<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Train Rides</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/subject/trainrides?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><description>Train Rides</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[First-Class Passage Through India]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59488-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59488-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Trying  to plan a first visit to India is an overwhelming experience, a small taste of the way the visit itself will feel. The list of four-star sights is as long as an elephant's trunk. Are the top draws at least clustered in any one part of the country? No. Are parts of India empty or just too poor and miserable to bear, so you can write them off? No. Wherever you go, wonders await. But time and money are always short. What to do?]]></description><author> Joanne Omang</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking a Ride on the Autotrain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34430-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34430-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  RESEARCH QUESTION:  There's only one rail service in the United States that lets you include the family car in your checked luggage, and it just happens to shuttle back and forth between Washington and Orlando. Amtrak's Autotrain leaves every afternoon and, with the exception of a midnight crew change, doesn't stop until it hits central Florida the next morning. Is this leapfrog over 817 miles of I-95 traffic too good to be true?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faster Than a Speeding Bullet Train]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31674-2004May16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31674-2004May16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shanghai's new magnetic levitation train, or maglev, built by German engineers for $1.2 billion to cover 20 miles in less than eight minutes, has proved it can make an impression, even in a city that lives on superlatives.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HO.  HO.  HO.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26550-2003Dec24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26550-2003Dec24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At Northlandz, a temple of trains in Flemington, N.J., little railroads make for a model holiday.]]></description><author> Dan Dupont</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking the Train]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1415-2003Sep12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1415-2003Sep12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Amtrak <em> (800-872-7245, </em><a href="http://www.amtrak.com"><em>www.amtrak.com</em></a><em>) offers rail passenger service nationwide, which it promotes with vacation deals, rail access to ski resorts, the Auto Train to Florida, air/rail packages and Metroliner and Acela service to New York. For </em>   discounted fares, <em> consider travel on Saturdays and during off-peak seasons. Senior citizen and children's fares are available as well as special packages for students and veterans. The Rail Sale (</em><a href="http://tickets.amtrak.com/Amtrak/railsale"><em>tickets.amtrak.com/Amtrak/railsale</em></a><em>), an Internet-only deal, offers discounts when booking online on specific routes.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York City, via  Amtrak and Quikbook]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11665-2003Jul18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11665-2003Jul18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WHAT : A discounted unreserved ticket from Amtrak.com and two nights at the Best Western President from Quikbook.com, both booked two days before departure.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night Train From Hell]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19214-2002Dec6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19214-2002Dec6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Leafing through a budget travel magazine, I spy a brilliant money-saving tip: "Consider taking an overnight train for a long-distance trip in Europe and book an inexpensive, second-class couchette."]]></description><author> Alicia C. Shepard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking the Train]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13539-2002Sep13.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13539-2002Sep13.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Amtrak  (800-872-7245, <a href="http://www.amtrak.com">www.amtrak.com</a>) offers rail passenger service throughout the country, which it promotes with all-inclusive vacation deals, rail access to ski resorts, the Auto Train to Florida, air/rail packages and high-speed Metroliner and Acela service to New York.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road Test: Amtrak's New Acela]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61607-2000Nov10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61607-2000Nov10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Taking a test ride on Amtrak's new high-speed northeast corridor train.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking the Train]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49284-2000Sep30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49284-2000Sep30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Amtrak (800-872-7245, www .amtrak.com) offers rail passenger service throughout the country, which it promotes with special programs: all-inclusive vacation tour deals, rail access to ski resorts, the Auto Train to Florida, air/rail packages, high-speed Metroliner service to New York, sleeping accommodations and special fare offers.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIDING THE RAILS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17553-2000Sep16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17553-2000Sep16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WHAT: Gawk, eat and be entertained on the Northern Central Railway's Liberty Limited dinner train in New Freedom, Pa.]]></description><author> John Deiner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Real Sleeper]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56429-2000Jun25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56429-2000Jun25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/trainrides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:58:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So I'm traveling alone with my not quite 3-year-old son on a night train to Georgia and everything starts out just fine. Charles, our sleeper-car attendant, dressed nattily in blue vest and tie, helps bring our heap of things on board: suitcases, stroller, sippy cup, story books, security blanket, bottle, lots of extra Spiderman underwear and a toy locomotive that never leaves my son's hand.]]></description><author> Mike Tidwell</author></item></channel></rss>