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High-speed rail moves millions throughout the world every day – but in the US, high cost and low use make its future bumpy

The Amtrak NextGen Acela is a new high-speed train that runs between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Stephen Mattingly: With conventional rail, we’re usually looking at ...
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Via Rail’s high-speed promise: 40 years late and counting

Canada has been talking about high-speed rail since the 1980s, yet travelers between Toronto and Montreal still crawl along at speeds that would embarrass most European commuter trains. While ...
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When something goes wrong at 186 mph: Inside the fast-reaction world of high-speed train drivers

At 186 miles per hour, the landscape starts to blur. A mile disappears every 20 seconds. An entire town can blink by in the time it takes to remember its name. High-speed trains are, as the name ...