Now, Amtrak has indicated that the 28-strong fleet of new trains, which would be the fastest in operation in the U.S., could come online in early 2025, with a spokesperson for Amtrak telling local ...

India is planning a new high-speed rail line that will also travel around 200 miles an hour, with help from Japan, where bullet trains go as fast. Amtrak is limited by aging train tracks and ...

America's rail lags behind the rest of the world—but travelers are increasingly interested in train travel as an option.

In summer 2024 we talked with Rod Diridon at his home in Santa Clara about why he is so committed to high speed rail.

The 171-mile route from Merced through Fresno and Hanford to Bakersfield is planned to be the first operational segment for ...

According to a 2018 business case analysis, the projected cost of the Cascadia High-Speed Rail is less than half the price of ...

High-speed rail advocates are betting that projects in red-leaning districts will unlock greater support from skeptical ...

The Cascadia High Speed Rail project, which promises travel between Seattle and Portland in under an hour, took a step ...

The current trains are limited to 150 miles an hour. [Photo: Amtrak] The caveat: 160 miles an hour is still much slower than high-speed rail in other countries. In China, the Shanghai Maglev can ...