If the state insists on continuing the rail boondoggle, which it shouldn’t, private companies may help speed up some ...

California High-Speed Rail Missed Its 2020 Deadline. Now a Governor Candidate Wants a New Plan.

California is courting global investors to fund and run high-speed rail segments, shifting strategy as costs rise and funding ...

A Kiewit Stacey Witbeck Herzog team will construct the 119-mile section running partway between Bakersfield and Merced under a scaled back plan to get trains running by 2033.

"Track and systems construction is the moment this project truly begins to become a railroad," said the chair of the rail authority's board.

All aboard. California's transportation landscape is getting a major upgrade as Caltrain, the oldest continuously operated railroad in the West, ushers in a new age of electric trains. This isn't just ...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has awarded a $3.5 billion project for building 119 miles of eletric rails in the ...

High-speed rail in California has become synonymous with failure, a waste, a racket, a punch line. So why shovel $3.5 billion ...

For supporters of rail travel, which offers more environmental benefits than autos or planes, Earth Day 2025 is the best of times and the worst of times. California high-speed rail (CHSR) currently ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration following the cancellation of more than $4 billion in federal funds for the state’s high-speed rail project. "Trump’s ...

The fast train network proposed in California draws some inspiration from a handful of international alternative bus systems, ...

A number of scientists and academics are sounding the alarm about California's plans to implement passenger rail trains that are powered by hydrogen -- an ostensibly green technology that would ...