Sortation systems have advanced significantly in a relatively short period of time, from the manual technologies of the pre-1950s to today's advanced, high-speed, automated version. Sortation began ...

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 ...

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan’s bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of high-speed track by the end of 2025. The fastest ...

Ten years into a dream to connect Vancouver, B.C., Seattle and Portland via a high-speed rail line, stakeholders and backers of the mega-project said Wednesday that they’re still very much onboard — ...

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 ...

It's hard to exaggerate the role of the train in the American story or the romance of train travel, those iron horses galloping down tracks of steel. Why, then, has high-speed rail — so common in ...

The High-Speed Rail Authority CEO has made changes to the agency in the past year. Project needs faster permitting, eminent domain rulings and strong state funding. Central Valley line set for 2032, ...