As a frequent rider on Amtrak’s Acela, which connects the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston, I’m happy to announce that high-speed rail travel between Boston and ...

Since August, train travelers between Washington, D.C., and Boston have been zipping along the country’s busiest rail line at speeds of up to 160 mph, the fastest in America. Headlines proclaimed high ...

Can the private sector save high-speed rail projects in the U.S.? Experts are doubtful. The California High-Speed Rail Authority has turned its attention to private investment in the absence of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Amtrak launched its new NextGen Acela high-speed trains capable of 160 ...

On 10 May 1869, history was hammered into the ground in Promontory, Utah. Shortly after noon on a sunny spring day, hundreds of onlookers gathered in a tent city, hastily constructed in the ...

Gavin Newsom likes to boast that California has the world’s fourth-largest economy. So why can’t it build high-speed rail, ...

At 186 miles per hour, the landscape starts to blur. A mile disappears every 20 seconds. An entire town can blink by in the time it takes to remember its name. High-speed trains are, as the name ...

Last month, France’s national railway operator released a glimpse of the designs for its upcoming fifth-generation high-speed train, the TGV Inoui. (TGV stands for train à grande vitesse, or “train of ...

Some residents in California’s Central Valley are expressing frustration with the latest change in plans from the embattled ...

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California is exploring using high-speed rail land for data centers and energy projects to generate revenue.

After a $3. 5 billion contract was awarded for track and electrical work on California’s high-speed rail, critics are calling the entire project problematic because of a lack of ...