Capable of reaching 220 mph (although they’ll be limited to 160 mph on the NEC), the trains will bring Alstom’s latest high-speed rail technology to North America.

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. By Alexander Nazaryan In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed ...

A proposed high-speed rail project between Los Angeles and San Francisco also got caught up in Buy America. In the early 2010s, French national railroad company SNCF tried to win a contract to ...

The quest for new high-speed trains isn't limited to the coasts, either. Early last month Amtrak and Texas Central Partners announced in a press release their exploratory partnership to "advance ...

An Amtrak high-speed Acela train (center) in Philadelphia's Race St. yards, ... December 11, 2023 11:00 AM EST. N orth America’s fastest train currently sits in a Philadelphia storage yard.

California. America Is Taking a High-Speed Train to Bankruptcy Every dollar wasted on political pork, fraud, and poorly considered infrastructure makes the country’s fiscal situation even worse.

America is Embracing High-Speed Rail. Published Jun 23, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT Updated Jun 23, 2024 at 5:48 AM EDT. By . James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K.

"We need more of this!" Traveler shares honest review after riding aboard 'sleek' US high-speed train: 'The best train in ...

For that to happen, explains Eric Goldwyn, one of the report’s authors, Washington must take the lead on planning American high-speed rail. No other country has built this infrastructure without ...

As demand for high-speed rail (HSR) continues to grow, the U.S. rail industry stands at the precipice of a transformative era. While many are familiar with HSR’s potential to revolutionize travel, ...

The time for the federal government to seriously invest in our infrastructure is now. Other countries serve as examples of what is possible. In 2008, China began the seemingly impossible task of ...

A proposed high-speed rail project between Los Angeles and San Francisco also got caught up in Buy America. In the early 2010s, French national railroad company SNCF tried to win a contract to ...