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China High Speed Rail

AP News 14 hours ago

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2010 file photo, a worker checks a CRH high-speed train at a maintenance base in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed train lines and is ...

China to bid on US high-speed rail projects

AP News 15 hours ago

Minister: China to bid for US high-speed rail projects; building lines in Venezuela, Turkey China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed train lines and is stepping up exports of rail technology to Europe and Latin America, a government official ...

Peru says Machu Picchu service back soon

AP News yesterday

Peru says rail link to Machu Picchu to be partially restored by end of March Peruvian officials say they expect train service to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu will be restored March 29. Fierce rains in January washed out the rail ...

KDOT outlines study on expanding rail service

AP News 2 days ago

Kansas officials discuss 4 options for expanding rail service from Kansas City to north Texas Kansas is a step closer to expanding passenger rail service in the state, but trains won't start rolling for several years. The state Department of Transportation released ...

Cities not on track with Calif high-speed rail

AP News 5 days ago

Cities not on track with California's plan for high-speed rail system Mayor Art Brown spent years pushing for a commuter train station combined with nearby housing in his community. But as townhouses are being finished around the $14 million Metrolink station, he's ...

Spanish train maker picks Milwaukee for plant site

AP News 11 days ago

Spanish train company picks Milwaukee site for new assembly plant, creating about 125 jobs A Spanish train company that agreed to build an assembly plant in Wisconsin said Tuesday it has chosen a site in Milwaukee, creating about 125 new jobs in ...

South Korea's homegrown bullet trains make debut

AFP Asian Edition 11 days ago

South Korea's locally built bullet trains made their debut Tuesday, six years after the country introduced high-speed trains based on French technology. State rail operator KORAIL said the new models, which can reach up to 350 kilometres (217 miles) per hour, began ...

ItÕs in the numbers

Las Vegas Sun 17 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Air traffic volume strengthens Las VegasÕ case for high-speed rail funding</div><div><p> It is no surprise that there is fierce competition among metropolitan areas nationwide for a piece of the $8 billion in federal economic stimulus money that has been earmarked for ...

3 killed in train-car crash in southern Miss.

AP News 17 days ago

<div id="subtitle">3 killed, 1 hurt when car trying to cross railroad tracks collides with train in Miss.</div><div><p>Authorities say three people have been killed and another person critically injured after the car they were riding in collided with a passenger train in southern ...

High-speed rail advocates say $8B is just a start

AP News 17 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Rail proponents: $8 billion just a down payment on a national high-speed rail network</div><div><p>Communities and companies seeking to build high-speed rail systems haven't yet received the $8 billion in stimulus money the Obama administration promised for the projects, and already they ...

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