Welcome to The Brink. I’m Harry Suhartono in Singapore, where I looked at the new Indonesian sovereign wealth fund and the challenges posed by the restructuring of the country’s high-speed rail debt.

Australia is making its biggest push yet for high-speed rail, with a $90 billion plan to connect Newcastle and Sydney in just one hour, but experts warn the ambitious project faces massive challenges ...

High-speed rail, or train systems that are capable of speeds of at least 186 mph, simply doesn't exist in the United States. High-speed rail had its start in Japan in 1964 with the bullet train, and ...

SPEED UP THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES. THIS WALL SIGNIFIES A VISION, ONE THAT HAS SOWED BOTH OPTIMISM AND DOUBT INTO PEOPLE’S MINDS. IT’S WHERE THE SAN FRANCISCO STOP OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL WILL ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The new CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, Ian Choudri, spoke Tuesday night at Fresno City College. He says 119 miles of rail are under construction, 50% of ...

It has been nearly 17 years since voters approved California Proposition 1A, which allocated $10 billion to the California High-Speed Rail Authority to build a new high-speed rail line between Los ...

Amtrak is debuting its NextGen Acela trains on Thursday, the company's next step in its goal of achieving high-speed rail. The new trains will slowly replace the current Acela equipment, increasing ...

California's dream of building a high-speed rail system linking San Francisco and LA is a cautionary tale of ambition outpacing funding, planning, and federal support. Reading time 9 minutes Seventeen ...

In February 2025, the Canadian government announced Alto, a high-speed rail line that will eventually connect Toronto to Québec City. In November, the government said it would introduce new ...

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains why high-speed rail projects in much of the country so often go off track. Dr. Stephen Mattingly ...

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