Gold Medal Services
The view changes every day for passengers travelling on the East London Silverlink line, which passes through one of the…
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Eurostar Revamps High-Speed Service
Britain's entry into the high-speed rail club came very late. From its inception in September 2003, the opening of an…
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Freight – No Longer a High-Speed Poor Relation
Eurostar has announced the official opening of its engineering centre in Temple Mills, London, in a climate that has already…
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Biting the British Bullet
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Britain had one of the most exciting inter-city schedules anywhere in the world.…
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Japanese Bullet Trains – 40 Years at the Forefront
By the 1960s, things really started to ramp up for rail and the promise for high-speed travel across nations. Record-breaking…
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Wi-Fi – Coming to a Station near You
Rail operators across Europe, Asia and the US are suddenly rushing to deploy high-speed wireless in a bid to lure…
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UK Rail – Who Pays?
Public transport – building more fixed-track railways and improving what already exists – continues to vex civilised countries because this…
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Spain’s Great Rail Race
Despite their penchant for siestas, the Spanish seem to be in a hurry to get somewhere of late – with…
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North America Drives the Light Rail Boom
It is a remarkable turnaround for a mode of transport once thought to serve little purpose in the busy, car-obsessed…
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Allez le Tram
France is a nation synonymous with developments in high-speed rail technology. The train à grande vitesse (TGV), the high-speed steel-wheel…