The Transportation Department put the railroad authority on notice in June, alleging it breached terms of its federal contracts.

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.

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