Stations and Terminals (Passenger)
Circling Sicily on Its Regional Trains
I was pacing impatiently in my hotel room on the Via Etnea, one of the main boulevards in the center of Catania. Looking out from my balcony, I wondered if the rain was ever going to stop. I’d arrived here on the eastern coast of Sicily earlier in the day, planning to complete a 2.5-week […]
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Eager London Riders Get Up Early for Elizabeth Line’s Debut
LONDON — Trainspotters and public transport enthusiasts crowded outside futuristic stations across London on Tuesday morning, lining up for hours to wait for a first glimpse of the latest addition to the city’s famed tube system. The Elizabeth line officially opened at 6:30 a.m., after years of construction, a number of delays and a skyrocketing […]
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Nick Cave Goes Underground
For an artist best known for “Soundsuits” that produce a variety of percussive effects when worn, Nick Cave’s public project, “Each One, Every One, Equal All,” has found a fittingly noisy home in the New York subway. Earlier this month, during a preview of the completed project, a saxophone reverberated through the tunnels of the […]
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Chasing a Mighty Relic of Yesteryear: Union Pacific 4014
I stood beside the railroad tracks in the heat of the Texas summer, listening intently for the distinctive sound of a steam locomotive. Other than the cicadas chirping from the nearby mesquite trees, I couldn’t register anything out of the ordinary. I closed my eyes to heighten my sense of hearing — still nothing. Suddenly […]
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Some Ukrainian Refugees Are Returning Home, Despite the Risks
LVIV, Ukraine — From her bearing and demeanor, the college instructor waiting at the Lviv bus station appeared to be accustomed to respect and, judging by her fur-trimmed coat and pink mohair hat adorned with a sparkling pin, used to a certain elegance. But after two weeks on the road as a refugee with her […]
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15,000 Are Sheltering in Kyiv’s Subway
KYIV, Ukraine — As the escalator glides down the final few yards into the subway stop deep in Kyiv’s normally immaculate mass transit system, a sprawl of foam mattresses, suitcases and plastic bags filled with food comes into view. The space is surprisingly quiet, almost silent, despite the 200 or so people camped there to […]
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Amtrak Pays $2 Million to Passengers With Disabilities Who Faced Obstacles at Stations
Amtrak has paid more than $2 million to over 1,500 people with disabilities whom it discriminated against at nearly 80 train stations across the country, from Tuscaloosa to Topeka, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. The payments are the first of several actions mandated by a settlement reached last year between the railroad and the […]
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Inside the Struggle to Save Bulgaria’s Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Dressed in a floral-patterned tunic and baggy pants, her hair covered with a colorful head scarf, Sabie Djikova loaded a dozen bottles — 45 pounds’ worth of milk — into a knapsack and a handmade bag, heaved them over her narrow shoulders and headed down the unpaved road toward the nearby train station. At 65, […]
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