American railroads were once the envy of the world and the engine of its industrial age. But that hasn’t been the case for more than half a century.

High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public and private sectors have faced ballooning costs and delays.

China's high-speed rail network operational mileage surpasses the combined total of all other countries worldwide.

As a frequent rider on Amtrak’s Acela, which connects the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston, I’m happy to announce that high-speed rail travel between Boston and ...

California’s already-delayed high-speed rail project faces yet another obstacle from local community organizations — this time near Merced, which sent a legal letter demanding the agency stop all work ...

Auditors who oversee the high-speed rail authority say they don’t have enough staff to do timely investigations ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have given the watchdog of California’s expensive, ...

Each week I bring you the top stories in the auto industry along with my commentary or sometimes amusing thoughts about the ...

All but one of the legislative proposals that the California High-Speed Rail Authority deemed essential to keeping the ...