Explore the best Amtrak routes across the U.S.—from the Rockies to the Pacific—on these unforgettable long-distance train ...

EAST GLACIER - Summer sunlight hammered hard and hot against the twin tracks, waves of heat rising silently, like watered-down smoke from shining steel rails.

Amtrak's cross-country Empire Builder train has long connected Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, but now the year-old Borealis route makes the trip even easier and more affordable.

A driver was killed Monday afternoon when an SUV was struck by a southbound Amtrak train at a railroad crossing in Empire, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 1: ...

But where to go? Having taken Amtrak’s Empire Builder to Chicago years ago — a ride that took about seven hours each way — we decided we wanted to branch out a little more.

Total Amtrak ridership for the new St. Paul-Chicago corridor, which includes the Borealis and the Amtrak Empire Builder trains daily, was more than 293,000, up 227% from May 2024 through April 2025 ...

Total ridership for the new St. Paul to Chicago corridor, including both the Borealis and the Amtrak Empire Builder, was more than 293,000, up 227% compared to the previous year, according to Amtrak.

Between April and September on the Amtrak Coast Starlight between Seattle and Portland, you can catch a national park guide onboard who will narrate the journey.

Amtrak's Borealis line, running from the Twin Cities to Chicago, transported over 200,000 passengers in its first year. Combined ridership for the Borealis and Empire Builder lines on this route ...

Total ridership for the new St. Paul to Chicago corridor, including both the Borealis and the Amtrak Empire Builder, was more than 293,000, up 227% compared to the previous year, according to Amtrak.

Ridership of Amtrak's Borealis line with service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities and Chicago climbed to more than 200,000 passengers in its first year of operation, the agency reported May 21 ...

Celebrating Borealis On May 21 of last year, part of our long-range vision was realized with the launch of the Borealis train, a second daily roundtrip passenger rail service from the Twin Cities to ...