Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland Get New High-Speed Rail Extension https://www.byteseu.com/776976/ #France #Germany #HighSpeedRail #Italy #RailwayNews #Switzerland #TourismSector #TravelNews #TravelNewsUpdates
Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland Get New High-Speed Rail Extension https://www.byteseu.com/776976/ #France #Germany #HighSpeedRail #Italy #RailwayNews #Switzerland #TourismSector #TravelNews #TravelNewsUpdates
https://www.europesays.com/1870541/ UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and Netherlands Set to Revolutionize Travel with High-Speed Rail Link from London St Pancras #belgium #EuropeanTravel #eurotunnel #france #germany #HighSpeedRail #LondonStPancras #Nederland #netherlands #Nieuws #RailwayNews #switzerland #TravelNews #UK
@larstransportworld That’s a great map (and definitely all due credit to France), but it’s also a very depressing reminder that, over 40 years since the #LGV network started, the •entirety• of the #UK #HighSpeedRail network still fits in a corner of the French map!
(Haphazard progress is being made on a savagely truncated #HS2 route, and at least we do have fairly extensive #MediumSpeedRail (200 km/h max) service on many InterCity routes, but it is beyond ridiculous that UK is so far behind.)
@maija bruh, that happens when you don't have #HighSpeedRail!
The outcome of this “investigation” is predetermined. #trump is determined to stick it to #california as part of his grievance and revenge tour. Sadly one of the biggest and most important infrastructure projects in the nation’s history will suffer.
#cahsr #highspeedrail #trains #transit
https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/fra-chief-counsel-letter-chsra
These are the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed trains, which take 4 hours and 18 minutes to cover 820 miles. That’s about the same distance as NYC to Chicago, which currently takes 20 hours by train.
Speed: 350 km/h
Distance: 1318 km
Price: 68€
C: @TansuYegen on X
New name for California #HighSpeedRail : Baja.
Dlaczego centralna magistrala kolejowa jest oznaczona w większości maxspeed=160 mimo, że na dużej części trasy jest 200km/h?
https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=maxspeed&lat=51.251601468176545&lon=20.518341064453125&zoom=9
With Alto High Speed Rail:
I've been hearing a lot of "this will never happen", "Trudeau is buying votes", "government is handing billions to his buddies at SNC" online...
I'm optimistic but I'm also not that naive to ignore the timing of it being political. But this is just the end of the several years-long procurement phase and the start of the design phase of the Canadian high-speed rail project.
Canadians, Rail-tooters, give me your takes.
Hop on a train in London, sip a coffee, watch the countryside fly by— 6 to 8 hours later, step off in Barcelona, Frankfurt, or the French Riviera. No airports, no hassle, just seamless adventure. Maybe one day but not as soon as all the news articles want us to think.
Czechia, Spain, France: Where are railway networks growing the fastest in Europe?
Railway lines are the backbone of Europe’s clean transport transition, and the EU’s high-speed railway network has nearly doubled in a decade, according to the latest official figures.
Lines capable of carrying trains at 250 km/h and more criss-crossed 8,556 km across the continent in 2023, according to Eurostat. That’s up from 5,812 in 2013.
Withholding appropriated #California #HighSpeedRail funds under false pretenses would be illegal and unconstitutional, but nonetheless, it would also be hurting jobs and infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of #Trump & MAGA voters.
I drew a line approximating the CAHSR initial operating segment over the 2024 county-by-county presidential electoral map. De-railing this project is sticking it to Trump's own base, not coastal liberal elites.
Ever since Elon Musk's "Hyperloop" con, he has been trying to delay and kill of High Speed Rail in America in order to sell more Teslas.
We are going to finish this project whether Musk likes it or not.
I'm not sure what the NDP wants here. Should we not have modern things because the old system is being used to subsidize less used routes? A kind of stealth equalization program run through VIA's books?
Rather, maybe it's time to invest more in our national passenger rail system in general?
In an email, Alto's communications office said that "public interest remains at the core of this project," and the infrastructure will "always be owned by Canada.
"While the private sector will operate and maintain the project, "Alto maintains full control over service standards, pricing, and operational requirements."
#CDNpoli #RailService #HighSpeedRail #Alto #VIARail
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rail-toronto-quebec-via-1.7463323
#Canada is getting #highspeedrail
The Prime Minister, #JustinTrudeau today announced that Canada is developing a high-speed rail network in the Toronto-Quebec City corridor. This transformative rail network will span approximately 1,000 km and reach speeds of up to 300 km/hour, with stops in Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, Trois-Rivières, and Quebec City. ... The official name of this high-speed rail service will be Alto.
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/02/19/canada-getting-high-speed
"Alto" means high, and Canada's finally aiming high! New 300km/h rail will zip between Toronto-Quebec City in record time. Imagine Canadians apologizing for arriving TOO quickly!
Nice to see the maple leaf joining the high-speed club. Only took *checks notes* 60 years after Japan...
@paige semi serious question. What is Air Canada’s role in the consortium designing the new #highspeedrail corridor? Did they maybe just sneak into the negotiations in disguise?
I think they might have actually heard us - we're getting #highspeedrail !!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announces-high-speed-rail-quebec-toronto-1.7462538
While our southern neighbors' late-stage capitalism autocrats are busy speedrunning the sabotage of their country and trying to bully my country as collateral, up here we're having a “F' it, enough debates, let's launch our own high-speed inter-city rail infrastructure project to serve 40% of the population and boost the local economy” moment
Let's hope it doesn't get cancelled after elections in Q4
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/02/19/canada-getting-high-speed