February 11, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Canadian Press, February 10, 2014) CALGARY — The Alberta government is seeking input on the possibility of high-speed passenger rail service between Edmonton and Calgary. Public meetings have been scheduled in Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton toward the...
February 10, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, February 10, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — A series of public hearings is scheduled in six upstate cities where state and federal transportation officials will discuss plans for a high-speed rail corridor linking New York City and western New...
February 10, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Politico Magazine, February 8, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — But there is one project Gov. Brown has decided not to save for the future, his Great Pyramid of Giza: building the nation’s first high-speed rail line, one of the largest infrastructure projects...
February 10, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2014) LOS ANGELES — Construction costs and revenue estimates for the California bullet train are headed downward while operating costs and ridership for the proposed statewide system are expected to increase above earlier...
February 6, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Economic Times, February 6, 2014) BEIJING — China’s rapidly developing high-speed train network spanning the length and breadth of the giant nation could prove to be of “immense strategic military value” for the rapid movement of...
February 6, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Albany Times Union, February 5, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — The public is getting its first look at four alternatives for improving passenger rail service along the state’s Empire Corridor that runs from New York City to Niagara Falls. Full story: Albany...
February 6, 2014 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 5, 2014) FORT WORTH, Texas — A private company that wants to build 220 mph bullet trains in Texas is committed to stopping in downtown Dallas, and is looking at sites near Union Station, the state’s new high-speed rail...
February 5, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Vegas Inc., February 4, 2014) LAS VEGAS — Under X Train’s revised plan, the company won’t even have to have its own locomotives because it would sell charter excursions and attach the necessary number of parlor, grill and dining cars to an Amtrak train...
February 5, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 5, 2014) CALGARY, Alberta — A state-of-the-art bullet train between Calgary and Edmonton would cost more than $5 billion, but deliver a major economic boost for Alberta, high-speed rail proponents told MLAs on Tuesday. Full...
February 4, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, February 2, 2014) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA officials hosted a fifth public meeting, last week, on a rail project that would connect tens of thousands of people each day from Philadelphia to the King of Prussia area, particularly the mall....
