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Proposed High Speed Rail lines plans in the USA started in 1965 with the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act. The Metroliner that runs between Boston and Washington DC was the first high speed service. High-speed rail is usually defined as over 110 miles per hour. Here is a list of some future plans.

'''Proposed High Speed Rail lines''' plans in the USA started in 1965 with the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act. The Metroliner that runs between Boston and Washington DC was the first high speed service. High-speed rail is usually defined as over 110 miles per hour. Here is a list of some future plans.

 

==California==

==California==

CA Proposition 1A, passed in November 2008 authorized a high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles through the Central Valley.  <ref name=" CA High speed rail”> https://www.spur.org/news/2018-03-28/california-high-speed-rail-under-construction-and-moving-forward </ref>

CA Proposition 1A, passed in November 2008 authorized a high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles through the Central Valley.  <ref name=" CA High speed rail”> https://www.spur.org/news/2018-03-28/california-high-speed-rail-under-construction-and-moving-forward </ref>

== New York State==

== New York State==

New York already has high speed rail between Albany-Rensselaer and New York City Future plans include using the NYS thruway I90 right of way to provide high speed passenger train travel to Buffalo NY, Niagara Falls NY and maybe to the PA state line. <ref name=" NYS High speed rail”> https://www.dot.ny.gov/content/delivery/Main-Projects/S93751-Home/S93751--Repository/ECHSR_Public_Hearing_Brochure.pdf </ref>

New York already has high-speed rail between Albany-Rensselaer and New York City Future plans include using the NYS thruway I90 right of way to provide high-speed passenger train travel to Buffalo NY, Niagara Falls NY and maybe to the PA state line. <ref name=" NYS High speed rail”> https://www.dot.ny.gov/content/delivery/Main-Projects/S93751-Home/S93751--Repository/ECHSR_Public_Hearing_Brochure.pdf </ref>

==Northwest and North Central==

==Northwest and North Central==

Future plans for a High-speed rail line from Chicago IL to Portland OR and Seattle WA part of this plan is to locate some of the high-speed rail lines in the proposed [[Proposed_interstate_highways#Interstate_98 |I98 right of way]] if interstate highway is built.  

Future plans for a High-speed rail line from Chicago IL to Portland OR and Seattle WA part of this plan is to locate some of the high-speed rail lines in the proposed [[Proposed_interstate_highways#Interstate_98 |I98 right of way]] if an interstate highway is built.  

== Pennsylvania==

== Pennsylvania==

==Southeast==

==Southeast==

Plans for extending the high-speed rails used by the Metroliner from Washington DC to Atlanta GA and Jacksonville FL are in the works. <ref name=" Next step in long overdue Southeast High-Speed Rail line”> https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article35617335.html</ref>

Plans for extending the high-speed rails used by the Metroliner from Washington DC to Atlanta GA and Jacksonville FL are in the works. <ref name=" Next step in long overdue Southeast High-Speed Rail line”> https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article35617335.html</ref>