The 30.3-mile segment between Merced and Madera aims to extend the rail network deeper into California’s Central Valley, with a planned terminus at Sacramento.

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High-speed rail, or train systems that are capable of speeds of at least 186 mph, simply doesn't exist in the United States. High-speed rail had its start in Japan in 1964 with the bullet train, and ...

With the clawing back of $4 billion in federal grants to support it, the Trump Administration seems hell bent on ensuring that California’s high-speed rail project ends up as precisely the “train to ...

HANFORD, Calif. — Hundreds of miles from Los Angeles and San Francisco, the first leg of California's high-speed rail line is rising above the almond trees and grape vines of the Central Valley. This ...

For decades, the United States has imagined high-speed rail while nations like Japan, France and Spain simply built it, turning their bullet trains into symbols of efficiency and comfort. Beyond ...