After more than a decade of planning and years of tests, Amtrak's high-speed, next-generation Acela trains are finally ... allow the trains to hit top speeds of up to 160 mph.

"It’s long past time we looked beyond what we see now and ask: Why not Birmingham for high-speed rail service?" ...

The debut of train ... s Acela fleet will be delayed another 18 months, according to the passenger rail service, citing ‘’rigorous’' testing requirements to operate the high-speed technology ...