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New Projects – South Africa, Thailand, Iran

*Updated* It should come as any surprise that China is exporting it’s high speed rail building expertise to other parts of the world. The Bangkok post is reporting that government level meetings are taking place to discuss and outline high speed routes around Thailand. These projects will be joint Thailand-Chinese funded projects …Read the Rest

ICE3 to London
03 Aug 2010

ICE3 to London

Reports are suggesting that Deutsche Bahn will, sometime later this year, be testing one of their ICE3 high speed trains …Read the Rest

British HSR
26 Jul 2010

British HSR

If, by some miracle, the UK gets a modest network of High Speed lines then surely it is about time …Read the Rest

Mathematical efficiency
23 Jul 2010

Mathematical efficiency

There are a number of items floating around the web at the moment related to the European ARRIVAL project. The …Read the Rest

China’s new 380A rolls off the production line
04 Jun 2010

China’s new 380A rolls off the production line

. When, in 1998, I took the sleeper train from Shanghai to Beijing it took around 19 hours. When, in …Read the Rest

17 Apr 2010

Stuck in Prague

It was only supposed to be a few days, but this short trip has now doubled in length and us …Read the Rest

United Kingdom, HS2
11 Mar 2010

United Kingdom, HS2

Today the UK government announced its plans for a high speed rail line that will link London to Leeds, with …Read the Rest

09 Mar 2010

Day Return to Singapore please

The Telegraph (and others) is reporting that plans are underway to develop a trans-Asia high speed line that would connect …Read the Rest

News from around the web
26 Feb 2010

News from around the web

Not had much chance to write anything recently, but here are a few news stories making the headlines (anything other …Read the Rest

US High Speed pt2
01 Feb 2010

US High Speed pt2

Could this be a new rail revolution, or has the media in the US found something new, and kind of …Read the Rest

31 Dec 2009

High Speed 2

The future of High Speed rail in the UK is to actually look beyond ‘today’ and plan for the future. …Read the Rest

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