High-Speed Rail wants to capture taxes around stations, a big part of downtown Fresno

Any attempt to take revenue from the City of Fresno and transfer it to HSR will be strongly opposed,” said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.
KSL

2 high-speed trains derail in Spain, police sources say 21 people killed

MADRID — A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, pushing the second train off the tracks in a collision that police sources confirmed to ...

As high-speed rail plans gather pace, Britain's HS2 offers hard lessons

While the federal government considers an ambitious plan, a similar project in the UK has seen its fair share of ...
CNN

When something goes wrong at 186 mph: Inside the fast-reaction world of high-speed train drivers

At 186 miles per hour, the landscape starts to blur. A mile disappears every 20 seconds. An entire town can blink by in the time it takes to remember its name. High-speed trains are, as the name ...