Celebrating 30 Years of Advocacy Newsletter People like you, who wanted better trains, founded the High Speed Rail Alliance 30 years ago today! We started with […]
Lisbon to Porto High-Speed Line International, Newsletter Earlier this week, Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced plans for a high-speed line between Lisbon and Porto. The existing […]
Cascadia High-Speed Rail’s Next Phase Newsletter, Projects and Planning Earlier this week, the province of British Columbia committed $300,000 to a feasibility study of an ultra-high-speed ground transportation (UHSGT) […]
Amtrak Board Nominees Asked to Commit to Long Distance Routes Newsletter This week, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing to consider President Biden’s nominees for the […]
Big Sky Passenger Rail Newsletter, Projects and Planning In a 2012 report, we noted that trains “connect congested urban areas and bring economically viable mobility to rural areas […]
California High Speed Rail Hits Milestones and Federal Grants Released Newsletter, Projects and Planning California High Speed Rail Milestones Three important milestones were reached for California’s high-speed rail project in the past week: 1. […]
New York Penn Station Upgrades Move Forward Newsletter, Stations Plans to transform New York’s Penn Station—the busiest transportation hub in North America, serving about 650,000 riders every weekday (pre-pandemic)—are […]
HS2 Milestone: First Tunneling Breakthrough International, Newsletter The TBM Dorothy at the start of its journey. In England, the high-speed rail project (HS2) is celebrating a significant […]
Positive Passenger Rail News Across the Country Newsletter This week was full of good news about passenger rail projects making progress across the country. Communities are working hard […]
Deutsche Bahn Joins Star Alliance Air/Rail, International, Newsletter Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway company, is set to become the first intermodal partner of Star Alliance. Founded in […]
New opportunities emerging for federal support of high-speed trains Newsletter The High Speed Rail Alliance has made it a top priority to establish regular, ongoing federal support for high-speed trains—and […]
