The simplified check-in, security, and city-center to city-center service provided by trains will naturally cause many people to switch from flying.
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.26.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Midwest governors met in Chicago on Monday in a show of unity as they push for an eight-state, high-speed rail network - agreeing to s...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- When it comes to trains, there's fast and then there's really, really fast. Advocates on Tuesday unveiled an $11.5 billion plan for a...
Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Postal Service said it plans to auction its old main post office in Chicago. Ever since, I've been struggling with the futilit...
Chicago Tribune | Mike Dorning and Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago
Obama administration officials offered encouraging signs Wednesday that a proposed Midwest high-speed rail network based around a Chicago hub has an i...
AP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Chicago
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Union Pacific Railroad and the state of Illinois announced an agreement Friday to assess what must be done to operate both freight a...
Associated Press | Posted 05.16.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Eight states want stimulus funds for a network of high-speed trains with Chicago as its hub. Governors from Illinois, Missouri, India...
Associated Press | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO - Illinois leaders want stimulus money to develop high-speed train travel between Chicago and St. Louis. Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Du...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago
After a decade of quiet tinkering around the margins, the dream of making Chicago the center of a high-speed rail network finally is taking real shape...
Graham Hill | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green