High Speed Rail Canada strongly supports President Obama in his plans to continue modernizing passenger rail in the United States of America. In his State of the Union address the President stated, "Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail. This could allow you to go places in half the time it takes to travel by car. For some trips, it will be faster than flying — without the pat-down.As we speak, routes in California and the Midwest are already underway." We would hope the Government of Canada develops a policy and plan for the future of Canada's aging passenger rail system.

This is an older story from September, 2010 by Karine Gagnon at Journal de Quebec. It states the Mayors along the Windsor-Quebec City corridor are not releasing the completed study about the high-speed train Quebec-Ontario corridor completed by the National Society of Railway France (SNCF). This study is not to be confused with the federal/ontario/quebec government study that is already a year late. Read the translated article here.

A US based pro High Speed Rail Group America 2050 Released a Report titled, "High Speed Rail in America" Promoting mega high speed rail regions in the USA. The report's one flaw is that it does not include Montreal and Toronto in its corridors. Enjoy reading it.

There are so many high speed rail lines opening in China we almost missed this one that opened on December 30, 2010. A high-speed railway opened in Hainan, China's southernmost province, greatly cutting travel time along the island's eastern coast. See the VIDEO HERE ON OUR HIGH SPEED RAIL CANADA YOUTUBE CHANNEL . The Donghuan (East Ring) Railway is 308 kilometers long, links up the cities of Haikou, the provincial capital, and Sanya, as well as a number of popular tourist destinations along the way. The trip between the two cities takes about 82 minutes at a speed of 250 km per hour, half the time it takes by road. It took workers more than three years to complete the railway, which cost 20.2 billion yuan (3 billion U.S. dollars).