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Pacific Central Station in Vancouver is the port of entry for Amtrak Cascades trips. (Photo by Nkocharh, Wikimedia Commons)

Amtrak Cascades Could Get Customs Preclearance in Canada Shaving At Least 10 Minutes Off...

Amtrak is hoping to improve service from Vancouver, British Columbia for its Amtrak Cascades service. At a briefing Wednesday, Ron Pate of the Washington...

Midweek Video: Rail Plus

https://youtu.be/bVQAfT89hCQ Have you heard of Sound Transit’s Rail Plus program? If not, this video explains how ORCA passholders can use their cards on certain Amtrak...
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed line in Japan, with Mount Fuji in the background. The Tokaido Shinkansen was the world's first high-speed rail line. (Wikipedia / tansaisuketti)

Transportation Appropriations Bill Kickstarts Cascadia High-Speed Rail Authority

On Sunday, the Washington State Legislature concluded the 2019 legislative session. Many progressive environmental, transportation, land use, and housing bills managed to win approval...

Positive Train Control Fully Activated on Sounder Corridors

On Monday, Sound Transit announced that positive train control (PTC) has been fully implemented and received certification along the Sounder commuter rail corridors. Sounder...

What Is the State of US Rail Travel in 2019?

This is the second post in a two part series about train travel in the US. If you would like learn more about riding Amtrak...

Going The Distance On Amtrak

Some lessons learned about US train travel from a recent 48 hour trip on Amtrak. This Christmas holiday I made an unconventional choice for my...

Sunday Video: Ready To Build

https://youtu.be/QJi2-I18kW4 Over the past several months, there has been some serious apprehension by the Trump administration to fund America’s most important infrastructure project: the Hudson...

Map of the Week: Cascadia Rail

On Monday, a new advocacy organization called Cascadia Rail announced itself to the world, piquing interest with their spiffy map by maestro cartographer Oran...