Transportation officials want to build on the increasing popularity of passenger trains in North Carolina — like the Piedmont, seen here passing through Greensboro — by considering high-speed rail ...

Acela, Amtrak’s high-speed trains in the heavily trafficked Northeast Corridor, forms the core of the national rail network’s ridership and revenue. It’s currently underway on a $2.3 billion program ...

Brightline's planned Las Vegas to Los Angeles railway could be the first true high-speed train in the U.S., running at speeds over 185 mph. Six decades after Japan debuted its shinkansen bullet trains ...

Construction has begun on a new high-speed passenger line between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Governor Roy Cooper on Monday for a ...

Finally, the federal government is putting serious money behind a greener and faster transportation system. This week, the Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding for two high-speed rail ...

Amtrak’s new Acela trains are already years late. The new trains were supposed to enter service in 2021, and the railroad says the delay is because testing isn’t going smoothly. “We want our customers ...

It's been more than fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act into law, lauding the "technological miracles in our transportation" with "one great ...

How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway projects the world over. The Flying Scotsman was the first train to break the 100mph barrier. Travelling ...