CHICAGO, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A high speed rail system serving all major metropolitan areas within 350-450 miles of Chicago could result in significant ridership, economic development and job creation.

IBM on Thursday announced the opening of its new Global Rail Innovation Center in Beijing.

ARMONK, N.Y., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) is using IBM software to manage maintenance and logistics for the revolutionary high-speed rail network that runs along the west coast of Taiwan.

By Briginshaw, David Having completed the world's largest BOT infrastructure project at the beginning of this year, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation is now focused on turning the $US 16 billion project into a profitable railway, as David Briginshaw reveals from Taiwan.

By Briginshaw, David THE first decade of the 21st century will go down in history as a turning point for rail transport, as both the outlook for rail investment and attitudes to railways are looking brighter and brighter.