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Cash-Strapped Spain Will Rename Part Of Madrid's Subway System 'Sol Vodafone' For Just $4 Million
Madrid :: Spain | 24 days ago
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Madrid will rename its landmark Sol metro station "Sol Vodafone " under an advertising deal with the British mobile operator to raise millions of euros in the recession, officials said on Wednesday. The regional government said the rest of Line 2 on
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Train derails in Spain after rockfall; 11 injured
Madrid :: Spain | 1 month ago
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Spanish authorities say a rockfall has derailed a train, injuring 11 passengers after the first carriage partially plunged into a river just west of the northern city of Santander. Regional government spokeswoman Patricia Fernandez says three
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All aboard as nation fast-tracks its progress
Beijing :: China | 2 months ago
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Sleek carriages glide in and out of space-age stations with little delay...Standard rail services for many perhaps but a joy for someone used to British rail travel. However, China's HSR is so much more than just shiny new steel wheels on tracks.
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Big protests in Spain against health care reforms
Madrid :: Spain | 3 months ago
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Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of 16 Spanish cities Sunday to protest plans to part-privatize the public health care system, with some questioning the government's motives. It was the third "white tide" demonstration in Madrid,
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Is High Speed Rail the Next Big Transportation Investment Play?
Key West :: FL :: USA | 3 months ago
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In late July 2012, the governor of California decided to match the $3 billion dollars of federal funds that were almost due to expire to build the Fresno Bakersfield line. The $6 billion, 130-mile initial segment in the Central Valley will begin
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Chest High and Smelly, Seville's Garbage Mounts
Seville :: OH :: USA | 3 months ago
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Along one of the winding streets of Seville's historic Santa Cruz neighborhood, Alfonso Jose Carnerero Avila, a hotel employee, was enjoying a drink with colleagues and friends on the doorstep of a wine cellar one recent day, trying hard to ignore
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Support for Spain's leaders drops to a new low: poll
Figueres :: Spain | 4 months ago
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Topics Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks at Girona station during the inaugural trip of Spain's newest AVE high speed train service from Barcelona to Figueres near the French border January 8, 2013. Support for Spain's political leaders has
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Train punctuality falls to two-year low as officials admit services won't run on time until the end of the decade (but fares will still rise above inflation)
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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According to data released by Network Rail, train punctuality has never consistently reached its target of 92.5 per cent, and stood at just 85.3 per cent in November/December 2012...Punctuality: The blue line shows what proportion of trains arrive on
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Seven in 10 trains arrive right on time
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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Gareth Fuller/PA Fewer than seven in 10 trains ran to schedule over the past year, according to figures published on Thursday, with one operator CrossCountry bringing in fewer than half its trains on time. Punctuality figures used by the rail
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Cirilo 'Chilo' Madrid goes on trial today
Glendale :: AZ :: USA | 6 months ago
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Cirilo "Chilo" Madrid once said he only agreed to do work for the Border Children's Mental Health Collaborative because he wanted to save it. Today, he goes on trial in federal court for allegedly helping to defraud the program for mentally ill
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