2006-08-08 04:00:00 PDT Sacramento-- Alma Jones thought the solution to her fear of flying was the Coast Starlight, a roomy, comfortable passenger train that boasts breathtaking mountain and coastal ...

Before the establishment of Amtrak in 1971, no passenger rail service ran the entire length of the West Coast, meaning that travelers had to either drive along the coast or take a flight to their ...

I traveled five hours on the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo. I traveled through California by train in February. One unexpected highlight of my trip was the five-hour ...

Los Angeles Union Station is the largest passenger terminal in the Western United States — 14 tracks, nearly 110,000 daily ...

Every time I find myself at Union Station in Los Angeles, I get this feeling I’m an extra in a classic 1930s Hollywood black-and-white suspense thriller. High ceiling, Spanish-style arches, large ...

LOS ANGELES — It was late Friday night and we were scouring the usual sites touting the top things to do in Los Angeles. Uninspired by our options and facing a long weekend without obligations, my ...

A friend of mine told me the best sex she’s ever had was in a sleeper car on the southbound Coast Starlight train coming back from San Luis Obispo, the steel wheels pounding the rails as the late ...

Amtrak is resuming Coast Starlight service between Los Angeles and Seattle on Aug. 23. Service on the Coast Starlight route was suspended for several weeks due to wildfire damage in Northern ...

Amtrak has announced that the Coast Starlight service, which operates between Los Angeles and Seattle, is fully operational as of Aug. 23. “Widely regarded as one of the most spectacular of all train ...

When Will Jones hops on his favorite form of travel – a long-distance Amtrak train – it’s not for speed or convenience. In a world obsessed with hyperconnectivity, he spends days at a time confined to ...

The West Coast’s longest train route stretches 1,377 miles from L.A. to Seattle. The new play named for that train goes just a little bit further — into the hopes and struggles, the ache for ...