Ontario farmers want voice on high-speed rail

By John Greig, Manitoba Co-Operator; January 9, 2018 Ontario farmers and rural residents want a place on the advisory board…

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Amid Questions, California High-Speed Rail Examines New Bakersfield Route, Station Site

By Joe Moore, KVPR, Valley Public Radio; January 10, 2018 If the leaders of California’s High-Speed Rail Authority are to…

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Infrastructure bank could be ‘key’ for U.S.-Canada high-speed rail: study

By Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press, CTV News; January 3, 2018 OTTAWA — A multibillion-dollar proposal to connect Vancouver to…

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Michigan: Georgetown Township rejects request for money for rail study

By Cathy Runyon, mlive.com; December 29, 2017 Georgetown Township will not help fund a study on the possibility for local…

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Ontario’s high-speed rail plan moved forward with call for bids on Kitchener-to-London line

By Heather Rivers, Woodstock Sentinel-Review; December 18, 2017 It’s apparently full steam ahead for the province’s proposed high-speed rail project…

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Editorial: Amid federal instability, Illinois can’t sit on rail project

By The Editorial Board, The Quad City Times; December 17, 2017 Dawdling isn’t an option in this political environment. Especially…

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High-speed train linking Vancouver, Seattle and Portland could cost $54 billion

By Megan Devlin, Web Journalist, CTV Vancouver; December 17, 2017 A new report on a potential high-speed train linking Vancouver…

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UK: Reversing the 1960s Beeching rail cuts will help tackle the housing crisis, says Chris Grayling

By Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent, The Telegraph; December 14, 2017 Plans to reopen rail lines by reversing the Beeching…

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Ontario: North Bay calls for Northern rail passenger service

By Gord Young, The Nugget, The Sudbury Star; December 14, 2017 The provincial government has done away with the North’s…

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Ontario: Does the north need the Northlander?

By Josh Dehaas, TVO.org; December 13, 2017 When Kerry Desilets’s friend died earlier this year, Desilets desperately wanted to attend…

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Connecticut: Hopes for Hartford Line include rail travel to Boston

By Mary Ellen Godin, Staff, The Record-Journal; December 10, 2017 CTrail’s Hartford Line may be ready to take more commuters…

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Japan unveils new graceful super express trains

By Helen Coffey, The Independent; December 8, 2017 The Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan revealed its new series 70,000 Graceful…

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From Berlin to Munich in just four hours

By Steven Beardsley, Deutsche Welle, December 8, 2017 Germany has officially inaugurated a new high-speed rail route between the two…

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Company behind New Zealand luxury train plan says Kiwirail has been ‘hugely constructive’

By LORNA THORNBER, Stuff.co.nz; December 7, 2017 The company behind a planned luxury train service travelling the length of New…

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Orient Express-style luxury train plan unveiled in New Zealand

By Todd Niall, Auckland Correspondent and Laura Dooney, Journalist, Radio New Zealand; December 4, 2017 An ambitious plan has been…

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UK: ‘People felt cut off’: talk of reopening railway line sparks hope in Devon

By Steven Morris, The Guardian; December 1, 2017 Romantically minded railway enthusiasts in the West Country town of Okehampton dream…

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The Berkshire Eagle Opinion: Anticipate last mile for Berkshire County-New York City train

From The Berkshire Eagle; December 1, 2017 Connecting Berkshire County to New York City by train is not all about…

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UK rail routes axed under 1960s Beeching cuts could reopen to ease overcrowding

By Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph; November 29, 2017 Rail lines closed during the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s could…

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Vancouver Island, British Columbia editorial: E&N line needs new approach

An Editorial From The Times Colonist; November 28, 2017 Since passenger rail service ended on the E&N line in 2011,…

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Rail revival campaign takes on steam in Northern Ontario

By Ian Ross, Northern Ontario Business; November 22, 2017 Éric Boutilier knows it’s an uphill climb to restore passenger rail…

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Maine Voices: We need to protect our Maine railroad lines for train service

By Tony Donovan and Paul Weiss, Special to the Press Herald, Portland Press Herald; November 28, 2017 In the last…

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Iowa: Dubuque asking state to make passenger rail from Chicago a priority in 2018

By Allison Wong, KCRG-TV9; November 21, 2017 DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — Dubuque is pushing for a passenger rail service that…

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Colorado: State rail commission plots path forward for Front Range passenger train

By Nick Coltrain, Coloradoan; November 18, 2017 Colorado’s newly formed passenger rail commission aims to push the conversation forward this…

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California high-speed rail agency selects German firm as early train operator

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; November 16, 2017 The California High-Speed Rail Authority‘s (CHSRA) board yesterday approved an early train operator…

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Next Massachusetts Stop: Springfield! 12 Times A Day

By Thomas Breen, New Haven Independent; November 14, 2017 New Haveners appeared so pumped to start taking more trains to…

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