City tightens restrictions on proposed bullet train, while backing federal study grant as Congress withdraws funding.

The United States likes to imagine itself as a nation of cutting-edge infrastructure, yet it still lacks the kind of true high-speed rail that links cities across Western Europe and East Asia. While a ...

Behind more than 70 million high-speed rail journeys a year lies a web of safety systems. At nearly 200 mph, even a single ...

When California voters in 2008 approved $9.95 billion in bonds to create the start of the state’s High Speed Rail system, they were offered a list of promises — few of which have come to pass. One was ...

Ten years into a dream to connect Vancouver, B.C., Seattle and Portland via a high-speed rail line, stakeholders and backers of the mega-project said Wednesday that they’re still very much onboard — ...

The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting ...

As the federal government advances its plans for a high-speed rail network linking Ontario and Quebec, Kingston finds itself ...