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Amtrak is seeing a real boom in passengers these days, thanks to the high cost of gas throughout the country and the onslaught of airline fees. But if you were on one routine run from L.A. to San Diego yesterday, you might have been wishing that ...

Perhaps some of you are familiar with European rail passes that are available for sale - they are sold to non-European residents in varying numbers of quantities and lengths - but the general idea is that foreign tourists can purchase these passes ...

If you are one of the two people who are members of Amtrak's Guest Rewards program, (hey, you and I can form a club!) then start riding those trains between now and the end of the year. Any Amtrak travel through December 12 will earn double the ...

When searching out the means to go to New York City with my six year-old son from Columbus, Ohio, the $340 sticker price of an airline ticket seemed hefty. Plus, there's the cost of getting from the airport into Manhattan. Toss in flight delay ...

Amtrak's long-distance, full-service dining cars are something of an oddity in... well, just about every way. You have a skeleton crew trying to perform full restaurant-style service down the equivalent of an airplane aisle in the midst of ...

Ever heard of the Auto Train? Yeah, I didn't think so - it's not too well-known outside of railroad and frequent-Amtrak-passenger circles. The Auto Train is actually Amtrak's most unique long-distance route. For one thing, it doesn't make any stops ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/Amtrak_to_become_gun_friendly'; Thanks to a Senate vote on Wednesday, Amtrak is a step closer to becoming the nation's gun-friendly travel alternative. The proposal was approved by a vote of 68 to 30 and ...

National Train Day pulls into town on May 9th. Just in case you were deliberating how to celebrate it, consider the discounts that Amtrak is offering nationwide. Pick a route, any route. There are plenty of discount codes and destinations to go ...

When photographer Duane Kerzic first heard about Amtrak's "Picture our Trains" photo contest, he never imagined that Amtrak police at New York's Penn Station would confuse his picture-taking for suspicious activity and arrest him. Amtrak's police and ...

When I was looking for information on the GrandLuxe Limited train trips, I discovered that Amtrak does have some terrific travel deals for last minute travel. For example, if you want to go to Chicago, Illinois from Indianapolis, Indiana in a couple ...

Here's a few days old article out of USA Today I had been meaning to post, but didn't get around to it until now. Amtrak ridership is on the rise and factors include tighter airport security and high gas prices according to the article. The hike in ...

It always struck me as odd that airlines put so many resources into screening people's bags, yet you can walk into any train in America with a bag "full of whatever" and be OK. In fact, unlike with the airlines' "fly with your bag" policy, you can ...

Ridership on Amtrak fell by more than a million passengers since last year. Now, we could turn around and blame the financial crisis, talk about a decline in travel and so on, but to be fair, 2008 was the best year in the railroad's history for ...

Amtrak is seriously discounting some tickets on its high-speed, business class-only Acela trains in an effort to attract more leisure travelers, who have traditionally eschewed Acela for regular Amtrak service. Right now you can snag a one-way ticket ...

Amtrak is sponsoring a contest called the "Picture Perfect Family Vacation Sweepstakes," and the idea is simple: create an account on their system and upload your favorite family vacation photo, and you'll be automatically entered to win 4 Amtrak ...