PALO ALTO, Calif. — Critics began panning the first leg of California’s futuristic high-speed rail network as a “train to nowhere” soon after officials decided to build it not in the major population centers of Los Angeles or San Francisco, but through the state’s Central Valley farming belt. Read full article > >

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Plans for high-speed rail are slowing down

The government is to look again at the HS2 high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham, which could result in a new tunnel being built in the Chilterns.

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Government considers HS2 tunnel

There is a “good case” for the government’s HS2 high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham and beyond, a committee of MPs says.

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MPs back HS2 high-speed rail link

There is a “good case” for the government’s HS2 high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham and beyond, a committee of MPs says.

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MPs back HS2 high-speed rail link

There is a “good case” for the government’s HS2 high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham and beyond, a committee of MPs says.

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MPs back HS2 high-speed rail link

New ways of connecting airports, such as a high-speed rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick, are to be considered by ministers in the coming months.

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Ministers mull airports rail link

House Republicans want to dismantle Amtrak, giving private investors the task of building and operating high-speed rail service between Washington and Boston. They believe that an infusion of private capital would enable the system to be built in 10 years, a third of the time that Amtrak projects for completion of the $117 billion project , and that service would improve if operations were put in the hands of a for-profit company. At a hearing Thursday, House Transportation Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) condemned Amtrak as having “one of the most dismal records on earth for any rail service, particularly in the Northeast Corridor.” Read full article > >

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House GOP proposal would privatize high-speed rail along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor

Rail riders along the California coast and the Boston-Washington “Northeast Corridor” are set to reap much of the benefits from $2 billion that Florida policymakers had earlier rejected for high-speed rail development.

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Florida’s rail funds go to other states

Environmental charities have formed an alliance calling on the government to reconsider its approach to a London-to-Birmingham high-speed rail line.

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Plan for ‘better high-speed rail’

China’s state auditor says $28m in funds intended for a high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai have been embezzled.

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China railway funds ‘embezzled’

The government is to begin consulting the public on the proposed £17bn high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham.

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Views sought on high-speed rail

Hundreds of campaigners opposed to the high-speed rail line (HS2) stage a national convention ahead of government consultation.

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High-speed rail opposition meets

The sudden dismissal of Liu Zhijun evokes concerns over the safety of one of China’s most sweeping initiatives: its high-speed rail network.

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China Rail Chief’s Firing Hints at Trouble

GOP leaders have been busy with their red pens, and the results are in. House Republican budget officials have proposed $74 billion in reductions from President Obama’s suggested budget. Their list would make deep cuts in high-speed rail funding, the…

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GOP Proposes $74 Billion in Budget Cuts

The White House is pressing ahead with plans for a national rail network in calling for spending $53 billion on passenger trains and high-speed rail projects over the next six years.

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Administration Pitches Big Rail Projects