On this episode, we examine how far high speed rail has come in Illinois. With 110 mile per hour trains running between ...

The state of Illinois has applied for $8 million in federal funds to help pay for planning regional high speed rail service. The Midwest High Speed Rail Association on Monday said it applauded ...

In a May update, the Illinois High-Speed Rail Commission said it was on track to publish the report by 2026—which includes a survey of over 6,000 residents in the state.

High-speed internet is not a luxury—it's a necessity for all Illinois residents. It's time every resident, regardless of age, get high-speed internet.

Take the $1.95-billion Illinois high-speed train, which was meant to zip passengers between Chicago and St. Louis at 110 MPH, saving nearly an hour. Construction was set to finish between 2015 and ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — People in Central Illinois have been pushing the idea of high-speed rail stops since a bill was passed creating a committee to explore it. Now, Champaign officials want ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Illinois came a step closer to high-speed rail on Tuesday, with a project that is bringing 6,000 new jobs. Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced that construction will ...

Locomotives capable of exceeding the 110-mph speed limit on the passenger rail corridor between Chicago and St. Louis will be bought for Illinois and four other states under a process the Illinois ...

Amtrak’s route from Chicago to St. Louis would seem an ideal place for the U.S. to adopt high-speed rail such as in Europe and Asia, where passenger trains can race along at 200 miles an hour.