Underground Brussels site up for offers
Brussels has more than five acres of vacant space up for bids—all of it under a main rail station.
Rail Travel and Trains
Super Mario rides Japan rails
Japan's railroads roll out another character-based train, this one to promote opening a theme park whose opening is still delayed.
Spain to roll out budget bullet trains
Spain is poised for a new era of cheap rail travel as two new low-cost high-speed services enter the market.
Orient Express adds new routes
An icon of the past still operates as a luxury nostalgia train, but the tickets are steep.
Eurostar: Man (with a plan) in Seat 61
Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, has a financial rescue plan for Eurostar—is the UK government listening?
China shows off new super-speed train
China is testing a prototype of a mag-lev train that could soon be the world's rail speed champ.
Eurostar: On the ropes, off the rails?
With passenger volume thinned to a trickle and quarantines in both UK and Europe, Eurostar's operator sees financial disaster ahead.
New York Penn: Up from Under
More than 100 years after its opening and nearly 60 years after its original hall was razed, America's busiest station gets some shiny new spaces.
U.S. rails hit safety landmark, finally
Five years after the original deadline, U.S. railroads have finally complied with a key safety mandate.
New York gets new old rail station
Nearly sixty years after the destruction of Penn Station, New York City gets a new braggable space for Amtrak and New Jersey commuters.
German rail on track to faster future
Germany takes another step toward upgrading and coordinating its rail service as an alternative to flying.
Brightline heads for Disney World
Florida's high-speed rail line, currently building an extension to Orlando's airport, will now add another station to serve Disney World directly.
Deutsche Bahn to try hydrogen trains
Germany's rail system plans to go green with hydrogen-fueled trains replacing diesel.
New dome train for U.S. Rockies
A well-known Canadian rail attraction is adding a U.S. route as well, starting next year.
Can the Eurostar survive?
With traffic down 95% due to the pandemic, questions grow about the key service and the rail systems it connects.