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Amtrak temporarily suspends service between Seattle and Portland after landslide

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Amtrak has suspended train service temporarily between Portland and Seattle because of a landslide in the area. Train services will be canceled through 8:30 a.m. PT Thursday, according to Amtrak. “This is due to a BNSF Railway passenger train moratorium following a landslide,” the company said. Alternative transportation will be

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Artist Jesse Darling wins the prestigious 2023 Turner Prize

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Artist Jesse Darling is the latest recipient of the Turner Prize, the UK’s top award for artists that grants £25,000 ($31,500) annually. The announcement was made on Tuesday at an evening ceremony in Eastbourne, southeast England. Darling is a 41-year-old Oxford-born, Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, video, drawing

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Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge

By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — With gorgeous art nouveau entrances, maze-like tunnels and trains that rattle briskly under, and occasionally over, some of the world’s most famous streets, it’s a transport network that has inspired movies, novels and poetry. It has stations named after a South American revolutionary, a US president and a Soviet victory. Fittingly, in a city that is home

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The Channel Tunnel’s passenger train service has a major problem. Now a radical shakeup might be on its way

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Demand for high-speed rail travel is booming in Europe. Travelers are desperate for a fast, sustainable alternative to short-haul air flights and congested highways. But there’s a problem. Demand is outstripping supply on many routes. Trains are full and prices are often sky high, forcing many travelers to use

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