Amid recent rail disasters, critics warn the move will cost jobs, threaten safety, reduce competition and raise prices.

Workers say now is the time to do the impossible.

If you dream of roaming the U.S. in a private train, here’s what it takes—and why Amtrak’s latest cuts have railcar fans wondering if this is the end of the line.

In a new travelling exhibition, the significance of the transcontinental railroad, finished in 1869, will be celebrated in a series of images capturing its arduous construction through to its triumphant completion

Around 30 train cars came off the tracks, which are thought to have been weakened by recent flooding in Iowa state.

A high-speed Amtrak train carrying more than 50 people decoupled on Tuesday as it traveled northward in Maryland, causing no injuries but highlighting concerns about the U.S. passenger carrier's safety record after a series of accidents.

It used to be that each town kept its own time, and chaos reigned. [Podcast]

If you're still holding onto your Galaxy Note 7 for whatever reason, you'll no longer be allowed to be a passenger of Amtrak trains...

Gritty photos capture the women who stepped in to mobilize the American war effort. By Alex Q. Arbuckle.

Americans love trains. So should conservatives. By William S. Lind.

So why is this city buying trams, which are a 130-year-old idea?

Tama, stationmaster of Kishi station and vice-president of the Wakayama Electric Railway, died on June 22nd, aged 16.

On the outskirts of Paris proper, at the back of a parking lot down a side street in a quiet residential neighbourhood of Clichy, there sits an old forgotten train station; crumbling at the edges, blackened in the corners and scarred on its facade.

The inspector general's report warned that failure to obtain radio frequency was delaying a safety system that might have prevented the derailment.

The day after the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, debate rages over whether it's too soon to talk about Amtrak funding and infrastructure projects.

The U.S. Department of Transportation rolled out long-promised standards on Wednesday.

Railroads have seen a recent uptick in highway-rail crossing and trespassing fatalities. But the memories of the gruesome events don’t just haunt families and friends of victims, they stick with train engineers and conductors as well—sometimes for a lifetime.

More crude oil was spilled in US rail incidents last year than during the previous 37 years, according to a new government analysis. Oil by rail transport has become more popular as pipeline capacity has fallen behind increases in oil production during the North American shale boom.

Russia's Interior Ministry says at least 10 people died and three others were wounded.

Reusing shipping containers and turning them into houses or other usable structures has become a popular idea lately. The containers aren’t used just for housing but also for other more elaborate projects. For example, there’s a railway station in the Netherlands that was made using shipping containers.