Inside America's First High Speed Rail

First High-Speed Train in United States Announced

After first announcing plans to introduce a bullet train to the United States in early March, the Las Vegas-to-California train recently ...

American high-speed rail: The 5 projects taking shape in the U.S.

The nation's fastest train is Amtrak's Acela, which tops 150 mph. New Acela trains are expected to reach 160 mph when they debut next year — ...

High Speed Rail in the Southwest

The first, 171-mile segment of the nation's first true high-speed rail project is under construction in California's Central Valley.

High-speed rail | Definition, History, Technology, Development ...

They will be the fastest in the United States, capable of traveling nearly 300 km (186 miles) per hour, although the trains will not hit that ...

We're building high-speed rail in America. - YouTube

Our high-speed rail future is underway. Once completed, the Brightline West project will cut travel time between Las Vegas, NV, ...

america's first high speed rail approved in california - Designboom

the bullet train will make the ~400-mile (644 km) trip from LA to san francisco in two hours and 38 minutes.

Siemens to build America's first high-speed train facility - Railway PRO

The American Pioneer 220 will be the first true high-speed trainsets to be built in America. Production at the high-speed train facility is ...

Siemens to build America's first high-speed-train factory

Siemens Mobility has announced plans to build a $60m factory in New York State to manufacture high-speed trains for the Brightline West route.

How to build U.S. high-speed rail: Lessons from Asia, Europe.

Brightline has opened the country's first new, privately funded, intercity train line in a century in Florida, between Miami and Orlando, and ...

Why America's First High-Speed Railway will Transform Nation

Siemens Mobility, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer & Brightline West announce America's first high-speed rail production facility in ...

High-Speed Rail | US Department of Transportation

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 54 high-speed rail projects in 23 states will share in $2.4 billion to continue developing ...

Siemens to build US high-speed rail factory in New York

Siemens Mobility will build the US' first high-speed rail factory with a $60m facility in New York to build trains for Brightline West.

Officials announce major plans for America's first international high ...

Now that a long-rumored high-speed rail project seems to be finally getting off the ground in Texas, another one is already in the works — and it would join ...

High Speed Rail Alliance

Targeted for 2028, they will be the first American trains to exceed 186mph. ... Join the High Speed Rail Alliance and help spread this success across the country.

Making History: America's First High-Speed Rail Connecting Las ...

A watershed moment for America, the Brightline West system has been touted as the “first true high-speed rail system” in the US. Covering a span ...

US Breaks Ground On Its First-Ever High-Speed Rail - Slashdot

Still, the new train could complete the 218 mile trip between Sin City and a suburb of the City of Angels in just 2 hours and 10 minutes. That ...

High-speed rail efforts in the US: A history | Smart Cities Dive

Three projects are vying to become the first US high-speed rail line after six decades of frustrated efforts. Follow their progress to date in this timeline.

Has the US finally figured out how to do high-speed rail?

Construction began today on the first true high-speed rail line in the US, which will connect Los Angeles suburbanites to the bright lights ...

How California's Bullet Train Went Off the Rails - The New York Times

America's first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare ... in the early days of the project. “It will ...

Why America Still Doesn't Have Fast Trains - Time

North America's fastest train currently sits in a Philadelphia storage yard. Once slated to enter service in 2021, the next generation Acela ...