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Apr 19th, 2011 at 3:30PM:
Around 15 years after reading Atlas Shrugged for the first time, the moment I was waiting for arrived: the movie came out. If you missed it, there's a good reason. Unlike big-budget flicks, this $10 million "effort" opened in only 299 theaters, with the prayer hope outside shot that word of mouth among the philosopher's novelist's propagandist's writer's followers would cause demand to surge ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Five reasons you should take the train to Colorado [MOVIE MOMENTS]
Apr 19th, 2011 at 3:30PM:
Around 15 years after reading Atlas Shrugged for the first time, the moment I was waiting for arrived: the movie came out. If you missed it, there's a good reason. Unlike big-budget flicks, this $10 million "effort" opened in only 299 theaters, with the prayer hope outside shot that word of mouth among the philosopher's novelist's propagandist's writer's followers would cause demand to surge ...Survey says: 79% of travelers would pick high speed rail over air travel when possible
Mar 21st, 2011 at 3:30PM: In a recent poll of global travelers by SilverRail Technologies, 90% of respondents said they would like to see rail options displayed alongside flights when searching for travel. Rail is suddenly a hot topic (again) as the Obama Administration has pledged $53 billion to create several new high speed rail corridors in the country. High speed rail is a very realistic alternative in Europe and ...Amtrak police chief to TSA: Stay off our property
Mar 9th, 2011 at 6:00PM:
Our colleagues over at AOL Travel reported on a really troubling story last week involving the TSA and an involuntary security check at an Amtrak station in Savannah, Georgia.
All passengers getting off a train at that station were forced to have their belongings checked, and some (including kids) underwent a pat-down.
The whole thing stinks - and the TSA of course issued their usual ...
Amtrak ridership up almost 6%, revenue up 9%
Oct 19th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Okay, you know how much I like the Acela, so I'm not at all surprised to see that Amtrak has shown solid growth through the 2010 fiscal year, which ended on September 30. More than 28.7 million customers rode the rails, a year-over-year gain of 5.7 percent. Ticket revenue surged 9 percent to $1.7 billion, and Acela ridership, indicating growth in Amtrak's upscale offer.
Nonetheless, Amtrak did ...VIDEO: Inside new German high-speed train
Oct 19th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
In 2013, Europe could become even easier to navigate, with a new high-speed train connecting Germany with other major cities in Western Europe. The new Deutsche Bahn train would travel at 200 miles per hour from London through the Euro Tunnel, arriving in Amsterdam in four hours (currently only reachable with a connection) and Frankfurt in five hours (down from seven hours on DB). Additional ...
Wine or golf? Either works on Rocky Mountaineer
Apr 22nd, 2010 at 3:00PM: Why not make it a foursome? While most travel deals these days tack on extra nights, the latest from Rocky Mountaineer lets you add people! To celebrate it twentieth anniversary, the luxury rail service in Canada, is offering a unique program for its GoldLeaf trips. Whether you take the golf or winery tour excursion, you can pay for three and get one free. So, you'll have eight days to hit the ...Weather and travel issues dominate UK web use during storm
Jan 17th, 2010 at 5:30PM: Brits set records last week, as nasty weather sent traffic to transportation and weather websites sky-high. For the week ending January 9, 2010, according to Hitwise Intelligence, weather websites were responsible for 1.5 percent of all internet traffic in the United Kingdom. That's three times higher than the level reached the same week a year earlier. It also beat the last snowstorm, in February ...North Korea to announce availability to Americans
Jan 13th, 2010 at 5:00PM: North Korean officials are thinking about opening the country to American visitors all year long. Though we'd still have to use the existing tour operators and have our options constrained once in the country, we'd at least be able to visit the most isolated country on Earth at virtually any time. Since 2005, Americans have only been able to visit during Arirang -- and for only up to five days at ...Hell train hits Chicago 19 hours late
Jan 10th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
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The passengers who got stuck in the Channel Tunnel recently had an awful situation, but was it worse than what the passengers who just pulled into Chicago endured? Those who endured the Eurostar incident were stuck for 15 hours without food, water or information. The passengers on Amtrak's California Zephyr reached ...
Eurostar to suspend Channel train service indefinitely
Dec 21st, 2009 at 2:00PM: Most people think "airlines" when the topic turns to the misery of holiday travel. Well, the trains are getting in on the action now. European railway Eurostar's Channel Tunnel train, which connects England and France, is being shut down indefinitely. It's a natural side-effect of having more than 2,000 passengers trapped inside the tunnel for several hours because of technical glitches.
...New law demands that some Amtrak passengers be locked in boxes
Dec 19th, 2009 at 5:30PM: Back in September, Tom wrote about an upcoming Senate vote which planned to allow passengers to carry guns on Amtrak trains. The whole idea meant that Amtrak would need to install gun safes on all their trains, or risk losing their multi-billion Dollar funding.
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/New_Law_Orders_That_Some_Amtrak_Commuters_be_Locked_in_Boxes'; Well, the proposal reached ...In the Corner of the World: TranzAlpine Train
Nov 4th, 2009 at 11:30AM:
Railway travel just isn't what it used to be. Gone are the fastidiously dressed conductors checking their pocket watches before yelling, "All aboard!" Gone, too, are the eager young porters loading trunks into the luxury cars of well-heeled travelers. It's the era of air travel and checked baggage fees, and we may all be worse off because of it. Sure. you can still take trains domestically and ...Amtrak traffic down - but last year was a record
Oct 13th, 2009 at 3:00PM: 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 passenger traffic. Even with the decline, we're talking about the second best year. So, let's give a little credit where it's due.
For the 12 months ...ACES train makes NYC to Atlantic City less of a gamble
Jun 30th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Summer in New York City is all about weekend getaways. The city gets hot, sticky and smelly. Thankfully, we're surrounded by beaches to the north (Connecticut), east (Long Island) and south (New Jersey). But only the trip south can add something unique to your beach getaway: gambling. And that's why thousands of New Yorkers flock to Atlantic City, NJ every summer to enjoy the sand and the slots. ...$50bn needed to keep train system from going off the rails
May 1st, 2009 at 4:00PM: The Federal Transportation Administration believes that $50 billion is needed to repair major metropolitan train systems ... and another $5.9 billion a year to maintain them. Railways that need the money, it continues, are in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Together, they carry more than 80 percent of the train passengers in the country ...Photo of the day (2.24.09)
Feb 24th, 2009 at 10:00PM:
Most people don't think "art" when they see a train yard, but as dydcheung shows in this picture, the right perspective and frame can really bring out the beauty in an otherwise mundane setting. This photo was taken at the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, one of largest train stations in Germany and reminds me how much I enjoy watching trains and people move, commute and flow through a maze of public ...Your guide to luxury rail travel
Jan 30th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Trade a plane for a train, and experience genuine luxury. Hitting the rails in style has been gaining steam around the world, according to the Wall Street Journal, in Asia, Europe, Russia and Africa. In a sense, this is becoming the new "cruise," without the worry of being pinned on a boat by that insurance salesman who's intent on saving your financial life. Many of the luxury train excursions ...Are the trains in Spain faster than the planes?
Jan 30th, 2009 at 10:00AM: If you've ever had a chance to travel around Europe, you're probably familiar with its various high-speed rail networks. In France, the TGV and AGV lines whisk passengers between Paris and points beyond including Brussels and Lyon at speeds over 200 miles per hour. And in Spain, the AVE rail system connects Madrid to Seville and as of 2008, to Barcelona as well. According to a recent post at ...China plans 236 mph rail link between Shanghai and Beijing
Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:30AM: The Chinese rail Ministry has announced plans to link the nations capital with its financial capital. Beijing and Shanghai are a little over 650 miles apart, and the current rail link takes over 10 hours. The Chinese claim to have mastered the technology required to build their own high speed trains, and plan to operate them on the new line at speeds up to 236mph (380 km/h) which should cut the ...Forget flying around Europe. Take the train
Mar 8th, 2008 at 10:00AM: For the eco-sensitive traveler, there is no excuse now for not taking the more environmentally friendly route through Europe, writes The Independent, among others. Rail companies are starting to advertise to the eco-conscious traveler as well. Who knew they cared so much about the environment, wink wink.
The truth is, Europe has been pumping a lot of money into upgrading its railways and ...
