November 7, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Click 2 Houston, November 2, 2016) HEMPSTEAD, Texas — The Waller County Sub-Regional Planning Commission filed suit in Travis District Court Wednesday against the Texas Department of Transportation for violation of state law that requires it to coordinate...
November 3, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Houston Chronicle, November 2, 2016) HOUSTON — Supporters and opponents of a planned high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas continue their efforts, though it’s likely the state legislature’s upcoming session starting in January will be the final...
November 1, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Lancaster Online, October 31, 2016) LANCASTER, Pa. — The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is joining forces with the Smithsonian Institution. Full story: Lancaster Online
November 1, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CNN, November 1, 2016) NEW YORK — The new Japanese maglev became the fastest train in the world after traveling at 374 miles per hour (603 kilometers per hour) on a test run near Mount Fuji last year, breaking its own world record of 366 miles per hour (590...
October 31, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Daily Journal, October 29, 2016) KANKAKEE, Ill. — Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn was in Dwight on Thursday to announce the completion of the new high-speed rail passenger station in the village’s downtown district. Full story:...
October 31, 2016 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: MuniNet Guide, October 31, 2016) HARTFORD, Conn. — Part I of this series on high speed rail projects looks at the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Rail Program (NHHS). NHHS seeks to construct a high speed line, the CTrail Hartford Line (Hartford Line), between...
October 28, 2016 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, October 26, 2016) OLD LYME, Conn. — This quaint shoreline community, proud of its role as a nursery of American Impressionist art, fears the destruction of its heritage if a federal proposal to someday run an East Coast high-speed rail line...
October 25, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Magazine, October 24, 2016) LOS ANGELES — You wouldn’t know it by the scant media coverage, but construction of the state’s bullet train is in full swing around Fresno and the Central Valley. The California High-Speed Rail Authority will likely...
October 24, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Morning News, October 21, 2016) DALLAS, Texas — The developers of a high-speed rail line that would take passengers from Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes are asking the state’s future architects — and, ideally, the system’s future customers — to help...
October 21, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2016) LOS ANGELES — The California bullet train authority has told its design engineers that the future system would have shorter trains and smaller station platforms, reducing the capacity of individual trains by roughly 50%...
