PIC OF THE WEEK: What Amtrak High-Speed Rail Trains Will Look Like in 2040

Transportation Nation | Jul 13, 2012

Rendering of Amtrak's "NextGen HSR" Train

According to a vision for high-speed rail from Amtrak updated with tons of renderings and slick new images of a bullet train future, this is what American high-speed rail will look like, at least from Washington, D.C. to Boston.

Here's our summary of the plan and comparison to the previous edition. Give it a read.

And here's what the NYC station will look like.

Be alert for scams. WNYC never asks for nor accepts money for coverage or interviews. Anyone making such a request does not represent WNYC.

Top Stories

Are Texas, Georgia and South Carolina Swing States Now?

Cab Drivers On Strike in 'Waiting for Lefty'; Anthony Ippolito Plays Stallone in 'I Play Rocky'

Inside New York's bitter Republican civil war after blue wave

Pete Buttigieg on the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress, and Where They Go from Here

YOU ARE ONLINE