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Brittany Chang
The full history of Amtrak's iconic dining cars, which the company is removing to cater to millennial whims
Julie Byrne/Amtrak Amtrak is nixing its traditional dining car services on the company's one-night East Coast routes. The passenger railroad ser...
Graham Rapier
One of the US's largest railroads just slashed its profit forecast and gave a dire warning about President Trump's trade war
Reuters File photo of a CSX freight train blasting through high snow at a crossing in Silver Spring CSX repor...
Graham Rapier
New York is installing netting under elevated subway tracks where debris keeps falling onto streets below
Richard Levine/Corbis via Getty Images At least five piece of debris have fallen from elevated subway tracks in Queens, New ...
Graham Rapier
The rise and fall of Amtrak, which has been losing money since 1971
Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images The US has long lagged behind other countries when it comes to passenger rail. In 1971, Amtrak was form...
Graham Rapier
A $70 billion investment manager turned the Milwaukee Bucks into a basketball powerhouse. Now he's set on improving America's dismal passenger trains
BrightLine When Wes Edens bought the Milwaukee Bucks in 2014, the team was 15-6...
Jasmine Kim
Amtrak has lost money every year since 1971 - here's why train tickets are so expensive
Amtrak has been operating since 1971, but it has yet to become profitable. With high ticket costs, Amtrak has become a less ...
Graham Rapier
An Amtrak train has been stuck for more than 30 hours after hitting a tree in Oregon
Scott Olson/Getty Conductor Resha Taylor directs passengers boarding Amtrak's Southwest Chief in Union Station in Chicago, I...
Graham Rapier
California just drastically cut its plan for high speed rail - and it's the latest example of the US failing to do what the rest of the world has already figured out
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is display...
Mark Matousek
The head of New York City's subway system has reportedly resigned
Getty/Spencer Platt Joseph Lhota has reportedly resigned. Joseph Lhota, the chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), has r...
Kavita Majumdar
Drunk station master leaves passengers stranded, and this is not the first time it’s happened for Indian Railways
Several trains came to a halt at the Murshadpur train station in Uttar Pradesh on Friday because the station ...
Kavita Majumdar
Many obstacles later, India’s first bullet train project finally sees a ray of hope
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) requires 1,415 hectares of land, however, it has so far managed to...
Kavita Majumdar
Indian Railways is planning a major overhaul: Here's what's in store
The Indian Railways has received a lot of flak not only from passengers but also from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C...
Kavita Majumdar
Blankets provided on trains by Indian Railways will soon be fresher and cleaner
The Indian Railways has decided to ditch the old ‘high maintenance’ heavy woollen blankets and make way for new ones that ca...
Kavita Majumdar
Indian Railways is going to live stream its kitchens to the world to ensure transparency
Horror stories of railway staff making tea with water from the train restrooms leaves most scarred and wondering what happen...
Kavita Majumdar
Indian Railways is betting on AI cameras to keep its kitchens clean
The railways have installed Artificial Intelligence-enabled high definition CCTV cameras in 16 base kitchens that will monitor proceedings in real-ti...
Kavita Majumdar
If you’re a non-vegetarian, you may want to avoid taking trains in India on October 2
Indian Railways is proposing to go all vegetarian to honour Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary on 02 October. The...
BI India Bureau
Railway ministry is working with Apple, other tech companies. Here’s why
Indian Railways wants to achieve train speeds at 600 km/hr for which it is working with tech companies such as Apple. Railwa...
BI India Bureau
Indian Railways launches new mobile app that does more than just booking
Indian Railways launches new mobile app that does more than just booking
BI India Bureau
Consider giving up your rail fare subsidy, says the government
The success of the 'Give-It-Up' campaign on cooking gas subsidy has prompted the Indian government to ask Indian citizens to voluntarily forego the s...
BI India Bureau
Railways earned Rs 14.07 billion via cancellation of reserved tickets in FY17
In FY 2016-17, Indian Railways earned Rs 1407 crore billion just through the money charged on cancellation of reserved ticke...
BI India Bureau
This is what Indian Railways is planning to do for business travellers
In a bid to attract business travellers, the Indian Railways to planning to start an overnight double-decker train service. ...
BI India Bureau
Railways to ask for private bids for manufacturing modern coaches
Indian Railways will be inviting financial bids worth over Rs 20,000 crore at the Kanchrapara rail factory in West Bengal this month. The bids would ...
BI India Bureau
Indian Railways to launch special double-decker overnight AC trains on high-demand routes
This July, Indian Railways is planning to launch a special double-decker, AC train service for overnight journeys on popular...
BI India Bureau
Ad screens at stations would earn railways revenue of Rs 10000 crore
The Indian Railways is planning to roll out two lakh screens at railway stations across the country, eyeing revenue of Rs 10...
BI India Bureau
From berth availability to platform number, this app will address all train related issues soon
Come June, when all your train travel-related queries will be answered through one mega application, likely to be named Hind...
