February 11, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Trains, February 9, 2021) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a year’s delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and an uprising in the California Legislature, the head of the state’s financially strapped high-speed rail project unveiled a “revised draft business plan”...
February 8, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, February 5, 2021) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is again pushing back the deadline and raising the cost for its high-speed rail project, this time asking the Biden administration for a one-year extension on completing construction on a...
January 22, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Cap Radio, January 21, 2021) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While California voters approved a proposition in 2008 to fund a high-speed rail line that would connect major cities like San Francisco to Los Angeles, progress has been slow in the years since. Full story:...
January 20, 2021 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Victorville Daily Press, January 19, 2021) VICTORVILLE, Calif. — Brightline West’s high-speed passenger rail project between Apple Valley and Las Vegas, which was expected to break ground last year, appears to be back on track six months after a partnership with...
December 11, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 10, 2020) U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) earlier this week introduced the American High-Speed Rail Act, which proposes the creation of a blueprint for a national high-speed rail network and calls for investing $205 billion...
November 17, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Texas Tribune, November 17, 2020) DALLAS — Less than two months before the Texas Legislature begins its next session, the yearslong battle over a controversial high-speed rail project is expected to spark more legislative skirmishes. Full story: Texas...
November 3, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, October 31, 2020) LOS ANGELES — Fortress Investment Group is postponing its plan to build a train to Las Vegas from Southern California after failing to sell a record amount of unrated municipal debt to finance the speculative project, showing the...
October 28, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, October 27, 2020) NEW YORK — The high-speed line that will run from Las Vegas to southern California is coming to life these days. Brightline has released a construction schedule for the service, which will be called...
October 14, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Television station KBTX, October 8, 2020) AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott is giving the Texas Central high-speed rail project another look after obtaining new information provided by opponents of the project. This after Abbott recently wrote a letter to...
September 22, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Texas Tribune, September 21, 2020) AUSTIN, Texas — The high-speed train that promises to transport passengers between Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes has been approved by the Federal Railroad Administration, according to Texas Central Railroad, the company...
