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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2010

China inaugurates high-speed Shanghai-Hangzhou rail line

The CRH380 train, built in China with Chinese technology, has been clocked at almost 262 mph, a world speed record, though it will usually operate at a maximum speed of 220 mph.

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Newsby StaffOctober 6, 2010

Republican Gov. candidates vow to stop rail projects

Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida are among the states with projects that may be imperiled.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2010

ARRA releases $235M to fund high-speed rail projects

Projects in California, North Carolina, Ohio and Maryland received $194 million; $17 million; $14.9 million and $9.4 million, respectively.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2010

Vermont receives $50M Recovery Act grant for HSR

Funds will be used to install continuously welded rail and other track improvements, new crossties, and highway-rail grade crossing safety improvements on track owned by the New England Central Railroad, a RailAmerica Inc. property.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2010

Activists: Calif. mayor's high-speed rail job is conflict of interest

Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle is a board member of the OCTA and is the chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2010

Amtrak's 30-year HSR plan would slash Northeast travel times

Trips between Washington and Boston would take three hours, about half the length of the current trip time. At speeds of 148 mph, trips between New York and Boston would take 84 minutes.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 23, 2010

Talgo taps MSC.Software for virtual HSR simulations

Talgo specializes in the design, manufacture and maintenance of railway material and equipment. The company uses Adams to validate train suspensions to fulfill certification standards and to perform faster simulations of high-speed trains.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 23, 2010

Amberg delivers GRP track surveying systems to China

Although the Amberg GRP system is modular and can address a wide variety of track measurement applications such as clearance, tamping, track geometry surveying and as-built documentation, the GRP 1000 configuration, which is being utilized in China, caters to the special requirements of slab track construction.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2010

Georgia, Kansas receive high-speed rail grants

FRA has now released more than $648 million for the HSIPR program, the significant portion of which comes from the $8 billion provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the development of high-speed rail corridors.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 15, 2010

AECOM names high-speed projects director

Martin Elton will be responsible for the management and delivery of rail infrastructure projects from early feasibility stages through design and construction, business development and bid preparations.

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