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ns for high-speed rail in the United States date back to the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. Various state and federal proposals have followed. Despite being one of the world's first countries to get high-speed trains (the Metroliner service in 1969), it failed to spread. Definitions of what constitutes high-speed rail vary, including a range of speeds over 110 mph (180 km/h) and dedicated rail lines. Inter-city railwith top speeds between 90 and 125 mph (140 and 200 km/h) is sometimes referred to in the United States as higher-speed rail.[1]
Amtrak's Acela Express (reaching 150 mph, 240 km/h), Silver Star, Northeast Regional, Keystone Service, Vermonter and certain MARC Penn Line express trains (all five reaching 125 mph, 201 km/h) are the only high-speed services in the country.
As of 2020, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is working on the California High-Speed Rail project and construction is under way on sections traversing the Central Valley. The Central Valley section is planned to open in 2029 and Phase I is planned for completion in 2031.[2]
Contents
1 Definitions in American context
2 History
2.1 Faster inter-city trains: 1920–1941
2.2 Post-war period: 1945–1960
2.3 First attempts: 1960–1992
2.4 Renewed interest: 1993–2008
2.5 Plans for 2008–2013
3 Current state and regional efforts
3.1 The Northeast
3.1.1 Northeast Corridor: Next Generation High-Speed Rail
3.1.1.1 Proposed routes
3.1.2 Northeast Maglev proposal
3.1.3 New Jersey–New York City upgrades
3.1.4 New York
3.1.5 Pennsylvania
3.2 Western States
3.2.1 California
3.2.2 Pacific Northwest
3.2.3 Arizona
3.3 Mid-Atlantic and the South
3.3.1 Florida
3.3.2 Southeast
3.3.3 Texas
3.4 Midwest
3.4.1 Illinois and the Midwest
3.5 The Southwest
4 Federal high-speed rail initiatives
4.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
4.1.1 Strategic plan
4.2 2009 federal grant funding
4.3 2010 allocation
4.3.1 Cancellation of funds for Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida
4.4 2011 and 2012 proposals and rejections of funding
5 See also
6 Notes
7 Further reading
8 External links
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