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Europe’s top three high-speed and long-distance operators revealed in new report

A comparison report of Europe’s high-speed and long-distance train services has been published by Loco2, revealing that SBB, Deutsche...

Top 10 reasons to bring high-speed rail to America

According to the US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR), congestion relief, safety, economic development and an alternative to flying are...

APTA to Trump: Use rescinded funds for rail, bus repairs

President Donald Trump has proposed rescinding $279 million of prior-year surface transportation funding, including $100 million of...

US contractor Tutor Perini ordered to replace 5km of “substandard” rail on San Francisco subway

San Francisco city council has ordered a US contractor to rip up more than 5km of track on a light rail project and lay it again. The...

American cities now world’s most expensive places to build thanks to low productivity

Low productivity pushing up the cost of labor has been blamed for US cities being the most expensive places to build this year, while...

Tools for a Smoother Ride: Managing Rail Assets and Leveraging Competition

Public transit maintenance is not often headline news. Yet with high profile closures and disruptions to rail systems in major...

AAR, NS want clear, supportive regulatory approach to automation

The Association of American Railroads and Norfolk Southern filed comments with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and...

Amtrak-TX ticket deal #1 with a “Bullet”

Amtrak and a Texas high-speed passenger rail project will link ticketing and other services in the Lone Star state. An agreement between...

Aim younger: logistics is going to need more than a million more employees

Logistics firms and their education advisors are now targeting children as young as 14 in an attempt to create more interest in the...

Amtrak jumps on board Texas' bullet train with ticketing and shuttle partnership

A conceptual digital rendering showing the North Texas passenger station for the Texas bullet train, proposed to be in the Cedars...