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Map Shows High-Speed Rail Plan for Major Middle East Cities • June 12, 2025, 5:26 AM ET (Newsweek)
US Close to High-Speed Rail Breakthrough • June 7, 2025, 2:07 AM ET (Newsweek)
Trump Administration Moves to Cut $4 Billion Funding for California’s High-Speed Rail • June 5, 2025, 12:04 AM ET (Bloomberg)

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Also Known As superspeed train • HSR

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Eurostar trains
Gotthard Base Tunnel
Gotthard Base Tunnel
Shinkansen, Fuji, Japan
maglev train
High-speed maglev train, Shanghai, China
French high-speed train
Take a ride along France's ecologically convenient TGV high-speed railroad from city to city
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