High-Speed Rail in the U.S. Remains Elusive: Illinois Shows Why

A high-speed rail network is “absurdly expensive and just takes years and years and years.” This is Illinois’s transit chief, who tried building one.

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. The stretch in Illinois is a straight shot across mostly flat terrain.

In fact, a fast-rail project is under way in Illinois. Yet the trains will top out at 110 mph., shaving just an hour from what is now a 5½-hour train trip.

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