8+ hour, 14+ min ago  (360+ words) 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (545+ words) A conductor at Tennessee’s famed Incline Railway was fired for his viral Independence Day speech to tourists who were left disgusted by the controversial patriotic message. Jack Peterson, the now-sacked operator at the 131-year-old attraction up to Lookout Mountain in…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (511+ words) “Ride the D,” the LA Metro said, cheekily. But not even the X-rated slogan (or the racy merch that came with it) has enticed Angelenos to ride the newest extension of the light rail system. The California Post visited the…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (422+ words) California is putting together a new version of the 1903 movie “The Great Train Robbery,” one of the great films of the silent era. Except this time, in the sequel, the train robs you, not the outlaws. The California High-Speed Rail…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (452+ words) Gas prices soaring past $6.20 a gallon have Southern California commuters abandoning jammed freeways for bustling trains, as more residents trade their cars to escape the relentless cost of fuel. For many Angelenos, the price at the pump has made daily…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (533+ words) A new “light rail on wheels” promises to cut commuters time on bus routes through the county’s busiest corridors from Los Feliz to South Los Angeles by as much as 17 minutes. Preconstruction work will soon get started on the new…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (315+ words) Commuters across Southern California are about to feel it on the tracks. Metrolink is extending its weekday service cuts indefinitely, dialing back trains across most of its network as the agency grapples with a mounting budget crisis and ongoing equipment…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (443+ words) It’s finally getting on track. The long-awaited light rail connection between Brooklyn and Queens has now moved into active development, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday — but the project won’t be complete until at least the 2030s. Hochul, during an event along…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (370+ words) 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…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (978+ words) It’s been a dream of Angelino’s for decades, a quick way through the dreaded Sepulveda pass where traffic nightmares haunt commuters, often trapping them on the 405 freeway for hours. It seemed to move one step closer to a reality when…...