November 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Vox, November 18, 2014) NEW YORK — One of the fastest commercial trains in the world is China’s Shanghai Maglev Train, which travels up to 268 miles per hour. Japan is looking to surpass China with a new train that can go more than 310 miles per hour....
November 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Houston Chronicle, November 17, 2014) HOUSTON — Last week, The Woodlands Township agreed to submit a letter to the Federal Railway Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation to urge the agencies to reconsider possibly adding a high-speed rail...
November 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Houston Chronicle, November 17, 2014) HOUSTON — Last week, The Woodlands Township agreed to submit a letter to the Federal Railway Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation to urge the agencies to reconsider possibly adding a high-speed rail...
November 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Free Lance-Star, November 17, 2014) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A study is being conducted on what’s called the Southeast High Speed Rail, a 123-mile corridor that would allow trains to travel up to 90 mph between Richmond and Washington, D.C. Full story: The...
November 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Free Lance-Star, November 17, 2014) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A study is being conducted on what’s called the Southeast High Speed Rail, a 123-mile corridor that would allow trains to travel up to 90 mph between Richmond and Washington, D.C. Full story: The...
November 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, November 17, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority is making painstakingly slow progress assembling the land it needs for its first 29-mile segment from northeast of Madera to the southern edge of Fresno. Full story:...
November 18, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, November 17, 2014) FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority is making painstakingly slow progress assembling the land it needs for its first 29-mile segment from northeast of Madera to the southern edge of Fresno. Full story:...
November 17, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, November 11, 2014) NEW YORK — The Chinese company whose $4.3 billion high-speed rail contract was canceled by Mexico threatened legal action amid news reports that one of the bid partners built a home for first lady Angelica Rivera. Full story:...
November 17, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, November 11, 2014) NEW YORK — The Chinese company whose $4.3 billion high-speed rail contract was canceled by Mexico threatened legal action amid news reports that one of the bid partners built a home for first lady Angelica Rivera. Full story:...
November 17, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Reuters, November 16, 2014) BEIJING — China opened the first stretch of a new high-speed railway in the western region of Xinjiang on Sunday, a milestone in the central government’s efforts to promote economic development in restive hinterlands and bind them...
