2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (383+ words) The Federal Government has appointed Professor Eva Hanly and Christopher Rayner to the High Speed Rail Authority Board, strengthening governance for the planned Sydney–Newcastle high-speed corridor. Hanly brings nearly 30 years’ experience in procuring, delivering and operating complex transport, mining…...

10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (873+ words) France’s Cherbourg–Mouguerre rail motorway project enters a critical works phase, with tunnel and line upgrades advancing toward a 2027 full‑capacity freight launch. France’s planned Cherbourg–Mouguerre rail motorway is moving into a decisive construction phase, as extensive upgrades along…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (621+ words) Ottawa now risks throwing good taxpayer money after bad on Via’s non-core operations when cheaper options exist, Konrad Yakabuski writes.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail Prime Minister Mark Carney last week announced his government’s plan to spend $4.7-billion on…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (186+ words) Defence Minister Luke Pollard provided the update in response to a written parliamentary question from Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty, who asked when the department expected to establish the integrated approach referred to in an earlier answer in July. Pollard said:…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (627+ words) By Katy Grimes, September 9, 2026 1:00 pm California’s High-Speed Rail boondoggle, voter approved in 2008 for a San Francisco to Los Angeles line, has been whittled down to a Merced-to-Bakersfield line, is now estimated to cost taxpayers more than $231 billion, up from its…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (611+ words) After more than a decade of designing, debating and dreaming of grade separation at three local rail crossings, Palo Alto’s elected leaders are preparing to narrow their scope and focus their energy on one location: Charleston Road. But as members…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (267+ words) Japan has a 603 km/h test record and a delayed Tokyo–Nagoya line. China has a 600 km/h design but no public route. Here is what each maglev programme has proved—and what remains proposed. Maglev trains use magnetic forces…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (230+ words) Maglev trains use magnetic forces to lift and propel the vehicle above a purpose-built guideway. Removing rolling contact permits very high speeds, but these trains cannot simply be placed on an ordinary high-speed railway line; the guideway, power and control…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (609+ words) After more than a decade of designing, debating and dreaming of grade separation at three local rail crossings, Palo Alto’s elected leaders are preparing to narrow their scope and focus their energy on one location: Charleston Road. But as members…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (418+ words) A $4.7-billion federal investment in VIA Rail’s new passenger fleet is expected to generate significant work for Canadian manufacturers, skilled trades and suppliers, with 313 new rail cars to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Ontario and Quebec. Alstom has signed…...