Built with domestic technology and a small (but important) US$ 80 million loan from the World Bank, the country's engineers at Hitachi and Kawasaki went on to construct the world's best super
express railway network, with domestic technology and innovative solutions.
Not exact matches
Heathrow
Express workers: # 700
Network Rail: # 500 Docklands Light
Railway: # 900 Virgin Rail: # 500 London Overground: # 600 London Underground: at least # 850 BAA staff, up to # 1,200 London Underground maintenance workers at Tube Lines: # 850 London Overground maintenance workers employed by Bombardier: # 650
Heathrow
Express workers: # 700
Network Rail: # 500 Docklands Light
Railway: # 900 Virgin Rail: # 500 London Overground: # 600 London Underground: At least # 850 BAA staff: up to # 1,200 London Underground maintenance workers at Tube Lines: # 850 London Overground maintenance workers employed by Bombardier: # 650 Workers at the mayor of London's bike scheme: # 500 The latest TfL accounts for the full financial year 2011/12 show a budget surplus of # 759 million.
Probably the only one of these
networks that may interest you is Ferrovie Nord Milano (www.ferrovienord.it), which runs the Malpensa
Express service from Milano Malpensa airport to the center of Milano and a convenient and scenic
railway to Como from Milano.