February 11, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, February 10, 2016) FRESNO, Calif. — Thursday could be another day of reckoning for California’s high-speed rail plans, as a judge in Sacramento will hear arguments in a long-running lawsuit over whether the proposed bullet-train system can comply...
February 10, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Pioneer Press, February 9, 2016) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ramsey County took a step Tuesday toward helping to provide a second daily round-trip rail service from St. Paul’s Union Depot to Chicago — a move that ultimately would require Minnesota, Wisconsin or other...
February 9, 2016 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Hartford Courant, February 8, 2016) HARTFORD, Conn. — A proposal that might reroute the Amtrak line in southeastern Connecticut has drawn so much opposition that much of the state’s Congressional delegation is asking federal regulators to take a closer...
February 9, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, February 9, 2016) ANKARA, Turkey — Bombardier aims to produce 80 high-speed trains for Turkey’s state railway TCDD in a tender together with local partner Bozankaya, an executive for the Canadian transport equipment maker said on Tuesday. Full...
February 3, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: NBC Dallas Fort Worth, February 2, 2016) DALLAS — Opponents of a plan to build a high-speed train between Dallas and Houston are gearing up for a legal fight. Full story and video: www.nbcdfw.com
February 2, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: NBC Los Angeles, February 1, 2016) ACTON, Calif. — A cemetery — which some residents called fake — popped up on an Acton property right in the path of where a high-speed rail was proposed, which raised eyebrows of residents who said they believe the entire...
January 28, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Post Bulletin, January 27, 2016) ROCHESTER, Minn. — A private company’s efforts to build a high-speed rail line linking Rochester to the Twin Cities are steaming ahead as state and Olmsted County officials are expected to suspend work on Zip Rail next...
January 28, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, January 27, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The chairman of the board that oversees California’s high-speed rail project said Wednesday that the next projection will likely lower the cost from the current $68 billion, but he is less confident...
January 27, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, January 27, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A legislative committee is looking for answers on the status of California’s $68 billion high-speed rail project. The rail project’s CEO, the chairman of its board and the leader of an...
January 26, 2016 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Post Bulletin, January 26, 2016) ROCHESTER, Minn. — Eight potential corridors for a proposed Rochester-to-Twin Cities high-speed rail line are recommended for additional study in a Minnesota Department of Transportation report released on Monday. Full story:...
