Sentences with phrase «rail links between»

If Brown announced that he was dropping airport expansion and instead committing to high - speed rail links between British cities and the continent, the G8 would know it was time to raise their own game.

Jenny Willott, MP for Cardiff Central, has welcomed the UK Government's response to a report on cross border road and rail links between England and Wales by the Welsh Affairs Committee.

A high - speed rail link between Beijing and 2022 Winter Olympics co-host Zhangjiakou will begin test runs in August, 2019.

Among the upgrades on offer across England's regions were a halving of the tolls on the Humber Bridge, the construction of a new rail link between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Bedford and work on a new crossing of the Lower Thames.

Hoping to tap into the Clinton Administration's interest in high - speed rail transportation, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo yesterday proposed building a high - speed rail link between New York City and Albany that would eventually connect to Boston in only two hours.

• 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).

The proposed HS2 rail link between London and the north of England could boost Britain's economy by # 15bn a year, according to a report by the company responsible for developing and promoting the project.

• A new # 500m rail link between the Great Western Main Line and Heathrow.

The Conservatives will not build a third runway at Heathrow airport - so cutting 66,000 flights a year - but will instead work with the private sector to build a # 20bn, 180mph rail link between London and Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

The administration now mocks it as a «local project,» though delaying it risks severing the rail link between Boston and Washington, D.C., at the midpoint of Amtrak's busiest and only profitable corridor.

In late December, China claimed that its new rail link between Wuhan and Guangzhou is the world's fastest, averaging 217 mph.

There is no direct rail link between northern Sweden and the Kola Peninsula.

The Suvarnabhumi Airport Link provides a rapid rail link between the airport and Bangkok city centre with eight train stations over 28.6 km and connections to the Bangkok skytrain and subway.

The Suvarnabhumi Airport Link is another service added to the rapid transit system in Bangkok providing an essential rail link between Suvarnabhumi Airport and the city centre.

Travel News Bahamas issues US travel advisory following police shootings [Travel Pulse] High - speed rail link between Melbourne and Sydney proposed by private company [ABC Australia] Tourist faces deportation from Burma because of problematic tattoo [NZ -LSB-...]

Since that first journey it was always intended that The Ghan's journey would continue from Alice Springs to Darwin, and this became a reality in 2004 following the opening of a 1,420 - kilometre rail link between the two cities.

The Midland Counties Railway, which officially opened on Thursday 30 May 1839, ran the first ever train between these two East Midlands Trains» cities and hundreds of people along the route greeted the «flying wonder» with shouts of applause as the rail link between Derby and Nottingham opened for the first time.

The fast and easy rail link between London's Heathrow airport and Paddington station is half price (9 pounds instead of the normal 18) for groups of two or more through Sept 5.

The bridge was hailed as the «Great Connector» because it provided the first efficient rail link between rich Western coal and wheat supplies and East Coast markets springing up at the height of the Industrial Revolution.

Now we hear from The Guardian that the new electrified rail link between Madrid and Barcelona is set to launch later this month, with the super-fast Ave S103 service set to reach speeds of 220mph, covering the journey of 410 miles in 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Not exact matches

By: Terence Creamer 12th October 2017 An expression of interest (EoI) for the R20 - billion crossborder Swazi Rail Link infrastructure project between South Africa and Swaziland will be released to potential investors before the end of 2017, South Africa's Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Swaziland Rail confirmed on Thursday.

Britain needs to embrace more light rail, discourage workplace parking, improve links between planning and transport and encourage vehicle sharing if efforts to tackle urban congestion are to succeed, witnesses to a Transport Select Committee inquiry evidence session remarked on Monday.

Britain needs to embrace more light rail, discourage workplace parking, improve links between planning and transport and encourage vehicle sharing to tackle urban congestion

Local Tory associations have withheld tens of thousands of pounds from party HQ to underline their opposition to plans to construct the high - speed rail link (HS2) between London and Birmingham.

Nor would introducing a high - speed rail link, such as the one proposed between London and Scotland, provide any major impact, he said.

The 57 km (35 - mile) twin - bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high - speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe.

The Labour peer Andrew Adonis conceived of the high - speed rail link, which will initially shorten train times between London and Birmingham and eventually move up the country providing quicker connections between northern cities and the capital.

Britain's plans for a high - speed rail link have been unveiled by transport secretary Andrew Adonis, with the fastest trains between London and the West Midlands taking just 30 minutes.

The proposed high speed rail line would link northern and southern England with 225mph trains running between London and the West Midlands by 2026.

The plan, which would provide a link between Secaucus Junction, one of New Jersey's major transit hubs, and the New York City subway system, was floated by the Bloomberg administration last week in response to Christie's termination of a multi-billion dollar Hudson River rail project.

The new LRT line will terminate at the International District / Chinatown station, where onward connections are available to the Central Link Light Rail line running between downtown and Sea - Tac International Airport.

Croatia has retained much of its old - world charm and a popular rail network ensures links between major cities as well as scenic regional routes which showcase Croatia's unspoilt landscapes, wonderful Adriatic coast and historic towns and villages.

More than # 100 million will go towards local road schemes to bust congestion pinch - points and speed up journeys, while an extra # 300 million will help push forward plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail to bolster links between Northern towns and cities with more frequent and faster services.

In 2000, Amtrak introduced Acela Express, a premium high - speed rail service linking Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., and cities in between.

Transport Links The Hostel is located between Edinburgh Haymarket and Waverley Rail stations.

These master dungeons are rather large, and Link must visit them between regular dungeons to acquire Sea Charts and Rail Maps, respectively, which guide him to previously unexplored areas.

He adds: «The TGV [high - speed rail link] between Tangier and Casablanca is one of the most obvious examples [of such investment].