The California High-Speed Rail Authority has submitted two applications for federal grant funding totaling nearly 1.3 billion dollars. The applications are the first major push for a continued federal partnership under the newly enacted Bipartisan...Read more
Of California’s registered voters, 56 percent support the state continuing to build the high-speed rail project according to a new survey by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Government Studies. The new railway, of which the first phase...Read more
A US District Court sentenced a former Pacific Harbor Line train driver to three years in prison earlier this week, local media report. In 2020, the man intentionally derailed a shunting locomotive to target a...Read more
The driver who in 2015 operated an Amtrak Northeast Regional train that derailed, causing the deadliest wreck in the area in almost three decades, was acquitted by a jury on all counts last week.Read more
Interview“Building the Maglev is about removing millions of people from their cars and fighting climate change”, says Wayne Rogers, CEO of the Northeast Maglev. The company is planning to build a 500 km/h magnetic levitation...Read more
A hyperloop connection between Dallas and Fort Worth is no longer considered an option. The Regional Transport Council has chosen to focus only on high-speed rail for the corridor. Hyperloop will however also be advanced,...Read more
The privately owned Brightline railroad in Florida claimed two more deadly victims this week, pushing the death toll to 57 over a 5-year-period. A further two non-fatal crashes were recorded in the past four days....Read more
A new draft project blueprint for the California bullet train, set to connect Los Angeles and San Fransisco, has revealed yet another cost increase on Tuesday. Officials now forecast the project will cost at least...Read more
Parallel Systems, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, has raised nearly 47 million euros in funding. With individually powered, autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, freight can be transported in a flexible way.Read more
North America, where diesel rules supreme, is about to see a shift in freight haulage hierarchy. One trans-continental carrier is about to break ranks, with a plan to ditch the diesel and bank on batteries....Read more
The US Congress has approved a comprehensive package of infrastructure investments. Sixty-six billion dollars will go to the national rail network. The approval is an important victory for President Joe Biden, who proposed the package...Read more
Subways are shut down in New York City because stations were flooded due to heavy rainfall. Some subways are stuck between stations, but the underground network writes that no one is in danger.Read more
There are many 100 per cent dedicated high-speed lines in Asia, but not in Europe and the US, says Torkel Patterson, vice chairman of the International High Speed Rail Association. “It’s really about having the...Read more
Spanish operator Renfe has joined the United States High Speed Association (USHSR), the main association dedicated to the development of high-speed rail in the country. By becoming a VIP member, the company further develops its...Read more
The US Senate has voted to take up an agreement including 66 billion dollars for rail transport. A ‘historic investment’, says railroad company Amtrak. President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached agreement...Read more