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Authorities in the United States maintain various definitions of high-speed rail. The United States Department of Transportation, an entity in the executive branch, defines it as rail service with top speeds ranging from 110 to 150 miles per hour (180 to 240 km/h) or higher, [10] while the United States Code, which is the official codification of Federal statutes, defines it as rail service ...
Since 2016, the state Legislature has explored the creation of a ultra high speed rail line that would connect Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle and Portland, with then-Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee ...
In July 2019, the business cases analysis was completed and a detailed report was submitted to WSDOT. The detailed report confirmed that an ultra-high-speed rail system could be constructed within the 2017 estimate of $24 to $42 billion and help establish the Pacific Northwest as a megaregion if construction were to start by 2027.
In August 2010, a vacuum-based maglev train able to move at 600 mph (1,000 km/h) was proposed for China, projected to cost CN¥10–20 million (US$2.95 million at the August 2010 exchange rate) more per kilometer than regular high-speed rail. [160] In 2018 a short 45 m (49 yd) loop test track was completed to test some parts of the technology.
The high-speed rail system serves about 20 billion passenger-km per year as of 2016. [201] Italian high-speed services are profitable without government funding. [202] Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, the world's first private open-access operator of high-speed rail, is operative in Italy since 2012. [203]
In a significant advancement for high-speed rail technology, China recently unveiled the CR450 bullet train prototype in Beijing. This state-of-the-art train is a testament to China's commitment ...
However, Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner previously told Fortune that building high-speed rail in the U.S., while technically possible, would require massively larger investments than the U.S. Congress ...
The fastest commercial train service measured by average train speed is the CRH express service on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway, which reaches a top speed of 350 km/h (220 mph) and completes the 1,302 km (809 mi) journey between Shanghai Hongqiao and Beijing South, with two stops, in 4 hours and 24 min for an average speed of 291.9 ...