A new model of train capable of speeds of up to 180 miles per hour could be running on Amtrak lines as soon as next spring, provided the final testing stages go well. The new line of Acela trains are ...

European and Asian governments treated fast trains as national infrastructure, not a side project. Countries such as Japan, ...

Ambitions to build America's very own bullet train are on track for 2026, California's High Speed Rail Authority tells Newsweek.

When America's first railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio line, opened in 1830, it was the first thread in a web that would span a continent. What began as a modest 14 miles of track between Baltimore and ...