High Speed Rail on Track?
August 19, 2015
Construction workers will begin peeling the corrugated metal skin from the steel skeleton of the Main Street Station train shed this month, marking the first visible sign of progress at the future site of what city leaders hope will be some kind of regional high-end retail, culinary and cultural showcase.
Foxx: high-speed-rail link will keep regional growth on track
July 24, 2015
An improved, high-speed-rail link between Washington and Richmond, where trains would run up to 90 mph, would help keep growth and development in America's southeastern corridor from going off the rails, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said.
TRANSPORTATION EDITORIAL: High-speed rail — taken for granted?
July 23, 2015
The other day, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx came to Richmond to announce a $1 million planning grant for a high-speed rail line from here to D.C. — a project whose worth is nearly universally recognized.
'Let's get this done,' U.S. transportation secretary says of D.C.-Richmond high-speed rail
July 22, 2015
President Barack Obama’s top transportation official said the long-sought high-speed rail linking Washington to Richmond and eventually to cities farther south is one of his top priorities in the final months of Obama’s term.
High speed rail still elusive
June 28, 2015
Travelers easily whiz from city to city on high-speed trains in many parts of South America, Asia and Europe. Since the first high-speed lines began operating more than 50 years ago in Japan, they have become an essential part of transportation worldwide.
High-speed rail could change town
June 24, 2015
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are continuing their preliminary engineering and environmental review of the Washington D.C.-to-Richmond segment of what they’re calling the Southeast High Speed Rail corridor.
Richmond to D.C. high speed rail aims for 90 minute trip
June 22, 2015
Theoretically, it should take you about two hours to get to Washington D.C. from here in Richmond. But we all know that in reality, it usually takes a lot longer than that.
