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High speed rail a boost to economy
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
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The economy would receive a £55 billion boost through the building of a UK-wide high speed rail line, business leaders have said. The British Chambers of Commerce called for action to be stepped up, including a "binding agreement" from the major political...
Tags: speed rail, rail network, BCC, United Kingdom, London, Network Rail, New Urbanism, Business Finance, Traffic congestion, Rail transport, High-speed rail, Iain Coucher, Rail transport in Great Britain, High-speed rail in the United Kingdom
Rush is on for stimulus's high-speed rail dollars
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The prospect of bullet trains whisking travelers from city to city at more than 200 miles an hour, stalled for years in America's car-loving culture, should finally get a boost this winter. That's when the Federal Railroad Administration will start handing...
Tags: Yoav Hagler, University of California-Berkeley, hagler says, speed rail, North Carolina, topping speed, Washington, Northeast, America, Los Angeles, Amtrak, High-speed trains, High-speed rail in the United States, Acela Express, Rail transport, High-speed rail, Tilting trains
South Bend pushing bid for high-speed train line :But InDOT favors route through Fort Wayne.
South Bend :: IN :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility South Bend pushing bid for high-speed train line But InDOT favors route through Fort Wayne. Tribune Staff Writer If the federal government approves funding for a high-speed rail line through South Bend, passengers here could travel to Chicago's Union...
Tags: south bends, South Bend-Fort Wayne, South Bend-Elkhart, Chicago, speed rail, South Bend Regional Airport, Indiana Department of Transportation, Gary Gilot, passenger rail, rail line, South Bend, St. Joseph County Indiana, Elkhart Indiana, Indiana, High-speed rail, South Bend Indiana, Amtrak, South Bend-Mishawaka metropolitan area
Let's get on board this train
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility On this weekday morning, Posner, 53, is talking to a small gathering that's scattered in the auditorium of Rodef Shalom Temple in Shadyside. The Men's Discussion Group here has only one, half-in-jest rule: No speaker is invited if his subject is why old...
Tags: Philadelphia-Harrisburg, Pittsburgh International Airport, Posner, speed rail, Brian O'Neill Let, Harrisburg, Amtrak, Harrisburg metropolitan area, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, Maglev, High-speed rail, High-speed trains, Rail transport, High-speed rail in the United States
Labour to promise high-speed rail link in election manifesto
London :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago
Credibility A multi-billion pound pledge to build a high-speed rail link is set to be included as a key measure in Labour's manifesto for the next election, The Independent has been told. All the political parties have pledged support for some kind of high-speed...
Tags: speed rail, United Kingdom, London, Network Rail, High-speed rail, Expansion of London Heathrow Airport, Privatisation of British Rail, Politics, Eurostar, High Speed 2, High-speed rail in the United Kingdom, Great North Eastern Railway, CrossCountry, National Express East Coast, InterCity, Train operating companies, British Rail, Rail transport in Great Britain
Stephens: High-speed rail could bring jobs
Gainesville :: FL :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility We have a lot of economic problems and a lot of unemployment in northwest Georgia now because of the impact (of the recession) on the carpet industry ... I think high-speed rail would be an innovative way to try to get more development (and) more jobs.”...
Tags: Bill Stephens, speed rail, northwest georgia, Georgia, Gainesville, Gainesville Florida, University of Florida, Politics
Crist to consider special session on high-speed rail
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Gov. Charlie Crist this morning said he'll discuss a possible special session about high-speed rail with legislative presiding officers, perhaps aiming at a December or January date. At issue is whether Florida can come up with a comprehensive funding...
Tags: speed rail, Tallahassee, Politics, Charlie Crist, Larry Cretul
Schwarzenegger quietly quashed effort to get commuter rail funds
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quietly spiked an effort last month to win $1.1 billion in federal high-speed rail stimulus funds for 29 projects to improve the safety, speed and capacity of heavily traveled commuter corridors through Southern California.
Tags: Los Angeles-San Diego, speed rail, Southern California, California Department of Transportation, California Rail Foundation, Metrolink, train control, positive train, Richard Katz, conventional rail, San Francisco, California High-Speed Rail, Amtrak, High-speed rail, Commuter rail in North America, Mass transit in the United States, High-speed rail in the United States, High-speed trains
High-speed Pittsburgh-Cleveland rail corridor pushed
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania want a train route between Cleveland and Pittsburgh to be included in the nation's high-speed passenger rail network. Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio and Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania requested that the federal government...
Tags: speed rail, California
Calif. judge lets high-speed rail planning proceed
Atherton :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A Sacramento County judge is allowing planning to continue for a high-speed rail route between the Bay Area and the Central Valley through the Pacheco Pass. More News The cities of Atherton, Menlo Park and Palo Alto sought to stop planning while they...
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