The $1.3 billion federally-funded project aims to connect Raleigh, North Carolina, to Richmond, Virginia, by 2030.
Construction has begun on a new high-speed passenger line between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia.Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Governor Roy Cooper on Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony, marking the beginning of the first phase of the project: an 18-mile section of track between Raleigh and Wake Forest.Currently, the passenger rail route from Richmond to Raleigh is 190 miles and takes 3 hours and 45 minutes.
The corridor has seen a recent surge in plans for high-speed rail projects, which have been defined by Cornell University as services that are 'reasonably expected to reach speeds of at least 110 miles per hour.'The investment comes against a backdrop of surging interest in high-speed rail across the United States, with a number of schemes either under construction or being developed. An advanced high-speed rail network already exists in Japan, much of Western Europe and China.
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