owned passenger operator for almost the entirety of its existence: from his days as a U.S senator when he would regularly ride the train from Wilmington, Del., to Washington D.C.; to his time as the U.S. Vice President,…
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Train Travel in the U.S. Is Getting More Luxurious | Condé Nast Traveler
Upscale sight-seeing tours, new products from Amtrak, and planned high-speed routes are making U.S. train travel more comfortable and convenient. By Barbara Peterson, September 7, 2021 Rail is on a roll, thanks to a new emphasis in Washington on infrastructure and the environment. These efforts are boosting not just Amtrak’s fortunes, but those of private…
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Billions of dollars aren’t enough to fix America’s train problem | SLATE
By Henry Grabar, Aug 09, 202111:34 AM As part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that is edging ever closer to passage, Congress is set to give Amtrak $30 billion for the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston, part of a $66 billion grant for the network nationwide. To some, this may seem like a…
