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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the California High-Speed Rail’s railhead facility in Kern County on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan’s bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of high-speed track by the end of 2025. The fastest ...

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

Kingston-area farmers are trying to guess where a high-speed rail line could be built, and predict how it will impact their ...

Rail Authority proposes at-grade alignment through Shafter to cut costs, time. Shafter council rejects alternatives unless rail moves east to avoid splitting. Authority cites lessons from Fresno and ...

California’s 2026 Draft Business Plan for high-speed rail is more realistic than its predecessors, but leaves serious unresolved issues. The High-Speed Authority’s leadership lacks the ability to fix ...

As Canada’s Bill C-15 passes into law under recent Royal Assent, residents in the study corridor along the proposed routes ...

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin says a high-speed passenger rail line connecting Birmingham and Atlanta is not just a dream, but a possibility he believes is worth pursuing. In a Jan. 8 essay titled ...

The Railway Board has approved the production of two trainsets with a max operating speed of 200 kmph, but the Indian Railway tracks can support a maximum speed of 130 kmph ...