China's Ultra High Speed Train 483/km/h All you fans of high speed rail between Oregon/Washington/BC please complete this online survey by the Washington State Department of Transportation relating to ultra-high speed rail corridor to connect with Canada. Here is the link https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/planning/studies/ultra-high-speed-travel/ground-transportation-study

We always support stories related to a possible Vancouver-Portland High Speed Rail line. Here is another to read. Click HERE .

Cascadia Rail is a new coalition of advocates spanning from Vancouver, Bellingham, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, and Portland who support  multi-state efforts to connect the Cascadia region through high-speed intercity transport. Check out their website  http://www.cascadiarail.org/

Washingto State December 2017 Portland to Vancouver High Speed Transportation Study We have to give credit to the folks in Washington State who are studying the options for improving transportation between Portland and Vancouver. Their first preliminary study actually compared High Speed Rail to Maglev and the not yet invented Jetson's style Hyperloop. The giant price tag of $24 to 42 billion will scare off most people. Likely improvements to the existing Amtrak Cascaded route will be the reality. Starting next week Amtrak is adding two more trains each way between Portland and Seattle but nothing yet for Vancouver. Significant issues still need to be resolved before more trains can be added to Vancouver. The important issue of customs/immigration clearance is just one of these issues. To read the summary of the study click HERE .

With the state of Washington investing $1 million into the first extensive study for a Portland - Seattle  Vancouver high speed rail line there is some optimism building. Here is an audio file on a previous media report about the study. Now the Seattle Transit Blog have a 4 Part Series on some of the technical issues of the high speed line between Seattle and Vancouver. It is an interesting read. Amtrak Cascades Currently Travels Between Eugene Oregon and Vancouver

GEEKWIRE - Nate Levy - VANCOUVER, B.C. — Plenty of barriers have kept Seattle and Vancouver from becoming a single, connected region. Chief among them, the international border and the numerous traffic jams that travelers inevitably encounter one a journey between the two cities. One solution to that: high-speed rail. As part of the Emerging Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference in Vancouver B.C. Tuesday, political leaders from both sides of the border pitched an idea to build trains that would travel between Seattle and Vancouver in less than an hour. http://www.geekwire.com/2016/seattle-vancouver-57-minutes-political-leaders-push-cross-border-high-speed-rail/

Amtrak wants to increase the number of trains a day from Seattle to Vancouver. This money given to the Port of Vancouver USA, will help. Read HERE