AmeriStarRail, a startup specializing in high-speed and intermodal passenger rail, pitched a partnership with Amtrak to ...

A thrilling ride on a high-steed steam locomotive is featured in this article from June 1950 Trains Magazine by then-Editor David P. Morgan. Engineer Valentine Ureda pulls up the drop seat within ...

"High-speed rail is one of the most powerful tools we have to reduce transport emissions," said Alan Beroud, chairman of the International Union of Railways, known as UIC by its French abbreviation.

A bill aiming to develop a high-speed rail to connect Dallas, Austin and San Antonio along Interstate 35 is gaining steam. However, House Bill 483 has an uphill battle against Texas legislation ...

True high-speed rail has not yet made it to the U.S., but that will change soon. Here are the projects currently being developed. By Alexander Nazaryan In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed ...

Now under new leadership, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is set to move into a new phase of development. Plans are to begin train service in the Central Valley in five to eight years.

“Ultra” high-speed rail, estimated to cost up to $150 billion, would need new track and trains that travel at 250 mph — among the fastest in the world.

Speed and performance of the high-speed train The CR450 is designed to operate at an impressive 248 mph, surpassing its predecessor, the CR400, which operates at 217 mph.

Last month, France’s national railway operator released a glimpse of the designs for its upcoming fifth-generation high-speed train, the TGV Inoui. (TGV stands for train à grande vitesse, or ...

On a continent crisscrossed by rails, high-speed trains and sleeper trains make it easy to get around Europe. It’s been that way for more than a century, yet Europe is in the midst of another ...