For decades, high-speed rail in the U.S. has been a distant, impossible dream. Not even the most promising plans could break through the financial obstacles and political minefields blocking the ...

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HELSINKI — A Chinese satellite manufacturer and operator has conducted satellite-to-ground laser tests that will improve its ability to get remote sensing data to Earth. Changguang Satellite ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. China has established the world's most extensive high-speed railway ...

It’s been two decades since the cost-prohibitive Concorde supersonic passenger jet was retired from service, taking the possibility of transatlantic flight at supersonic speeds off the table for even ...

Travelers and critical cargo in Egypt could soon be moving faster thanks to high-speed trains recently unveiled by Siemens Mobility. The company’s new version of its Velaro train, capable of speeds of ...

Construction began today on the first true high-speed rail line in the US, which will connect Los Angeles suburbanites to the bright lights of Las Vegas, Nevada. Not only should the project enable ...

Since August, train travelers between Washington, D.C., and Boston have been zipping along the country’s busiest rail line at speeds of up to 160 mph, the fastest in America. Headlines proclaimed high ...

High-speed railways combine both speed and efficiency. From the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan to the French TGV, high-speed trains have a history that spans several decades. The evolution of ...

Last month, France’s national railway operator released a glimpse of the designs for its upcoming fifth-generation high-speed train, the TGV Inoui. (TGV stands for train à grande vitesse, or “train of ...