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$2.4bn contract let to bring trams to LA’s San Fernando Valley
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (369+ words) USA: Los Angeles County MTA has awarded the San Fernando Transit Constructors joint venture of Skanska and Stacy Witbeck the main works contract for the East San Fernando Valley light rail project. The line will run for 10.8 km along the…...
Chinese maglev train breaks the acceleration world record by going from 0 to 497.1mph in 5.3 seconds
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (536+ words) Published on Aug 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM (UTC+4) by Henry Kelsall Footage has emerged showing that a Chinese maglev train has just broken the acceleration world record by going from zero to 497.1mph in just over five seconds. The experimental transportation in China…...
Newcastle–Sydney high-speed rail shortlist: early works lens for engineers
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (414+ words) Three consortia led by major contractors have been shortlisted by the High Speed Rail Authority for the first works packages on the proposed Newcastle–Sydney High Speed Rail corridor, designed to cut rail journey times between the two cities to…...
Is California’s slow road to high-speed rail worth chipping in $1 billion a year?
23+ hour, 39+ min ago (549+ words) 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 project. “Morocco and California are remarkably similar…...
California High-Speed Rail Authority Weighs Fresno vs...
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (568+ words) The California High-Speed Rail Authority is deciding between Fresno and Hanford for a critical Heavy Maintenance Facility, a move expected to create 2,100 long-term jobs and reshape Central Valley logistics. The California High-Speed Rail Authority is currently determining the location of…...
‘More and more’ regulation at root of High-Speed Rail delays, CEO says in Fresno speech
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (582+ words) The head of the California High-Speed Rail Authority told a Fresno crowd Monday that a history of increasing regulation is at the root of the project’s slow movement since the state’s voters approved it nearly 20 years ago. CEO Ian Choudri,…...
The first new-generation Shinkansen train has arrived in Taiwan
10+ hour, 4+ min ago (783+ words) The first N700ST train destined for Taiwan’s high-speed network arrived at the port of Kaohsiung on Saturday, 15 August, after being shipped from Japan. The train is the first of 12 sets, each comprising 12 railcars ordered by Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC)…...
11 Rail Awards Stop Short of Construction
18+ hour, 57+ min ago (365+ words) FRA Rail Awards | Project Pipeline Nearly all of the $597.6 million in this category is tied to Amtrak's Chicago maintenance-facility project, while 10 smaller awards fund development of future rail work. No. 10 — Nebraska: BNSF Railway Corridor Highway/Rail Grade Crossing Safety Study…...
California HSR Narrows Depot Site to Fresno or Hanford
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (190+ words) Railway Supply » Railway News » California HSR Narrows Depot Site to Fresno or Hanford USA: California’s high-speed rail authority has spent months evaluating 11 possible sites for its Central Valley maintenance depot; it’s now down to two, and the choice will decide…...
Fresno, Hanford finalists for high-speed rail maintenance facility
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (438+ words) Screenshot of conceptual site layout for proposed California High Speed Rail maintenance facility The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is evaluating sites in Fresno and Kings counties for a major maintenance facility that could eventually employ 1,700 to 2,100 people, according to…...