While much of the world invested in fast and efficient rail networks, the United States doubled down on highways and cars.

The Department of Transportation has announced two separate investment packages totaling nearly $7 billion to enhance rail travel in the United States. The first is a $2.04 billion investment that ...

A southbound Capitol Corridor train crossing Alameda Creek in Fremont, April 2024. Pi.1415926535/Wikimedia Commons For 100- to 200 mile short corridor services on freight-owned routes, anchored by a ...

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A BNSF railroad diesel locomotive rolls a freight train past the grain elevator in Loveland. This railroad track, now freight trains only, will be part of the route of a proposed passenger train from ...

The state Department of Transportation gave an overview Thursday of the long-sought restoration of passenger rail service between Scranton and New York City and fielded questions from the public ...

Train travel in America has always been something of a dare. The country laid 250,000 miles of track in the 19th century, effectively invented the long-distance passenger train, then spent most of the ...