September 21, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, September 21, 2020) RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina will use a $47.5 million federal grant to purchase a rail line needed to advance planned high-speed passenger train service between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia. Full story:...
September 15, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: International Railway Journal, September 14, 2020) LOS ANGELES — The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has confirmed its choice of alignment for the 80.5km Central Valley Wye section of the Merced – Fresno high-speed line, following the unanimous...
September 4, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Global Railway Review, September 4, 2020) LOS ANGELES — The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is now averaging a daily record of nearly 1,100 workers dispatched to construction sites throughout the Central Valley. This milestone, announced by...
August 27, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 26, 2020) The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) yesterday kicked off a one-month scoping period to solicit input on additional freight facilities in Colton and Barstow, California, that are necessary for the...
August 24, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes.com, August 22, 2020) LOS ANGELES — Brightline, the sole private passenger rail service in the U.S., has a green light from transit agencies to begin planning two extensions for its $5 billion high-speed train to Las Vegas that would tie it into...
August 17, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Construction Dive, August 15, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With more people working remotely, transportation agencies have found themselves with less revenue, which could mean fewer expansions of commuter transit services and a diminished ability to stay current...
August 6, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 5, 2020) XpressWest, a proposed project to construct a high-speed rail line that would operate between Southern California and Las Vegas, has been awarded $200 million in private activity bonds from the Nevada State Board of...
July 30, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: USA Today, July 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. —Other than Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, the United States has nothing that comes even close to what’s considered high-speed rail in Europe, Japan and China. But it may be moving closer to what other...
July 22, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fox 5 Vegas, July 21, 2020) LAS VEGAS — Clark County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved state findings related to financing for the high-speed rail project. Full story: Fox 5 Vegas
July 20, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 17, 2020) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday, reversing an earlier decision, determined that Texas Central Railroad’s proposed Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail service will qualify as part of the interstate...
