The HSRA Blog

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

The High Speed Rail Alliance has made it a top priority to establish regular, ongoing federal support for high-speed trains—and […]

Investing for better trains nationwide just picked up major support

For much of the United States, getting high-quality train service depends on fixing Chicago Union Station and the approaches to […]

Brightline Announces the Sunshine Corridor

Projects and Planning

As the first privately held intercity passenger railroad in the U.S. in nearly 40 years, Brightline is creating a model […]

California Wins! Lawmakers Release Funds for High-Speed Rail

On Wednesday evening, the California Legislature passed a state budget that includes $4.2 billion in funding for high-speed rail. California […]

Beijing – Wuhan operating at 217 mph

International

“8 Vertical and 8 Horizontal” corridors of Chinese railway mainlines. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mainlines_of_Chinese_Railway.png This week, China’s railway system increased train speeds […]

Houston to Dallas bullet-train project scores big court win

The Texas Supreme Court gave the company behind a planned bullet train from Dallas to Houston a win today, potentially […]

Amtrak’s plans for Chicago will vastly improve train travel across America

Improvements to Chicago Union Station will impact many states across the country. Please click here for an updated version of […]

Lawmakers Push for High-Speed Rail Funding

The federal budget process is underway, which will determine funding levels for passenger rail for Fiscal Year 2023. A group […]

California High Speed Rail is Happening! Help Keep It Going!

The nation’s first high-speed line is being built in California, and it will transform travel throughout the state. The project will serve as the backbone of […]

FRA creates the Corridor Identification and Development Program, asking for expressions of interest

The Federal Railroad Administration recently launched the Corridor Identification and Development (Corridor ID) Program. This program is meant to facilitate […]

Time for beast mode: California must go all-in on building high-speed rail and better transit

California’s high-speed line from San Francisco to Los Angeles is the biggest public-works project now underway in America. Its payoffs will be […]

Pushback to Biden’s picks for Amtrak board: Not diverse enough

The Biden administration’s five nominees for Amtrak’s board of directors are provoking strong pushback due to their lack of geographic […]

Twin Cities-Duluth project hits snag. But is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Projects and Planning

Republicans in the Minnesota Senate threw a wrench in the gears of the Northern Lights Express (NLX) project this week, […]

California High-Speed Rail Speeds Ahead

Projects and Planning

High-speed rail in California made significant progress this week. The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Board of Directors approved four important […]

Amtrak’s Funding & Policy Requests

On March 31, Amtrak submitted to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 General and Legislative Annual Report. The report includes an […]

Lessons from APTA’s High Speed Rail Conference

Image: The new Acela train, which we had a chance to tour as part of APTA’s conference. They should be […]

Americans want better trains, new poll shows

A new poll makes it clear that Americans want better trains: 78% of respondents said having a strong passenger rail […]

Alliance Founder’s Gift Invests in the Future of Trains

One of our founders—Ronald Peck Boardman Jr., of Lake Bluff, Illinois—passed away last year at the age of 93. The […]

HSRA Progress Report 2022

Thank you for being part of the High Speed Rail Alliance. For years, forward-looking people like you have seen the […]

Long-Distance Passenger Train Services: Putting “National” into “National Network”