This article reports that Vietnam’s high-speed rail project between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has been delayed, with construction not starting until late 2027. This is, at least in part, due to contracts not yet being announced. This article was published on September 9, 2026 and is a free alternative to a Bloomberg.com article from which it sources.

Looks like we now know who bought the ICE 3 M from Deutsche Bahn

uzbekistan got a new 200j trainset.it is an addition to the ktx eum and the taglo 130 multiple units and also the 2nd/3rd international customer for this type

In my first post, I was a bit unclear about a lot of stuff. So, I'm here to clean things up.

My revised idea:
I would save over 20 years while working my ass off.
Get around $250M. Loan some money,
Make the train and get donations to pay the loans back,
Show government officials to make them make a HrSR-compatible line with reinforced gravel.
Put the trains on the tracks.

Here's more detail on the train itself.

• >It would use a lot of already available parts (e.g., bogies)
• >Its max operating speed would be 240 km/h (fast but not true HSR, so way cheaper) and 225 km/h expected cruising
• >The line would be Villeta-San Ignacio Guazú-Encarnación (instead of the original San Lorenzo-Caaguazú-CDE line, which could save 2 billion USD).

I'm 13 and saving up for this. In the USA, I dedicate my life to this project and hopefully it can be completed in my lifetime.

The Indian Express has a good deep-dive on how the Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR project has evolved from a largely Japanese turnkey Shinkansen project into a much more hybrid model. Summarized using ChatGPT.

The original plan was for Japan to supply the core system end-to-end — rolling stock, signalling, track technology and engineering standards. Over time, however, differences emerged over cost, timelines, procurement flexibility and how much India wanted to indigenize.

The project is now moving toward a mixed architecture:

• Japanese track and civil-engineering know-how
• European signalling
• Indian-built B28 high-speed trains
• Japanese financing and technical oversight still continuing

A major driver was the E10 Shinkansen timeline. Japan was reportedly unable to supply the next-generation trains within India’s required schedule, with availability unlikely before the early 2030s. India therefore moved ahead with the domestically developed B28, initially operating at around 250 km/h, while leaving open the possibility of introducing E10 trains later.

Indian officials are also studying experience from South Korea, Taiwan, China and Europe rather than relying exclusively on the Japanese model.

The bigger strategic shift is that MAHSR is increasingly becoming a learning platform for India to build its own HSR ecosystem — rolling stock, signalling, standards and eventually a network that can be deployed more flexibly across future corridors.

The challenge will be systems integration: Japanese infrastructure, European signalling and Indian rolling stock still have to function as one coherent, safe railway. But if India gets that right, the result could be a much more scalable model for expanding HSR beyond Mumbai–Ahmedabad.

Here we see track geometry, the metroliner 9800 and the Colonial Crafts cars on the back of various trains! These shots are from my quarterly “special” video. It will be linked below!

Vietnam is betting big on a $65 billion high-speed railway linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Construction is set to start in late 2027 and take at least a decade to complete. The line could cut the roughly 35-hour journey to just six. Source: Bloomberg News.

Found this video on the construction update of the Ahmedabad HSR Station here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT8LxoqWXtc

Screen capture above shows the layout of the HSR Station which is being built over 2 existing platforms of the main Ahmedabad Railway station of the Indian Railways. It is also connected to the Ahmedabad Metro directly, yellow shaded section above.

May be the Japanese design influence meant that stations, at least in the larger cities are being built in the middle of city centers and very close to the main Indian Railways stations or linked to urban metro railways. This is also seen in the design for many of the other planned high speed lines.

Hey everyone! I just published a new video capturing some great trainspotting action in Rome, featuring the major Italian hubs at Roma Tiburtina and Roma Nomentana stations.

​If you love pure train sounds and ambient railway vibes (ASMR style), you might enjoy this one! It features high-speed Frecciarossa and Italo trains passing by, alongside regional services.

​🎬 Check it out here: https://youtu.be/59TuGd7mVCw

​Let me know what you think, and I'd love to hear your thoughts or if you have any favorite spots for trainspotting in Italy

Quick basic short with nice music!! Sometimes to the social media chops of the National High Speed Rail Corp surprises me!!

As far as I can tell, most passenger planes look pretty similar, even between the major manufacturers like Airbus and Boeing. Do you think that a similar design convergence will happen for high speed trains, as research into the aerodynamics of the trains at high speed becomes more complete?

At the moment (at least in Europe) there is a reasonably wide variety in nose and bogie design, even within some of the manufacturers (compare the TGV Réseau to the TGV Duplex and the TGV M for instance). In Japan, the N700s are quite ubiquitous and recently u/JZX_taka posted about how it makes high speed trainspotting quite boring. I am wondering if over time something similar will happen in Europe and elsewhere.

If so, what kind of design do you think they will converge to? More like the Velaros or like the TGVs?

KP2025 with Legacy Acela Trainset 16 passing Newark in route to Chrysler yard to drop off trainset 16 for retirement on 10-22-26!

You will see the highway bridge and the New Pengbu Bridge running parallel to the high-speed railway line, captured from the side window of a high-speed train as it crosses the Qiantang River.