[amtrak-official]

The S-Line between Richmond and Raleigh has received a billion dollars in federal funding for construction to cut past existing routes between the cities removing an hour from travel times and connecting Raleigh and Charlotte to the Northeast Corridor

Tillis touts $1B for Richmond-Raleigh rail line, thanks Buttigieg

The Biden administration pledged $1 billion for a new rail connection between Richmond, Va., and Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, as part of publi

The Hill

[infinite-planes]

This is good, right? Progress?

[amtrak-official]

Yes, it is very good

[lost-estradiographer]

[amtrak-official]

There is a first time for everything, anyways this also will raise track speeds to 110 mph making the Corridor higher-speed rail

[sledgehammertoe]

The TGV and Shinkansen been going twice that speed for decades.

[amtrak-official]

Yes, it’s Higher-speed rail, not High-speed Rail