January 30, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Banos Enterprise, January 27, 2015) CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority held an informational meeting at the Chowchilla Fairgrounds last week, allowing hundreds of local citizens a chance to view alignment alternatives being...
January 28, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 27, 2015) FORT WORTH, Texas — It has to be a good thing that the company that operates the high-speed rail network in France is scoping out ideas for bullet trains in Texas. The more viewpoints on this plan, the better the...
January 28, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, January 27, 2015) BEIJING, China — Canada’s Bombardier Inc. expects to receive safety certification from China for its high-speed trains as early as next month, providing a springboard for more orders, the firm’s top executive in the...
January 27, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: NewsOK, January 26, 2015) FORT WORTH, Texas — A company that operates France’s national high-speed rail network is exploring a possible investment in Texas bullet trains. Full story: www.newsok.com
January 23, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, January 22, 2015) NEW YORK — China will build a 7,000-kilometer high-speed rail link from Beijing to Moscow, at a cost of 1.5 trillion yuan ($300 billion CAD), Beijing’s city government said on the social networking site Weibo. Full story:...
January 22, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CBC News, January 20, 2015) VANCOUVER, B.C. — A group based in Portland is lobbying local governments for a high speed train that would connect the Cascadia region, from Vancouver to Portland. Full story and audio: www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 20, 2015) The California High-Speed Rail Authority will host an industry forum in Sacramento on Friday to educate potential contractors interested in the agency’s future rail-delivery contract. Full story: Progressive...
January 20, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: MassLive.com, January 20, 2015) BOSTON — A coalition of lawmakers from Western Massachusetts is pushing for a study of the feasibility of expanded Boston to Springfield high-speed rail. Full story: MassLive.com
January 19, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: KERA News, January 16, 2015) DALLAS — Plans for the proposed high-speed rail line from Dallas to Houston continue. Environmental impact studies are under way for the line, which would cost several billion dollars and be privately funded. On Friday, the...
January 16, 2015 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: ScienceBlog.com column by Alan Kandel, January 15, 2015) On Tues. Jan. 6th on an industrial patch of downtown Fresno property before an assemblage of around 700 celebrants, a jubilant bunch, joined by a cohort of radio, television and newspaper reporters,...
