My niece, Keri, is here visiting for the weekend. She’s eleven and cute and smart and … Well, you know, a pretty typical modern day kid. Except she’s been to...

Today was my opportunity to experience three different trains: first the Eurostar from London through the Chunnel to Brussels, then a high-speed Thalys from Brussels to Cologne, and finally a...

When you travel, things can go wrong. Stuff happens, and when it does we just have to deal with it the best we can. But here’s a tale of woe...

As Congress persists in providing Amtrak with bare-bones support, the railroad struggles on, doing its best to keep old equipment running and all the while serving more and more people....

President Obama has stepped up and announced a major high-speed rail initiative that would allow the United States to begin catching up with most of the rest of the world....

High-speed rail lines are being opened and expanded all over the world. France, with its TGV network, has been the acknowledged leader for several decades, but other countries are rapidly...

Most people are aware that when it comes to high speed train service, France has led the way with its TGV. They’ve been at it a long time and are...

It was fashionable during the Bush years to denigrate the French, their unforgivable offense being to disagree with Dubya’s foreign policy. Congressional Republicans weren’t about to stand for that, of...

On November 4th, Californians will vote on a $10 billion bond issue which, if passed, will finance an initial high-speed rail line linking Los Angeles and San Francisco. There are...

I frequently have occasion to rent a car when I travel. Several years ago, I rented a Hertz car for a few days in Saumur, France. It was a small...