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The number of fatalities is up from 56. Driver error is being considered as a possible cause of the train jumping off the tracks at high speed.
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A government watchdog group says a California Representative failed to tell colleagues that the project could affect his family's property values.
Read More →Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis) have both raised concerns about the project. Their staffs were told that there are still “serious issues” with the application and “significant uncertainties” about the project.
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The first train unit will now begin homologation test runs on the rail line between Genoa and Savona, which is also connected to the Bombardier Vado Ligure site. Regular passenger service is expected for early 2015.
Read More →Las Vegas Railway Express selects the City of North Las Vegas for the new train station that will serve passengers traveling on the route between Southern California and Las Vegas. The X Train has been in development for the past several years.
Read More →Will provide baseline safety requirements for next-generation rail equipment that would travel up to speeds of 220 mph on high-speed rail tracks, while providing the flexibility to operate with existing freight and passenger systems up to speeds of 125 mph.
Read More →Critics said they could harm the quality of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed rail project. The agency tentatively selected a team to build a segment of track even though it had the lowest technical score. The team had the lowest-cost bid, at just under $1 billion.
Read More →Draws upon empirical data from proprietary database of terrorist and serious criminal attacks against public surface transportation and from reviews of selected HSR systems, including onsite observations.
Read More →Looks at why the U.S. has been slow to develop HSR and how conditions have changed recently within the U.S. that might affect HSR development going forward.
Read More →Signs resolution in reaction to reports from the Regional Transportation Council that a private group including Central Japan Railway is proposing bullet-train service between Houston and Dallas, with possibly a terminal in southeast Dallas.
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