11+ hour, 58+ min ago   (404+ words) It’s a fair question. Information has spread (word has it) that the California high-speed-rail project will see track being laid sometime this year. When exactly that will be, I can’t say. On the project’s first 119 miles — the only portion of…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1181+ words) Merced, CA (August 16, 2026) — California’s planned high-speed rail line between Merced and Bakersfield has fallen approximately nine months further behind schedule, according to a new state oversight report that also raises concerns about how the revised timeline was presented to lawmakers…...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago   (38+ words) JIJI PRESS 1st New-Type Shinkansen Train Delivered to Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Aug. 16 (Jiji Press)--A new-type Shinkansen train, manufactured in Japan, has been delivered to Taiwan for the first time....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (502+ words) Sunday, August 16, 2026 China’s Maglev Train Sets New Speed Record China has achieved another breakthrough in high-speed transportation after an experimental maglev train accelerated to 800 kmph in just five seconds during a recent test. The extraordinary acceleration was recorded at a…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (357+ words) Credit: CA. HSRWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The Authority is evaluating two potential locations near Fresno and Hanford for the proposed Central Valley Heavy Maintenance Facility. The new site will support the state’s high-speed rail system while creating jobs and…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (216+ words) A new model of a high-speed train based on the Japanese Shinkansen has been delivered to a port in southern Taiwan. The train was unloaded by crane from a ship at the port in Kaohsiung on Saturday. More than 300 people…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (355+ words) Published - August 15, 2026 05:28 pm IST - HYDERABAD Malkajgiri is a bustling suburb of the twin cities, known for the numerous railway lines criss-crossing its residential colonies. This has necessitated the construction of several Road Under Bridges (RUBs) and Road Over Bridges (ROBs)…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (614+ words) This commentary was originally published by CalMatters California journalist Joe Mathews rode Morocco’s high-speed train recently and penned a fully justified and blistering comparison between what the North African nation achieved quickly and relatively inexpensively and California’s laughingstock bullet train…...

2+ day, 29+ min ago   (625+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a $5.3 billion rail investment package that includes money for two Florida cities to build or fix Brightline infrastructure. About $2 billion of that total comes from funds that were set aside for California's high-speed rail project,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (224+ words) United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was in Cincinnati on Friday, hailing a “golden age of rail” while announcing a multi-billion-dollar investment in trains across the country. Duffy spoke at Union Terminal on Friday, which he called one of the…...