TRAINS

The devaluation of the pound is being felt across Britain.

The Coradia iLint reaches top speeds of 87 miles per hour.

It's part of a stopgap plan to deal with the service's overwhelming ridership and aging infrastructure.

They're far from decorative.

In a few short years, travelers will be able to zip along the Northeast Corridor in a brand new fleet of high-speed Amtrak trains.

Everyone loves the idea of a train trip, so why is our railway system so lacking?

Fittingly, it was built to attract visitors to the region’s famous Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

Not everyone likes museums, so Paris Musées took some of their most famous works to the popular social media platform.

It may look silly, but they do it to keep us safe.

Just as slow food and slow living movements are becoming the trend, it may be time to decelerate travel too.

Pedestrians can see if a train's coming without looking up.

Take the world's longest escalator to the longest flight to the longest subway to the longest bridge.

Transit Explorer maps North America’s “fixed-guideway transit” options, like subways, streetcars, commuter trains, and bus-rapid transit.

The most romantic way to journey from California to New York might also be the cheapest.

In 1896, two locomotives traveling more than 50 miles per hour smashed into each other. On purpose.

Hold on to your uterus: Early modes of transportation had some fretting that their bodies would be forever changed.

Nothing like a train heist to grab out attention. There's a reason they called it the Wild West.