China has achieved a major breakthrough in high-speed rail technology, with an experimental maglev train accelerating from ...

For decades, the United States has imagined high-speed rail while nations like Japan, France and Spain simply built it, turning their bullet trains into symbols of efficiency and comfort. Beyond ...

"In less than two decades, China has created the largest and most advanced high-speed rail system in the world, reshaping ...

Dedicated I-5 lanes and a midroute vehicle swap could move riders between Los Angeles and San Francisco years before the planned train is available. Much has been written about the travails of ...

Transportation experts said the high-speed maglev train provides a viable option for short- and medium-distance passenger ...

Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway running in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song) BEIJING, Oct.

I was a small boy when I first saw a yellow-nosed InterCity 125 darting through the countryside. They used to thunder past us as we walked the dogs along the canal between Worcester and Birmingham. I ...

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 ...

The Amtrak NextGen Acela is a new, higher-speed train that runs between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University ...

Much has been written about the travails of California high-speed rail between San Francisco and Los Angeles, with an initial projected cost of $33 billion and estimated completion by 2020. That ...