An ambitious state-run high-speed rail project linking Los Angeles and San Francisco has gone off track.

High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public ...

In the 19th century, the U.S. became the first country to build a transcontinental rail network. It’s since fallen behind ...

High-speed rail could transform U.S. travel by reducing congestion, cutting emissions, and boosting tourism and economic ...

The new Acela NextGen debuted in August, running between Washington, D.C., and Boston with stops in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and more. With a top speed of 160 mph, the train is slightly ...

There were high hopes for high-speed travel with the Turbo Train, but it was unable to deliver.

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains why high-speed rail projects in much of the country so often go off track. Dr. Stephen Mattingly ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and leaders in the California Legislature have reached a general agreement to provide long-term funding for the high-speed rail line from the “cap and invest” program. Before state ...

If you’re boarding a Rail Europe train this month, whether it’s a sleeper train between major cities, a high-speed TGV, or a Channel crossing on Eurostar, take note that 2025 marks the 200th ...

The high-speed trains in China are the envy of many countries, providing efficient mass transportation across the country via a network that is largely powered by electricity. But with high speeds ...

To the Editor, This is my personal opinion and to leave no doubt, I am not in favour of the Alto Train proposal as it was ...