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The technology has seen speeds that outpace commercial jet flights, which usually travel at around 570 miles per hour.
China's high-speed rail currently stands as a testament to what can be done in other countries, especially the U.S.  A ...
Last month, the APTA Rail Conference examined the progress in deploying hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) trains in the US.
On this episode, we examine how far high speed rail has come in Illinois. With 110 mile per hour trains running between ...
Italy’s state railway Ferrovie dello Stato SpA is moving ahead with plans to sell minority stakes in its high-speed train ...
The Brightline West project between southern California and Las Vegas looks like the brightest high-speed rail line now in development.
The U.S. doesn't currently have any operating high-speed rail lines.
The Trump administration has notified California officials that federal funding for the state’s high-speed rail project is at risk of being pulled after a four-month review concluding that th… ...
Contractors working on a rail line in Christchurch managed to avoid being struck by an oncoming train after they were given the all clear to work on the track, the Transport Accident Investigation ...
California’s High Speed Rail project may soon face a $10.2 billion budget gap, even larger than what lawmakers expected two months ago, as project leaders look to complete the first segment ...
France’s new high-speed train design has Americans asking: Why can’t we have that? Here's why the U.S. is behind on building high-speed rail — and what could create momentum to catch up.
True high-speed rail has not yet made it to the U.S., but that will change soon. Here are the projects currently being developed.