With a proposal to make the Moline to Chicago high speed rail a reality, supporters are ready to hop aboard before economic opportunity leaves the station. Our Quad Cities News Illinois Capitol ...

Passenger rail service has been slowly expanding across Illinois in recent years. In 2025, provisions for new passenger lines from Chicago to Peoria and the Quad Cities were a part ...

Democratic lawmakers have filed a bill to require the Illinois Department of Transportation include passenger rail ...

If residents of Champaign-Urbana are tired of driving over two hours — plus traffic — to get to Chicago, now’s the time to ...

Gov. Pritzker established the High-Speed Railway Commission in 2022 to develop a plan for a high-speed rail line between Chicago and St. Louis. The act requires that existing Amtrak and Metra services ...

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan’s bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of high-speed track by the end of 2025. The fastest ...

For decades, the United States has imagined high-speed rail while nations like Japan, France and Spain simply built it, turning their bullet trains into symbols of efficiency and comfort. Beyond ...