Sentences with phrase «railway network in»

Canada has the fifth - largest railway network in the world, or more than 44,000 kilometres of track used to transport about $ 280 billion worth of freight each year, according to RAC.

With journey times between major cities in the UK still ahead of our European competitors, and the fifth most used railway network in the world, we do not need to catch up with the rest of the world.

The Netherlands possesses one of the most modern, comfortable and efficient railway networks in Europe and its continuing expansion ensures that visitors can get to virtually any destination in the country by rail.

You can now purchase rail passes to travel on the Jungfrau Railways network in Switzerland.

Not exact matches

With the West's infrastructure falling apart, we envy their vast network of high - speed railway lines — more extensive than in the rest of the world combined — never mind the 5,000 kilometres to be laid over the next two years alone.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) has opened its new Asia office in Shanghai, China, as it looks to build and strengthen its customer partnership network across the Asia Pacific.

With newly developed farming techniques and expanded railway networks, however, the final decades of the nineteenth century saw a tremendous boom in the upper Great Plains.

Transport secretary Ruth Kelly last month announced a # 10 billion investment in the railway network, designed to increase capacity and reduce bottlenecks.

In short, unlike in many city regions, the railway network is not in need of a major overhauIn short, unlike in many city regions, the railway network is not in need of a major overhauin many city regions, the railway network is not in need of a major overhauin need of a major overhaul.

In a joint appearance at a railway depot at Smethwick, West Midlands, as the cabinet met to announce a # 9bn investment in the rail network, the deputy prime minister said the coalition had faced much more serious economic headwinds than it could have expected two years agIn a joint appearance at a railway depot at Smethwick, West Midlands, as the cabinet met to announce a # 9bn investment in the rail network, the deputy prime minister said the coalition had faced much more serious economic headwinds than it could have expected two years agin the rail network, the deputy prime minister said the coalition had faced much more serious economic headwinds than it could have expected two years ago.

The government announced plans on Sunday for a # 9bn investment in the rail network, including electrification of railway lines and a fund to pay for reopening lines and stations, which Cameron declared would be the biggest rail spending spree since Victorian times.

12:58 - Roads, railways, power station, broadband networks - these are all promised, along with the requisite finance from savings in the current Budget.

As many people use the railways now as in the 1920s and on a network a third the size.

«New York's railways are critical to this state's transportation network and we must ensure they meet the highest possible safety standards,» Cuomo said in a statement.

One of the ORR's key roles is to limit the charges Network Rail, as the monopoly railway infrastructure manager in Britain, can impose for access to this infrastructure.

Today the government has issued a strong vote of confidence in the railway, and in our ability to deliver sustainable economic growth through development of, and investment in, the network.

Investment on this scale, in every region of the country, shows how this coalition Government is focused on delivering an affordable, reliable and faster railway network that drives jobs and growth.

«The constraint factors of growth in the sub-region remained largely the same, including the pervasive political and non-tariff trade barriers, poor and uncoordinated energy supply, and infrastructure in roads and railway networks, therefore making it unattractive for investment.

Patrick Hallgate, Network Rail's managing director for the Western route, said: «Our Great Western Electrification Programme will bring Brunel's railway into the 21st century, by electrifying the main line that runs from London Paddington to Swansea in preparation for the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.

Every cell in our bodies contains a railway network, a system of tiny tracks called microtubules that run between important destinations inside the cell and allow cargo to be carried from one place to another, reports Professor Rob Cross, Professor of Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick Medical School.

Professor Rob Cross, Professor of Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick Medical School, said: «Every cell in our bodies contains a railway network, a system of tiny tracks called microtubules that run between important destinations inside the cell and allow cargo to be carried from one place to another.

Together with IMC, the national railway network operator and one of the largest employers in New Zealand's transportation industry developed a modern learning system.

Therefore, U.S. DOT is also proposing a draft Multimodal Freight Network (MFN) that encompasses not only highways, but also the local roads, railways, navigable waterways, and pipelines, key seaports, airports, and intermodal facilities necessary for the efficient and safe movement of freight in our country.

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. (Toronto symbol CNR; www.cn.ca) operates the largest freight rail network in Canada.

CN has invested billions of dollars to build a railway network that is capable of reaching about 75 % of the population in North America.

But the company also is the outright owner of BNSF Railway, the second largest freight railroad network in North America, as well as some other companies you may have heard of, including Dairy Queen and Fruit of the Loom.

Although complaining about the state of the railways seems to be a popular English pastime, in truth the country has an efficient and modern inter-city and regional rail network.

For Great Rail Journeys, the UK's foremost specialist in outstanding rail holidays, Iceland is a unique destination as it has no public railway network.

We might associate the boom in railways with the Industrial Revolution, but the international railway network is still expanding at a rapid rate, opening up all manner of new destinations.

An efficient network of railways connects Uttarakhand to all the important places in India.

In addition to the historic towns, our Harz Mountains tours also explore its dense steam railway network; another aspect that makes the area seem like time has stood still.

3) This fact is less about women's influence on the railway network, and more about the bizarre theories in which the railways were supposed to affect women, specifically they're reproductive organs - something that had long baffled and terrified men.

Such terrain is ideally suited to narrow - gauge railways and a network was built in the pioneering days of the railway.

The line was originally opened for service in the 1870s and is just a small section of what was once a much larger network of railway lines which connected many towns and villages on the Isle of Man.

«The investment announced today will help to ensure we can continue to improve reliability on the network and also look to increase services on our railway in the future as we strive to meet the ever - rising demand for rail travel.»

Projects include the expansion of both North and South Terminal departure lounges and shopping facilities as well as a transformed railway station, working in conjunction with Network Rail, and more on - airport parking.

Japan's national railway network offers something similar to the Eurail pass, but how does it rate in terms of value?

A 4 - star hotel is located in the heart of Lisbon, close to the tram network, railway station and a choice of metro stations.

In the same way, as the rail network united America, the East and West of Canada became one with the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, at Jackfish Ontario in 188In the same way, as the rail network united America, the East and West of Canada became one with the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, at Jackfish Ontario in 188in 1885.

I put my sports bag in a railway locker last week, it contained a little weed, jeez the railway network could have been shut down!

Ditch the railway set — it's time for a new railway experience to introduce itself, coming in the form of Railway Empire; a game that tasks you with constructing a network of railways to effectively transport goods and passengers across the crailway set — it's time for a new railway experience to introduce itself, coming in the form of Railway Empire; a game that tasks you with constructing a network of railways to effectively transport goods and passengers across the crailway experience to introduce itself, coming in the form of Railway Empire; a game that tasks you with constructing a network of railways to effectively transport goods and passengers across the cRailway Empire; a game that tasks you with constructing a network of railways to effectively transport goods and passengers across the country.

Though small railroads had existed in America for much of the previous century, westward expansion and the rebuilding of southern U.S. railways after the Civil War resulted in the standardization, interconnection, and expansion of the nation's rail network.

They also use it to criticise Pachauri «a former railway engineer with a PhD in economics and no formal climate change qualifications... with a network of business interests that attract millions of pounds in funding thanks to IPCC policies»

Eversheds Sutherland is advising Network Rail on the sale of its UK commercial property portfolio as it looks raise funds to invest in its railways.

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The train operator, which runs 20 % of the UK's railway stations, put the new contract out to tender late last year after deciding to bring in a law firm based within its network.

Network Rail GC Stuart Kelly's second stint at the UK railway infrastructure owner, and subsequent promotion to its top legal job in early 2017, has come with what he describes as a more focused alignment of the legal team and the business's needs — a «massive shift from a decade ago».

A privatised utility such as Network Rail, for example, will be carrying out functions of a public nature in its role of regulating the railways and ensuring safety standards and in that capacity will be liable under the Act, whereas in its capacity as employer, it may not be liable.

Through its suburban network, Indian Railways shall additionally provide an incentive in terms of a discount of 0.5 % to customers who purchase seasonal or monthly tickets and pay via digital means w.e.f. January 1, 2017.

Kudos for the depiction of the Lightning Network as a railway still under construction with the advice to «Check back in 18 months... maybe».