Passengers will be riding the festively decorated train Saturday when it makes a round trip from San Jose to San Francisco.

Here's why travel expert Rick Steves always recommends train travel as the best way for budget-conscious travelers and backpackers to get around Europe.

When I look at this and all the incidents happening so close in time, I get a little worried,” said one BART board member.

You won't arrive on time and may not even get a seat. Your booking might get lost. Things have gotten so dire that a ...

An Amtrak conductor keeps the train moving in all the ways the engineer can%27t. He has traded his punch for an iPhone%2C but he%27s still a steadying hand for rail passengers. A good conductor knows ...

That the train known for decades as the Orient Express still operates today often comes as a surprise to people who might have assumed that, like old-school luxury cruises and leisurely dirigible ...

The new Mardi Gras Service runs from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., and lets visitors explore the Gulf Coast’s pleasantly walkable waterfront towns without a car.

READING, Pa. &mdash Every Monday night for the past 25 years, our Berks Edition newscast has offered viewers a little lesson about the area's history. The "Berks County Time Train" is always teaching ...

This 1892 engraving of the famous Quaker Oats train that traveled cross-country from Cedar Rapids to Portland, Ore., was published in the June 1892 edition of “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated.” (Public ...

An adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella arrives at the same time as a new biography, unlocking one of his best-loved and ...