February 27, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: StreetsBlog Cal, February 26, 2020) SAN FRANCISCO — The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA) is continuing to plan for modernizing rail service throughout California. A new report due out this week shows how under-construction Central Valley...
February 26, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Innovates, February 25, 2020) DALLAS — Dallas-based high-speed rail developer Texas Central has awarded a contract worth $5.9 billion to the Spanish firm Renfe to develop and operate its proposed high-speed rail service between Dallas and Houston,...
February 24, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes, February 20, 2020) NEW YORK — Let’s be honest: rail travel in the U.S. is in a pitiful state. To be fair, there are actually rail connections between many American cities, and there are a number of epic and beautiful rail journeys to be made across...
February 14, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Amtrak press release, February 13, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first of Amtrak’s 28 new Acela trainsets, scheduled to enter service throughout the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in 2021, will be leaving from Alstom’s facility in Hornell, N.Y. on Monday, Feb, 17...
February 13, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, February 12, 2020) FRESNO, Calif. — With construction under way on 119 miles of its route through the central and southern San Joaquin Valley, the California High-Speed Rail Authority continued Wednesday to try to make the case for completing...
February 10, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Streetsblog California, February 6, 2020) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California High-Speed Rail is under construction. It is. Central Valley construction contracts total nearly $4 billion. There are 30 active construction sites spanning 119 miles across five...
February 7, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Gannett of New York, February 6, 2020) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Decades of efforts to bring high-speed rail to New York have faltered under the weight of a hefty price tag and bureaucratic red tape. The history of the failed efforts are extraordinary and lengthy. But...
February 6, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, February 6, 2020) OSPEDALETTO LODIGIANO, Italy — A high-speed passenger train derailed in northern Italy before dawn Thursday and its detached engine slammed into a work train car on an adjacent track, ripped away part of a building wall and...
February 5, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Grit Daily, February 4, 2020) LOS ANGELES — Finally, the United States is looking toward train travel to create more sustainable transportation options on some of its most major air travel and road routes. Developers have been approved to begin construction...
February 4, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Business Journal, February 1, 2020) DALLAS — The Federal Railroad Administration has agreed to hold a public hearing to seek comments from rural Texas county landowners and local officials that would be impacted by a proposed high-speed rail project...
