The trains will be able to reach about 125 mph in at least one part of the state.

A new high-speed Amtrak train has officially made its first tracks along the Northeast Corridor. The NextGen Acela had its inaugural ride from Washington, D.C., to New York City's Penn Station on ...

In the 19th century, the U.S. became the first country to build a transcontinental rail network. It’s since fallen behind ...

High-speed rail could transform U.S. travel by reducing congestion, cutting emissions, and boosting tourism and economic ...

The NextGen Acela might be America's answer to Japan's famous bullet trains. "Might" being the operative word. Amtrak is betting big on high-speed rail, and on August 28, 2025, the shiny NextGen ...

Amtrak riders have something speedy to look forward to. The rail giant revealed the first official look at its new Airo fleet, showing off the high-tech transformation set to make train travel feel ...

WASHINGTON, Dec ‌22 (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's next-generation high-speed ‌Acela train cars were delayed by more than four years due to planning, design and track issues, and a ...

A quarter century after the Acela began whisking passengers between Washington, D.C.; New York; and Boston, the Acela’s slightly faster replacement finally began service at the end of August. But the ...

Texans who look forward to the day when they can take a bullet train from Dallas to Houston — a roughly 240-mile trip in about 90 minutes — will now have the added bonus of connecting to more ...

FILE PHOTO: A LB Steel LLC's employee manufactures a component for new Amtrak Acela trains built in partnership with Alstom in Harvey, Illinois, U.S. December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File ...