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

Taking the train from D.C. to Boston is about to get nicer—and a little faster. Earlier this year, if you happened to be ...

The project will continue construction in 2025, despite Republican critics questioning its costs and viability.

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 ...

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

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

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

The trains will upgrade the travel experience for passengers in the Northeast Corridor ...

A yearslong effort to bring high-speed rail to Texas has recently shown signs of life, but state lawmakers have consistently ...

This month, the U.S. Department’s Federal Railroad Administration awarded nearly $50 million in funds to help plan an ...

The potential loss of federal support would pose one more setback for the project, which has struggled to identify tens of ...

Please view our advertising policy and product review methodology for more information. After more than a decade of planning and years of tests, Amtrak's high-speed, next-generation Acela trains are ...