Republicans want to shred Amtrak funding as the railroad plans a historic Sunbelt and Western expansion

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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See inside one of Europe's fastest high-speed trains, which bolts at 186 miles per hour and serves meals in first class

Tech Insider : Travel
Thalys train.
The Thalys train runs at 186 miles per hour and now connects to the UK thanks to its recent merger with Eurostar.

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The true cost of Mexico's Maya Train

Tech Insider : Environment

Mexico is rushing to complete a new train line around the Yucatan Peninsula that will link tourist resorts with cities and famous Maya sites. But large areas of tropical forest have been cut down, and activists say a unique network of sinkholes called cenotes are also at risk.

An 'air train' in China runs using an overhead magnetic track, never touching it as it glides through the air 30 feet above the ground — see it in action

Tech Insider : Travel
China's Red Rail, said to be the world's first maglev air train
China's "Red Rail" air train glides through the air without touching the track above it or anything below.

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Blocked crossings force kids in an Indiana suburb to climb above and crawl under stopped trains to get to school

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One child helps another cross over a parked freight train blocking their route to school.
One child helps another cross over a parked freight train blocking their route to school.

Jamie Kelter Davis for ProPublica

A private train company just unveiled its snazzy new station at Orlando airport — see inside Brightline's 37,350-square-foot facility

Tech Insider : Travel
Brightline trains at Orlando International Airport train station.

Courtesy of Brightline

A Russian trainspotter who became obsessed with taking photographs of Putin's 'ghost train' now lives in exile: report

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putin train
Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in a cabin of a train in Kerch, Crimea, on December 23, 2019.

Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via Reuters

London has a new airport train that's even more expensive than the Heathrow Express per mile

Tech Insider : Travel
The Luton Dart at the station
The 1.25 mile Luton DART cost about $350 million to build.

Luton Rising

High-speed train from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in the works after Brightline reaches agreement with unions on $10 billion project

Tech Insider : Travel
A multicolored Brightline train sits on a track with several passengers walking on the platform in front of it.
Brightline announced a deal with a group of rail unions to build its Brightline West project connecting Las Vegas to Southern California.

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How Ukraine's 'lifeline' railway runs even as Russia bombs it, according to a man fighting to keep the trains on time

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Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Khomko, 42, carries flowers as he waits for his wife and daughter at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Khomko, 42, carries flowers as he waits for his wife and daughter at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.

AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna

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