I booked a $400 roomette for a 15-hour Amtrak ride across the Southwest in January 2025. Then I booked a $450 first-class ticket for a 3-hour train ride from Washington, DC, to New York City. I was ...

Turning to my boyfriend and travel companion James, I told him we had to get off our train. We were an hour-and-a-half into a three-and-a-half journey from London to Carlisle and I’d surprised him ...