Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Corridor Identification and Development Program, abbreviated as the Corridor ID Program, is a comprehensive planning program for inter-city passenger rail projects in the United States administered by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Each route accepted into the program ...
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 ...
The fastest U.S. passenger train, the Amtrak Acela on the northeast corridor, travels up to 150 miles per hour (240kmh) but aging infrastructure prevents that top speed along much of the route.
The South Central Corridor is one of ten federally designated high-speed rail corridors in the United States. [1] The proposed corridor consists of two segments: Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Fort Worth, Texas (322 miles) Little Rock, Arkansas, via Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio, Texas (672 miles)
Not to be confused with the Texas Central Railway high speed rail project. Texas City Terminal Company: 1898 1921 Texas City Terminal Railway: Texas City Terminal Railway: 1893 1897 Texas City Terminal Company: Texas City Transportation Company: 1904 1920 Texas City Terminal Railway: Texas Export Railroad: TXRC 1972 1976 N/A Texas and Gulf ...
The Long Distance Service Line is the division of Amtrak responsible for operating all intercity passenger train services in the United States longer than 750 miles (1,210 km). There are fourteen such routes as of 2024 [update] , serving over 300 stations in 39 states.
In the United States, the term "higher-speed rail", as opposed to "high-speed rail", is used by regional planners in many U.S. states to describe inter-city passenger rail services with top speeds of between 90 mph (145 km/h) [16] and 110 mph (175 km/h).
The Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation (THSRTC), a grass-roots organization dedicated to bringing high-speed rail to Texas, was established in 2002. [93] In 2006, American Airlines and Continental Airlines joined THSRTC in an effort to bring high-speed rail to Texas as a passenger-collector system for the airlines.