If you’re interested in trading planes for trains, here’s the story of our family’s first Amtrak Empire Builder experience ...

The sale, which is available to book through Nov. 14, is valid on travel from Dec. 2, to March 15, 2025, Amtrak shared with ...

Here are some of the best trips you can take from Chicago’s Union Station — from a short ride across the state to a multi-day ...

Although the new route is temporary, American train travel is making a comeback. More than 28.6 million passengers rode ...

Two folks from News 8's sister station, KARE 11, hopped the fast track and rode the Borealis from Milwaukee to Chicago to see ...

Earlier this year, another columnist at the Minnesota Daily wrote about the many flaws of Amtrak and the Empire Builder. However, the inception of Borealis has solved nearly all of the mentioned ...

‘Is the Borealis cannibalizing ridership on the Empire Builder?’ and all of them said unequivocally no,” Nelson said. These impressive ridership numbers on the Borealis even have Amtrak’s ...

Also worth noting, on Amtrak, there are no middle seats ... You can find that — as well as a second-story observation deck ...

We spent 2 nights in an Amtrak Superliner Roomette from Chicago to Seattle on the Empire Builder train. In this video, we show you the showers, the views, the food and a few small tips for your ...

The Borealis passenger train from St. Paul to Chicago surpassed 100,000 riders in October after premiering in May. Amtrak and ...

Frequent Amtrak riders like Robbie Young of La Crosse, Wis., usually take the Empire Builder route, which goes from Chicago to Seattle with a stop in St. Paul along the way. But on Sunday ...