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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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11 Beautiful Train Station Hotels Around the World | Condé Nast Traveler
These railway stations-turned-hotels capture the glamour of train travel. By Chadner Navarro and Jennifer M. Wood, November 25, 2020 The romance of train travel—meandering through stunning landscapes in the comfort of an elegant sleeper car—was always about prioritizing the journey rather than the destination. And while all that glamour has almost entirely given way to…
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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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This May Be The Most Scenic Train Trip In The U.S., And Its Summer Schedule Just Opened – TravelAwaits
By Allison Godlove, May.22.2022 Nearly 500 miles of Alaska are ready for you to see this summer now that the Alaska Railroad returns to its full summer service. It’s been two years of reduced travel seasons, but this summer, there will be three daily routes as well as regular flagstop service (which allows passengers to…
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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 Quest to Protect California’s Transcontinental Railroad Tunnels | Travel | Smithsonian Magazine
Built by Chinese immigrants in the 1860s, the caverns cutting through Donner Summit helped unite the country By Shoshi Parks, Freelance writer, January 12, 2022 A summer hike led me straight to the yawning maw of the Donner Summit tunnels high above Donner Lake in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Not even the longer of the…
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Inside the upcoming Orient Express La Dolce Vita train | CNN Travel
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN • Published 30th December 2021 (CNN) — The launch of the new Orient Express La Dolce Vita might still be a while off, but it seems as though the highly anticipated service will definitely be worth the wait. Renderings of the 11-carriage train, which pays homage to the “La Dolce Vita”…
