Building a high-speed rail line is energy-intensive — far more so than constructing a new airplane. The irony of using ...

Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion bond issue to build a high-speed rail line that would zip between San Francisco and Los ...

Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion bond issue to build a high-speed rail line that would zip between San Francisco and Los ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration following the cancellation of more than $4 billion in federal funds for the state’s high-speed rail project. "Trump’s ...

Rep. Seth Moulton’s breezy cheerleading for California’s high-speed rail project in “America Should Travel Fast” (Letters, July 28) offers no persuasive reasons to persist in spending billions of ...

One country where you cannot ride a train traveling more than 180 mph is the United States. California is trying to change that. But the state's ambitious high-speed rail project faces an uncertain ...

Major disruptions to rail service in Southern California are slated for the weekend of Oct. 25-26, when Union Pacific, ...

Amtrak’s brand new Acela trains enter service under a Trump administration that’s more selective in supporting transit projects It was sunny and temperate as Amtrak’s inaugural Acela Avelia Liberty ...

The new Amtrak Acela fleet will run at a top speed of 160 mph.SAUL LOEB / AFP Amtrak launched a new, faster line of Acela trains on August 28. The NextGen Acela trains can reach a top speed of 160 mph ...