The smallest state in America boasts the most trackage with 150-mph passenger-train speeds in the nation. A total of 16.2 miles of the states 87 total route miles and is made up of 3 segments, and the longest of is 10 miles. After the electrification of the New Haven Railroad in 1999, Amtrak's Acela Express runs the highest speeds on the continent.
Rhode Island's first railroad began in 1835 and was the Providence & Worcester, a short segment of the New Haven predecessor Boston & Providence. Amtrak still uses right-of way built by the New York, Providence & Boston in 1837.
There are only two scenic train rides in Rhode Island. Both are located in Newport, the New Port Dinner Train and the Old Colony & Newport Railway.
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Enjoy an elegant four course dining experience aboard Rhode Island's only moving dinner train. The Newport Dinner Train offers meticulously restored vintage 1940's Budd dining cars over a 22 mile, 2 1/2 hour sentimental journey along scenic Narragansett Bay. Murder Mystery Trains, as well as lunch packages that include a boat cruise of Newport Harbor are also available. Polar Express trains begin running after Thanksgiving. Directions.
Enjoy the ride experience of a once forgotten era aboard the Old Colony & Newport Railway as you travel through the noted Newport RI Naval Base and along scenic Narragansett Bay with its scenic vistas of ships sailing in the bay, natural rocky beaches and wildlife that have adjoined the railway since 1864. Directions.
