At 603 km/h, the new maglev train sets a record and changes how distance is experienced. The remarkable part is not just that ...

The vast majority of train trips in America are pretty leisurely and slow. Most of the time, train travel is a romantic way to get around, but it’s not necessarily a fast one. That is, unless you live ...

I sampled first and business class on the Amtrak NextGen Acela. From the seats to the food and lounge access, here's how the ...

WESTWOOD — Well, this wasn’t encouraging. Amtrak’s sparkling new NextGen Acela, touted as the fastest train in the country, was late. Scheduled to depart from the 128-Westwood station at 6:11 a.m., I ...

Amtrak launched a new, faster line of Acela trains on August 28. The NextGen Acela trains can reach a top speed of 160 mph, surpassing the previous fleet by 10 mph. In China, the Fuxing Hao trains ...

A new country is gearing up to unveil the world's second-fastest commercial transport train, and despite their reputation with technology, it isn't Japan.

As the United States struggles to keep its major cities connected by even the most barebones rail systems, China is screaming into the future with the development of a levitating bullet train. Called ...

A quarter century after the Acela began whisking passengers between Washington, D.C.; New York; and Boston, the Acela’s slightly faster replacement finally began service at the end of August. But the ...

NEW YORK — The fastest trains in Amtrak's fleet are getting even faster. The first of those NextGen Acela trains, as Amtrak calls them, are scheduled to start running on the Northeast Corridor between ...

Siemens Mobility ran the first test of a train set for Egypt's upgraded rail system last month on a segment of newly built track west of Cairo. While not the fastest train in the planned rail network, ...