Forget Erewhon, LA’s influencer set has found a new hotspot: the bus stop. With gas prices spiking and parking a never-ending headache, hip Angelenos are ditching their cars for the city’s beleaguered Metro transit system, and encouraging others to do the same. “I almost feel like I’m rediscovering LA,” Julianna, who posts under the handle … Read more
New Jersey Transit made sure this couple’s wedding plans stayed on track. A local bride’s dream nuptials were nearly derailed after she forgot her wedding dress on an NJ Transit train Thursday before boarding a plane out of Newark Liberty International Airport. But thanks to quick-thinking, fast-moving crew members, the lucky lady and her luxe … Read more
Chugga chugga, choo choo. Step aside, Napa Valley — Southern California’s very own “wine train” is roaring back into action this fall, promising riders a unique experience aboard a restored vintage train. The 90-minute ride on the “Backcountry Wine Train” takes you through eastern San Diego County’s scenic highlands, making you feel like you’re out in … Read more
Metrolink may be hiking its prices — but to anyone paying for gas in Los Angeles, a ride on Southern California’s regional commuter rail network is still sounding like a big bargain. The agency has announced the first fare bump in thirteen years — amounting to a 14% increase on the average one-way ticket, and by … Read more
The rebirth of luxury train travel has stocked fresh elegance, polish and nostalgia into the most harried part of any journey, getting from boring here to exciting there. It’s been a whistling success. Today you can ride the Royal Scotsman into the heart of the Highlands, the ever-expanding and incomparable Orient Express across Europe, Rovos … Read more
For US travelers whose most upscale train experience might be the Acela or the Rocky Mountaineer, it’s hard to imagine the elegance of a leisurely ride through the European countryside on Belmond’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, which has just launched a new route from Paris to Amalfi. The voyage whisks passengers through the French and Italian Rivieras, … Read more
A Northern California town with railroad history and mountain scenery has made the national travel rankings of World Atlas, alongside thirteen other small towns in the region. The rankings highlighted the city of Dunsmuir, where it has an old downtown that sits at a Sacramento River canyon. A Northern California town with railroad history and … Read more
Forget white-knuckling through California’s infamous highway traffic. For travelers looking to soak in some of Northern California’s best scenery without the roadside rage, there’s an underrated rail hack: Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor. Stretching roughly 170 miles from Auburn down to San Jose, the route whisks passengers between bustling cities, Gold Country, and waterfront scenery in just … Read more
When traveling across California, forget fighting traffic or rushing to your busy airport terminal. Instead, say travel pros, take the train. Amtrak’s surprisingly affordable Pacific Surfliner, to be exact. The ocean-hugging train route — which runs 351 miles along the Pacific — has travel experts unanimously naming it the most scenic Amtrak journey in the … Read more
Welcome to the newest MTA magic trick: traveling to Manhattan by first heading farther away from it. It wouldn’t be NYC without some major, rather frustrating, subway issues. More recently, frustrated Brooklyn straphangers are sounding off after the Manhattan-bound J train started skipping several Brooklyn stops during weekday midday hours — forcing some riders into … Read more
This summer, Americans are trading international itineraries and Aperol spritzes on the Amalfi Coast for all-American road trips, national parks, and nostalgic stateside escapes. Travel experts say rising costs, economic uncertainty and soaring airfare are pushing more Americans to trade big international vacations for shorter, easier getaways closer to home this summer. “Compared to last … Read more
Fancy a $2.5 million game of paintball? That’s what two dozen guys paid for a trip to Utah to turbocharge their annual buddy trip. The group arrived to meet eight Navy SEALs in the desert, who schooled them in special ops techniques for a day before the main event. That contest required those guys to … Read more
Leviosa! The City of Perris is casting a spell on Southern California this summer with the launch of Harry Potter: A Hogwarts Express Adventure at the Southern California Railway Museum. The immersive train experience, inspired by the beloved “Harry Potter” film and book franchise, will take riders aboard a real moving train for a one-of-a-kind … Read more
Southern Californians are getting a rare chance to beat the soul-crushing traffic of the 405 and the 101 — without spending a single dime on gas, Uber or transit fares. For one day only — Wednesday, April 22 — regional rail operator Metrolink is throwing open its doors and letting locals hop aboard at any station in its … Read more
Lower Manhattan’s Fulton Street subway station is supposed to be a commuter’s dream: a sprawling transit hub linking the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J and Z trains in one central location. Instead, for many straphangers, it’s a labyrinth. The station stitches together four once-separate systems — the IND 8th Avenue Line, IRT Lexington … Read more
Amtrak riders have something speedy to look forward to. The rail giant revealed the first official look at its new Airo fleet, showing off the high-tech transformation set to make train travel feel luxurious — and ride at 125 miles per hour. Amtrak Airo is described as a “modern passenger experience” which introduces new trains … Read more
Britain’s Queen Camilla has described for the first time fighting off an attack by a man on a train when she was a teenager, speaking in an interview with the BBC in which she recounted how furious the assault had left her. “When I was a teenager, I was attacked on a train … I remember at … Read more
Attention, women – chivalry could be dead. And it took one TikToker with sore legs on a train to prove it. Katy Olivia shared a TikTok of herself standing in the middle of a packed Tube carriage in London, shopping bags in hand, surrounded by men who were firmly seated. On camera, she groans: “Owww, my legs … Read more
Five new Amtrak trains will begin rolling out between Washington, DC, New York and Boston at top speeds of 160 mph starting Thursday. The inaugural NextGen Acela ride is taking off from Washington’s Union Station, where the Department of Transportation is planning to reclaim management to “restore this federal asset to its former glory,” to New York’s … Read more
A prank snack video made about a California train that prohibits food and drink is going viral. A group of pranksters aboard a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train donned themselves in suits and rolled a snack cart through the car, doling out pretzels, drinks and even hand wipes. Commuters on the train captured the … Read more