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High-speed rail — environmentally friendly and popular worldwide — has a hard time in the U.S.

by Stephanie Hughes
Dec 8, 2023
The Biden administration's pouring billions into it, but that's a drop in the bucket compared to the total cost.
Though high-speed rail is common in Europe and Asia, most Americans lack access to it.
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Eurostar rail service, hit by pandemic, appeals for help from U.K.

by Stephen Beard
Feb 3, 2021
The company has called on the U.K. to join in a bailout, even though it sold its stake in Eurostar in 2015.
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Is Britain's fast train project worth the investment?

by Stephen Beard
May 6, 2019
Rocketing cost projections are scaring off some observers.
A "Stop HS2" sign posted on a tree.
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The U.S. has tried to build high-speed rail for 50 years

by Ben Bradford
Apr 4, 2019
Today, a train ride from LA to San Francisco takes 12 hours. In 1937, it took 10.
Amtrak's Hiawatha train between Chicago and Milwaukee arrives at the Glenview, Illinois station in 2005.
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U.S. high-speed rail: Express to ... where?

by Kate Archer Kent
Nov 5, 2013
An advocacy group pushing high-speed rail in the U.S. begins its annual meeting.
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Britain's government wants fast trains; some say they're not worth it

by Stephen Beard
Jun 25, 2013
Britain's government wants to spend billions on a high-speed rail system. HS2 -- as it's called -- could cut some journey times in half but critics say it would harm the countryside and trains are yesterday's technology.
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California's high-speed rail meets opposition over eminent domain

by Isabel Angell
May 28, 2013
Residents of California's Central Valley are trying to stop a high-speed rail system that would connect San Francisco to Los Angeles from cutting through their land.
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China opens game-changing bullet train

by Marketplace Contributor
Dec 26, 2012
The world's longest high speed rail link opens in China.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown advocates for high-speed rail

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 27, 2012
The governor of the cash-strapped state recently signed a $8 million transportation bill. Watchers say it'll be a way for him to leave a lasting legacy.
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MID-DAY UPDATE: Google gives more and the G20 "bad guys"

by Shelly Moulton
Nov 10, 2010
Good news -- new people filing for unemployment dropped to the lowest level since July. In judicial news, before the U.S. Supreme Court is a case...
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