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 ...

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 ...

Italy is facing a wave of transportation strikes throughout November 2025, disrupting air travel, rail services, and local ...

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 ...