High Speed Rail

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Planned High-speed Rail By Country - Planned / Proposed - South America - Brazil
... A high-speed rail connecting São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is currently under development ... The high-speed line is expected to be operational by 2017 or 2018 ... The Rio-São Paulo High Speed rail (Portuguese Trem de Alta Velocidade Rio-São Paulo Abbreviation TAV RJ-SP) is a high-speed rail project with the purpose of connecting Brazil's two largest metropoleis São ...
Pacific Northwest Corridor
... The Pacific Northwest Corridor or the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor (PNWRC) is one of eleven federally designated high-speed rail corridors in the United States ... It was designated a high-speed rail corridor on October 20, 1992, as the fifth of five corridors called for in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) ... as proposed in Washington State's long range plan, passenger trains operating at a maximum speed of 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) would travel between Portland and Seattle, in 2 hours and 30 minutes, and ...
Ministry Of Transportation And Communications (Republic Of China) - Introduction
... comprises railways (including conventional railway, mass rapid transit, and high-speed rail) as well as highway transportation ... Mass rapid transit systems are managed by the Bureau of High Speed Rail, Taipei City Government and Kaohsiung City Government ... High-speed rail is managed by the Bureau of High Speed Rail ...
Amtrak Acela - Origins and History - Background
... Following the success of high-speed rail in other countries, High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 authorized the U.S ... government to explore the creation of high-speed rail in the U.S ... Railroad Administration explored the possibilities of high-speed rail in the United States and on December 18, 1991 a range of five high speed rail corridors were authorized ("Intermodal Surface Transportation ...
China Railways CRH2 - History - CRH2C - CRH2C Stage One
... It has a maximum operating speed up to 300 km/h (190 mph) by replacing two intermediate trailer cars with motorized cars ... technologies, including aluminum alloy body with a reduced weight, high speed turntable, high speed pantograph, and optic-fiber based integrated control system ... During the test on April 22, 2008, CRH2-061C reached a top speed of over 370 km/h (230 mph) on Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail ...

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