If you close your eyes and listen, the gentle clack-clack-clack of the train traveling over the track’s joiners almost sounds like the real thing. But a horn blast from the conductor at the front of ...

Railfans is doubtlessly short for rail fanatics. They are glued to, mersmerized by and unable to resist some aspect of the world of trains. And while their behavior may be maddening — keeping a ...

Europe has loads of really brilliant cities, but two of the most magnetic, fun, and effortlessly cool have to be Naples and Berlin – and soon, they’ll be connected by a direct high-speed train.

Sicily is an island south of mainland Italy. There is no bridge connecting the two landmasses. The Strait of Messina divides the island and the peninsula known as the “toe of the boot.” Surprisingly, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. Italy has just launched new high-speed rail routes connecting some ...

A 1922 Ford Model T station taxi is one of the exhibits inside the Naples Depot Museum Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst Motivated in part by the resumption of Brightline service, I decided to visit the ...