I took a five-hour Amtrak ride from New Jersey to Boston. I was grateful to have brought my own snacks, but I wish I had ...

I'm happy with the items I packed for my 16-hour Amtrak trip, but I wish I'd brought a few more things.Molly Allen When I took a 16-hour Amtrak from Portland to Sacramento, I packed two bags of items ...

I booked a $400 roomette for a 15-hour Amtrak ride across the Southwest in January 2025. Then I booked a $450 first-class ticket for a 3-hour train ride from Washington, DC, to New York City. I was ...

I booked private roomettes on a 46-hour Amtrak train ride from Chicago to Seattle. We liked having beds, but there were a few ...

Amtrak offers several different seat options on its trains. When it comes to value, many riders are finding that one of the cheaper options is the best.

I took the 43-hour Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Chicago to avoid travel chaos over Thanksgiving. The views were gorgeous ...

I'll never forget my first overnight train trip in October 2021. I took an Amtrak Viewliner train from my home in New York City to Miami and spent the 30-hour ride in a roomette — a 20-square-foot ...

It’s probably been a long time since anyone has ridden a train to a NASCAR race in North Carolina, but next weekend hundreds of people will. Amtrak and the N.C. Department of Transportation will run a ...

Amtrak launched a new high-speed Acela train in August 2025. I rode business class on the old Acela in 2022 and again in 2025 on the new train. The NextGen Acela featured a sleek new design, 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 ...