A joint investigation by the Miami Herald and WLRN, published on Tuesday, revealed that a Brightline passenger train has killed on average someone every 13 days of service. In addition to the deaths, there have been 99 injuries and over 100 vehicle collisions.

In a markup session Monday, a House subcommittee proposed slashing the transportation department’s discretionary spending by over $3 billion.

The proposal would “create opportunities to usher in a profitable Golden Age of rail travel for passengers and truckers,” officials said.

India's Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will become the launch site for Japan's next-generation E10 Shinkansen bullet trains. The Indian Ministry of Railways announced on Monday that the E10 trains, the successor to Japan's current generation of E5 Shinkansen, would make their debut in both countries simultaneously.