France’s TGV network runs over LGV (lignes à grande vitesse) corridors, with the platform famously holding the steel-wheel world speed record at 574.8 km/h (357 mph) from the V150 campaign in 2007 (on ...

The economic stimulus package includes $8 billion for speeding up U.S. train travel. America is far behind other industrialized countries in high-speed rail. A few years ago, Spain was also behind the ...

The Murcia-Almería high-speed rail receives €6.3 million to improve tracks, safety, and travel times, boosting ...

ONBOARD MADRID-ALICANTE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (Reuters) - A one-track dirt road used by local farmers is the main access to a magnificent glass-and-steel train station in the small city of Villena, on ...

The flagship line on Amtrak, the United States rail carrier, the northeast corridor from Boston to Washington, is pretty good, although it is nowhere near as fast as some of the trains in Europe.

The new Amtrak Acela fleet will run at a top speed of 160 mph.SAUL LOEB / AFP Amtrak launched a new, faster line of Acela trains on August 28. The NextGen Acela trains can reach a top speed of 160 mph ...

PM IST Meanwhile, countries like Germany, Italy, France, Spain, China, and Japan continue to expand their advanced rail networks, with trains that regularly cross the 300 km/h mark Gazi Abbas Shahid ...

Most of the passengers emerging from the station in Bellvitge, a working-class neighborhood outside Barcelona, have no idea just how innovative the city’s subway system is. Using technology not unlike ...