Sentences with phrase «for rail passengers»

Additionally the Rail Planner App has been selected by RailwayTechnology.com as one of the best apps for rail passengers.

The data is bad news for rail passengers.

«This is a major step forward towards fulfilling our commitment to tackle overcrowding on the busiest routes and, deliver real improvements for rail passengers.»

The investment has met with approval from Passenger Focus, the lobby group for rail passengers, which said that the main priorities for those travelling on the railways were more trains arriving on time, more and longer trains and increased chances of getting a seat.

It will provide an extra 26,000 seats for rail passengers every hour and attract passengers off existing rail lines, roads and domestic air services.

Not exact matches

The Committee for Perth has added to the debate over Perth's public transport system by releasing research indicating light rail systems attract more passengers, have lower running costs, and travel faster than rapid bus systems.

The campaign launches amid flat national rail ridership, with Amtrak reporting just above 30 million passengers for the last six years.

While the nation's primary passenger rail system is growing amid hopes for faster service, it's stuck with crumbling infrastructure.

SpaceX is building a test track for the Hyperloop high - speed rail that could transport passengers from San Francisco to LA in 30 minutes.

After skewering the proposed system («one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world»), Musk issued an open - source design challenge: a 28 - passenger solar - powered pod capable of levitating through a system of tubes almost at the speed of sound, with a one - way ticket price of $ 20 and a total building cost estimated at $ 6 billion, less than a tenth of the budget for California's high - speed rail project.

If BC is to join the new era of train travel, it must plan for passenger rail on a regional basis, and protect potential new rail corridors.

In areas of British Columbia and Alberta not yet accessed by road or rail, boats were the primary form of transportation for large amounts of freight or passengers since the days of the fur trade.

Commuters heading back to work this morning have been hit by an average 4.2 % hike in rail fares, marking a tenth consecutive year of increases for passengers.

In 2000, the government asked the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) to look into the requirements for increasing passenger capacity to and through the capital.

This is especially problematic for passengers travelling by rail to Heathrow from the West Midlands or the Northwest via Euston.

Passengers clear the gap as they disembark an eastbound train headed for Babylon at the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station on Thursday.

The plans call for a brand new, 255,000 - square - foot train hall, which will accommodate both Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers, that's scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: «The full HS2 route will be a game changer for the country that will slash journey times and give rail passengers on the existing network thousands of extra seats every day.

• It's refreshing to see Andrew Adonis drumming up passengers for his proposed high - speed rail link between London and the North with his suggestion to move the House of Lords well to the north of Watford (Move House of Lords out of London, says Lord Adonis, 19 April).

All of the rail projects on this shopping list have been talked about for years and with the surge in passenger demand we can not afford further delays like the ongoing Thameslink fleet replacement fiasco.

The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants, which already funded the program of returning traffic to portions of Main Street, were planned to pay for extending Metro Rail into the former passenger terminal, redeveloping it for commercial use and connecting it to the adjacent KeyBank Center.

This is why I put pen to paper yesterday morning and signed the petition for Fair Fares Now, and I urge all other rail passengers out there to do the same.

Campaigners have called for swifter action on cutting rail fares, but a major report out today says passengers will have to wait.

Over the next 30 years passenger demand for rail will more than double and freight demand is expected to go up by 140 %.

The rail industry is under intense pressure from increasing passenger numbers as the country emerges from recession, with a lack of competition between franchises blamed for the failures in efficiency.

Last year, the FRA awarded New York State $ 151 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for high - speed intercity passenger rail improvements.

«This additional Federal funding for high speed passenger rail will help revitalize New York State's economy, modernize our rail transportation network, and make it easier to get people and goods safely to their destinations across the State,» Governor Paterson said.

NYSDOT Acting Commissioner Stanley Gee said: «These improvements will make rail travel faster and more reliable for passengers and freight through Central New York and the Hudson Valley, and will pave the way for replacing the Livingston Avenue Bridge in Albany.

ALBANY, NY (10/29/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson was today joined by Mayor Paul Dyster; Senators Malcolm Smith and Antoine Thompson; Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte; Acting Commissioner of the Department of Transportation Stanley Gee; Bruce Becker of the Empire State Passenger Association and local stakeholders for a ceremonial bill signing establishing the New York State High Speed Rail Planning Board.

It was on June 19 when Gov. Andrew Cuomo casually dropped mention of «congestion pricing» into an otherwise unremarkable speech unveiling a new Penn Station concourse for Long Island Rail Road passengers.

«Is not the real reason why it takes so long for the west coast main line to recover from disruptive incidents the fact that when Labour created Network Rail, Ministers left it accountable to nobody — not to the regulator, not to the train operators and certainly not to the passenger?

«The long - standing government approach to sustaining rail investment is to cut the contribution from taxpayers and increase the share paid for by passengers,» the Association of Train Operating Companies» chief executive Michael Roberts said.

We will create a supervisory board for Network Rail by reducing the size of the existing membership body to 10 to 20 people, with a stronger voice for passengers and train operators.

«The billions that this will save must be used to invest in our rail network and to cut fares for hard - pressed passengers.»

During the impassioned debate, Mick Carney, president of the Transport Salaried Staff Association, condemned the current rail system for failing to protect passenger safety and causing delays and cancellations,

This past October, Governor Paterson announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded New York $ 28.5 million in funding under the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program for three projects across the State.

The committee's analysis of the Chancellor's budget called for «unfair» RPI measures used to calculate interest rates on student loans, rail fares and air passenger duty (APD) to be ditched.

Higgins said there is a need for much faster passenger rail service.

Rail passengers face soaring ticket prices as inflation hits 3.1 per cent in July, as the Bank of England warning of the «significant probability» the rate will remain above its target for some time.

That might not seem like much, but it is enough to outpace the rate predicted by railway construction engineers for the landmark rail line, which has carried some six million passengers and five million tons of cargo since opening day.

The administration's rail report does not spell out exactly how many of these high - speed corridors will be include new tracks exclusively for use by faster trains, as opposed to tracks shared with freight and slower passenger services.

For rail workers and passengers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, train travel — while miraculous for the speed with which it carried people across vast distances — presented ghastly dangeFor rail workers and passengers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, train travel — while miraculous for the speed with which it carried people across vast distances — presented ghastly dangefor the speed with which it carried people across vast distances — presented ghastly dangers.

These include a shrinking pool of in - country rail sector experts (which the Obama administration acknowledges is the result of the relatively small investment in passenger rail in recent decades), a lack of money available at the state level for such projects, and the need for safety standards specific to high - speed trains.

Mid-range travel — over 300 kilometers, or about 185 miles — should turn over half its passengers to rail, which moves a person for less energy and emissions than a car does.

This achievement of nineteenth century engineering provides a good starting point for examining the subsequent rapid adoption of railways and the impact of passenger rail travel on Victorian Britain.

On the roof rail hangs a garment bag, presumably for carrying the owner or passenger's garments.

Passenger rail accessibility guidelines providing criteria for new and re-manufactured buses and vans, rail vehicles, and other modes of public transportation.

Federal Railroad Administration Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Corridors ProgramPerformancePlan

The contact consisted of a discussion with representatives of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority concerning the application requirements for ARRA funding as described in the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program Interim Guidance.

In addition, the following types of projects are eligible: international bridges and tunnels; intercity passenger bus and rail facilities and vehicles; publicly owned freight rail facilities; private facilities providing public benefit for highway users; intermodal freight transfer facilities; projects that provide access to such facilities; service improvements on or adjacent to the National Highway System; and projects located within the boundary of a port terminal under certain conditions.