Sentences with phrase «speed rail network»

Nevertheless, the UK's only high speed rail network High Speed 1 — serving Eurostar and Southeastern and linking London's St Pancras International to Kent and the continent — was reported last year as «exceeding expectations» in its performance.

A report from MPs has reignited the debate about the government's proposal to build a high speed rail network in Britain.

The high speed rail (preparation) bill is designed to commit the funding required to build a high speed rail network from London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

The abandoned west coast main line rail franchise could be followed by the scrapping of the Department for Transport's controversial planned high speed rail network linking London with Birmingham, its opponents are hoping.

The party has commissioned feasibility work into three schemes, the first of which would be the construction of a French TGV - style high - speed rail network running from London to Scotland, carrying trains travelling at about 180 miles per hour.

After a joke about sleeping with entrepreneurs - his wife Samantha, specifically, he moves on to name - check the high - speed rail network proposed by shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers on Monday before slipping in his priorities for both the NHS and the «broken society».

She's our go - to person for negotiating agreements with the states and freight railroads — and getting our high - speed rail network up and running.

It will help connect 80 percent of Americans with a high - speed rail network within the next quarter - century.

And with the size of Europe's high - speed rail network due to triple in the 15 years to 2020, passengers will be able to travel faster point - to - point by high - speed rail than by plane on nearly half of Europe's busiest air routes, according to a recent study by Boston Consulting Group *.

A high - speed rail network makes every corner of Europe ever quicker and easier to reach by train.

It is a further remarkable coincidence that in the same week as the energy administration figures were released, China Railway revealed the building of the country's high - speed rail network passed the 10,000 km mark - by far the largest in the world.

While it attempts to kick - start its struggling auto industry, the U.S. is talking about building a high - speed rail network with an initial $ 8 billion in stimulus funds.

A Department for Transport spokesperson responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High Speed Two.

He believes many of the cities building big airports do not need them, thanks to a rapid expansion of the country's high - speed rail network in recent years (see map).

Already boasting the world's largest high - speed rail network, the country is poised to speed up its air travel.

«It will cost half the price of conventional high - speed rail networks, and can carry cargo as well as passengers.

That's the reason for frustration... And don't say but ozil... I love this player and thankful he is in arsenal shirt but he needs right players to bring out best without complementary investment it's a waste... U don't build latest high speed rail network and then put on diesel trains from the 60s unless u r an idiot manager

High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) has come under fire from the chairman of Britain's first high - speed rail network, in a further setback for officials at the Department for Transport.

Rod Eddington's year - long study concluded: «New high - speed rail networks in the UK would not significantly change the level of economic connectivity between most parts of the UK, given existing aviation and rail links.»

«It is my view that a high - speed rail network would deliver a transformational change to the way Britain works and competes in the 21st century,» he said.

- The establishment of a high - speed rail network.

«I commend the Federal Railroad Administration for their wise investment in New York's infrastructure and look forward to continuing to work with them to secure additional funding as we enhance the high - speed rail network.»

[174][175] The Conservative — Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in May 2010 stated in its initial programme for government its commitment to creating a high - speed rail network.

The paper set out a proposed route for the UK's High Speed Rail Network (HS2) as an alternative to the then Labour Government's route.

«Robert Cochrane, an adviser to the Department for Transport on long - distance travel, said Britain could not assume the success of high - speed rail networks in Europe would be replicated here.

The ghost of the Whitehall farce is beginning to shroud the policy to build the next stage of the country's High Speed Rail network.

The Whitehall quango set up by the Labour Government to design the next stage of the country's High Speed Rail network, HS2 Ltd, has delivered him the wrong solution.

Nonetheless the next Tory government will green the tax system (after kicking green taxation into the long grass for the duration of the recession), stop the expansion of Heathrow, begin exploratory work on a high speed rail network and also oversee an innovative energy efficiency scheme that will see future reduced home energy bills pay for insulation measures now.

«Building a pipeline network in China comparable to the U.S. would be a $ 500 - billion investment,» Sandalow says, although the Chinese have an excellent track record of building large and expensive infrastructure projects quickly, such as a national high - speed rail network that was completed in five years.

The construction of a high - speed rail network is also expected to support the United States economy by revitalizing related domestic production and service industries.

«President Obama's historic investments in a national high - speed rail network will enable America to win the future by creating construction and manufacturing jobs today and laying the foundation for future economic growth.

At the local Steel Dynamics plant, factory workers are welding 28,500 tons of track, which construction workers will begin installing this spring along a New England segment of America's national high - speed rail network.

And it's laying groundwork for a national high speed rail network that, within 25 years, will give 80 percent of Americans the option of traveling from city to city by high speed train.

I've returned to extend the president's gratitude for Spain's technical support and guidance as America begins the heavy lifting of building a national high - speed rail network.

Our nation's high - speed rail network will also spur economic development along new corridors.

In a speech given at Philadelphia's 30th street Amtrak station, Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a proposal to invest $ 53 billion over six years to develop a high - speed rail network... Read More...

«We hope this greater range of fare options will allow travellers to make even more use of Europe's high - speed rail network and exploit the environmental advantages of train over plane for seamless rail journeys.»

Day 24 China has the largest high - speed rail network, travel from Xian to Shanghai.

As each of the holidays also includes the services of a professional Tour Manager throughout, in addition to many meals and return rail travel on Europe's efficient high - speed rail network, you are bound to find a rail holiday to the Harz Mountains that suits your every requirement.

With many of our tours departing from London St Pancras International, you can avoid the queuing and stresses associated with airports, and instead admire the views from Europe's fabulous high - speed rail network.

«More than 200 British cities are now connected to Europe's high - speed rail network, and with one booking you can travel from almost anywhere in Britain to hundreds of destinations on the other side of the Channel,» said Nick Mercer, commercial director for Eurostar.

The realisation of a Pan-European high - speed rail network has taken a major step forward after the launch of a new co-ordinated timetable that sees journey times between key hubs across Germany, the UK, France, Belgium, Holland and Italy slashed.

«More than 200 British cities are now connected to Europe's high - speed rail network, and with one booking you can travel from almost anywhere in Britain to hundreds of destinations on the other side of the Channel.

The country is easy to get around by public transportation, both within cities and between cities, as Spain has a comprehensive high - speed rail network and even more extensive coach bus network.

High - speed rail networks are being planning in Canada and in California.

Asian and European high - speed rail networks are currently the world's most advanced.