As a frequent rider on Amtrak’s Acela, which connects the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston, I’m happy to announce that high-speed rail travel between Boston and ...

Amtrak rolled out its new high-speed train in the Northeast Corridor, calling it the first in the country. But recently customers have been telling the I-Team that the service has not been as ...

High-speed rail, or train systems that are capable of speeds of at least 186 mph, simply doesn't exist in the United States. High-speed rail had its start in Japan in 1964 with the bullet train, and ...

The future of federal funding for long-planned projects to bring high-speed rail to the United States is in flux. President Donald Trump said last week that the federal government “won’t pay” for ...

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains why high-speed rail projects in much of the country so often go off track. Dr. Stephen Mattingly ...

When California announced plans to build a high-speed rail connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco, I had dreams of sipping coffee in Union Station and arriving in the Bay Area before I finished my ...