In Keith Bunin’s delightfully expressive play “The Coast Starlight,” now running at San Jose Stage, six people randomly enter ...

Before the establishment of Amtrak in 1971, no passenger rail service ran the entire length of the West Coast, meaning that travelers had to either drive along the coast or take a flight to their ...

While not the fastest mode of travel, traversing the United States by rail has become increasingly popular in recent years. With no need to drive or navigate busy airports, many travelers are learning ...

Playwright Keith Bunin, who was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, might be affiliated most closely with the nonprofit New York ...

Set aboard a train speeding along the California coast, The Coast Starlight is a quietly searing drama that imagines what’s unsaid—the confessions, fantasies, and regrets of six strangers who cross ...

Everybody knows train travel isn’t what it used to be. Amtrak is hardly the Orient Express. Still trains exert a powerful hold on our imaginations. And in our celluloid fantasies: “Twentieth Century,” ...

California ocean view from an Amtrak Coast Starlight train window - Alex Cimbal/Shutterstock If you've ever dreamed of voyaging from Southern California up to the Bay Area like a classical Hollywood ...