Some outdoor enthusiasts said they loved the idea of connecting California's high-speed rail to Yosemite National Park, ...

In a world where jet travel was dominating, French engineers quietly pioneered high-speed rail technology that would change the future of trains. From the early days of Le Mistral to the world’s ...

Behind more than 70 million high-speed rail services a year lies a web of safety systems. At nearly 200 mph, even a single failure can have dramatic consequences.

BEIJING, 22 October (BelTA - Xinhua) - The world's fastest bullet train, the CR450, has begun a battery of pre-service trials on a high-speed line in China, clocking a single-train speed of 453 ...

The wait for the nation's fastest passenger train is over. The NextGen Acela trains built in Hornell for Amtrak are poised to debut with an inaugural "Acela-bration" journey from New York City to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ahead of an anticipated record-breaking travel numbers this Labor Day weekend, Amtrak has launched its new high-speed Acela train ...

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 ...

America’s fastest train has arrived. ‘NextGen Acela’ made its public debut on August 27, delivering modern design, more seats and an enhanced passenger experience. Hailed as a leap forward for ...

If you’re boarding a Rail Europe train this month, whether it’s a sleeper train between major cities, a high-speed TGV, or a Channel crossing on Eurostar, take note that 2025 marks the 200th ...

Whether it's environmental activists or public transportation enthusiasts, there's quite the vocal crowd urging the United States to build more high-speed rail transportation. Currently, the U.S. only ...

The deadly train wreck in southern Spain has cast a pall over one of the nation’s symbols of success. The collision Sunday killed at least 40 people and injured dozens more, according to officials as ...