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	Railway Technology - California High-Speed Rail Network
		The high-speed rail authority was given the job of directing the development and implementation of the system, as well as preparing a detailed financing plan, with the aim of gaining approval for the system and its method of base funding by the year 2000.
		The state government of one of the country's fastest-growing areas, California, decided in 1993 to establish an Intercity High-Speed Rail Commission to develop a framework for the implementation of a high- speed rail network in the state.
		While existing freight services were obviously far too slow and heavy to use a high-speed rail alignment, it was considered that overnight freight and high-speed mail movements could be accommodated, bringing an early estimated revenue of $20 million a year.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/california

	Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor > Project Description
		A USDOT report on high speed rail identified the Southeast corridor as the most economically viable proposed high speed rail corridor in the country.
		High speed rail in the southeast will mean top speeds of 110 mph and average speeds between 85-87 mph.
		High-speed rail service will provide business and leisure travelers with a competitive alternative to air and auto for trips between 100-500 miles.
	www.sehsr.org /history.html (971 words)

	NCDOT Rail Division > High Speed Rail
		The original Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor- extending from Washington, D.C. through Richmond and Raleigh to Charlotte- has been identified as the most economically viable high speed rail corridor in the country.
		North Carolina has been the lead state in working with the host railroads and other states to develop higher speed rail passenger service in the southeast and has worked with the northeast corridor states to designate a future high-speed rail network from Florida to Maine.
		With a top speed of 110 mph and average speeds between 85-90 mph, high-speed rail service in the southeast will provide business and leisure travelers with a competitive alternative to air and auto travel for trips between 100-500 miles.
	www.bytrain.org /highspeed (386 words)

	Railway Technology - TGV South Korea High Speed Rail Route operated by Korail
		Railway Technology - TGV South Korea High Speed Rail Route operated by Korail
		The major corridor between Seoul and Pusan accounts for 66% of the country's passenger rail traffic, serves 71% of the population and produces 75% of the national wealth.
		High specification allows up to 64 services a day each way between Seoul and Pusan, as well as up to 28 to and from Mokpo, some of these originating at Yongsan.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/koreatgv (946 words)

	Beyond Stupidity: California High Speed Rail
		If the president of the United States really wanted to improve the country, and stimulate the economy to boot, he would undertake a massive rail building campaign on the scale of Eisenhower's interstate highway commission.
		It wouldn't even have to be socialized, as such, because while the rails would be publicly owned (like the highways) the trains themselves could be private and pay rent to use the rails.
		We could liberate ourselves from Amtrak and save rail transportation at the same time!
	www.646industries.com /mt/beyond_s/archives/000013.html (946 words)

	Taiwan High Speed Rail Project
		The 345km long High Speed Rail route runs from Taipei City in the North of the country to Kaohsiung City in the South.
		However, running contrary to this, it had also to be demonstrated that the substructure was sufficiently stiff to ensure safe operation of the railway during Taiwan's frequent earthquakes and to allow the safe stopping of a train during a seismic event should the need arise.
		From the TSI analysis relative displacement histories for adjacent girders and stress histories for rails were obtained.
	www.lusas.com /case/bridge/taiwan.html (942 words)

	Transfer Table November 2000
		High speed rail in the U.S. is service that is time-competitive with travel by automobile or airplane for door to door trips.
		A 1997 USDOT report on high speed rail identified this corridor as the most economically viable proposed high speed rail corridor in the country.
		The federally-designated SEHSR is a rail corridor of national significance which will extend the high speed rail service on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor southward to Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Greenville, Spartanburg, Atlanta and Macon, as well as to Columbia, Savannah and Jacksonville.
	wilmingtonnrhs.com /newsletters/2000nov.htm (942 words)

	STATE NEWS
		Under the proposed Senate bill, called the High Speed Rail Investment Act, states would contribute 20 percent of the cost of upgrading 11 designated high-speed rail corridors throughout the country so passenger trains can reach speeds exceeding 90 mph.
		Another advantage to pushing ahead with a high-speed corridor in the Southeast is that it could link up with the Northeast's high-speed rail corridor.
		Improved rail service is an essential addition to a transportation infrastructure that will be needed to handle even more rapid growth in the region, speakers said.
	www.thedavincigroup.com /press_oakridger0301.htm (942 words)

	NCDOT Rail Division > High Speed Rail
		The original Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor - extending from Washington, D.C. through Richmond and Raleigh to Charlotte- has been identified as the most economically viable high speed rail corridor in the country.
		North Carolina has been the lead state in working with the host railroads and other states to develop higher speed rail passenger service in the southeast and has worked with the northeast corridor states to designate a future high-speed rail network from Florida to Maine.
		With a top speed of 110 mph and average speeds between 85-90 mph, high-speed rail service in the southeast will provide business and leisure travelers with a competitive alternative to air and auto travel for trips between 100-500 miles.
	www.bytrain.org /highspeed (942 words)

	Come talk to high speed rail officials
		A special two-state group is studying the prospect of a high speed rail corridor from Washington all the way to Charlotte.
		A high speed train, with new technology that allows the train to tilt in a curve without spilling passengers’ drinks in their laps, would travel up to 110 miles per hour.
		Federal officials have designed five study corridors around the country for possible funding — the Northwest, around Seattle and Portland; another West Coast corridor from Los Angeles to San Francisco, possibly to San Diego; a Midwest corridor, reaching from Chicago to St. Louis; the Northeast corridor from New York to Boston; and the Southeast.
	www.salisburypost.com /2000may/050300n.htm (942 words)

	Shinkansen Japan
		High Speed in : Second Edition: : the World's Busiest High-speed Railway by Peter W.B. Semmens 1902336143 non-high speed limited express trains in, the Kamome employs tilt technology and has Welcome to, the land of many trains, including the 186 mph "Bullet Train With the RAIL PASS, you can freely board almost any train on.
		Completion Date: 1988 and 800 feet below the sea, the main tunnel was designed to serve the, 's high-speed bullet train Rail Pass/JR West Pass Information Page.
		Rail Fare Calculator RAIL PASS is Railways Group (JR Group)'s special ticket available only to the country, including (Bullet train).
	www.railscoop.com /en/r/57084-ShinkansenJapan.html (1723 words)

	Norristown High Speed Line
		It is also one of the last inter-urban style high speed trolley lines in the country.
		The NHSL is a completely grade separated light rail line, powered by a third rail.
		and Western) by many, the NHSL was served for over fifty years by the famous Brill Bullet cars.
	members.aol.com /jonptp/norristown.html (1723 words)

	High Speed Train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The HST was introduced in the late 1970s by British Rail, at a time when the maximum speed of British trains was 100 mph (160 km/h).
		The HST was the first high speed train in Britain: that is, the first train to travel at 125 mph (200 km/h).
		The increased speed and its rapid acceleration and deceleration made it ideal for passenger use and it slashed journey times around the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_Speed_Train (1794 words)

	Railway Technology - X2000 Tilting Trains operated by Swedish State Railways (SJ), Sweden
		Realising that it couldn't build its rail lines as straight as the high-speed lines in the likes of Japan and France, the country's state-controlled infrastructure operator, Banverket, and Swedish state railways (SJ) set about developing a high-speed network designed around tilting train technology in the mid-1980s.
		While Sweden has a railway line that is now the envy of many other countries, extension of X2000 operation is only likely to take place on a modest scale, probably using a scaled-down version of the original train to link secondary routes with the high-speed line.
		For example, Sweden's upgrading for X2000 worked out at $0.5 million per km, compared with the $9 million per km cost of Spain's AVE high-speed route, and $18 million per km for Germany's ICE network.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/sweden (1143 words)

	Texas Rail Advocates
		Other regions of the country, meanwhile, are moving ahead with higher-speed passenger and freight-rail projects, including track expansion, signal upgrades and route streamlining designed to promote regional industrial and commercial development by using high-performance rail to relieve congested highways and airports.
		Since its the designation by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2000, the South Central High Speed Rail Corridor linking Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas has largely been overlooked by transportation planners in those three states.
		The theme of the conference--High Performance Rail: Interstate II for the 21st Century—will be addressed by a stellar lineup of speakers.
	www.texasrailadvocates.org (1143 words)

	Railway Technology - California High-Speed Rail Network
		The state government of one of the country's fastest-growing areas, California, decided in 1993 to establish an Intercity High-Speed Rail Commission to develop a framework for the implementation of a high- speed rail network in the state.
		The high-speed rail authority was given the job of directing the development and implementation of the system, as well as preparing a detailed financing plan, with the aim of gaining approval for the system and its method of base funding by the year 2000.
		Three public inquiries have been held, and the findings handed over to the High Speed Rail Authority, which has the powers to implement the works needed for the project.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/california (1143 words)

	ipedia.com: Shinkansen Article
		Due to the largely mountainous nature of the country, the pre-existing network consisted of 3'6" gauge (1067 mm) narrow gauge lines, which generally took indirect routes and could not be adapted to higher speeds.
		The Shinkansen (新幹線) is a network of high speed rail lines in Japan, upon which the famous "Bullet Trains" run.
		The Shinkansen is a network of high speed rail lines in Japan, upon which the famous "Bullet Trains" run.
	www.ipedia.com /shinkansen.html (785 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Renfe
		In 1988 construction of the high-speed rail between Madrid and Seville began, and in 1991 operation of this line was started.
		The second high-speed rail, from Madrid to Barcelona, is under construction.
		Spain is a country with many mountain ranges.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Renfe (588 words)

	McGreevey Signs E.O. Establishing Toll Road Consolidation Commission; New Jersey Department of Transportation
		His tenure was marked by the launch of Acela Express-North America's first high-speed rail service-and operation of a national rail network in the face of financial challenges which included inadequate federal support and conflicting mandates.
		Warrington's leadership and dedication to modernizing the country's passenger rail system was punctuated in December 2000 with the introduction of Acela Express, the nation's first high-speed train service.
		New Jersey Transit is the nation's third-largest transit agency, with 10,000 employees serving 226 million heavy rail, light rail and bus commuters annually.
	www.state.nj.us /transportation/press/2002releases/030702.htm (788 words)

	The Manufacturer.com - Promoting best practices in manufacturing - - The great train robbery
		His dozen-long list of outcomes from the project include benefits to the high speed train, in service since 1974; dynamics research; a new train configuration which is still at the leading edge of world train design; aerodynamics work which contributed to Eurostar; longitudinally welded lightweight aluminium extrusions and much else.
		A slight cut in top speed would have simplified the design, turning APT from one train for one route into a range of trains which could speed up routes all over the country:
		Though by the time of the transfer, there was “a very much better atmosphere at the senior levels,” tension remained lower down between the APT group and their new department.
	www.themanufacturer.com /uk/detail.html?contents_id=4167 (1256 words)

	APRC Home: About the Association
		APRC also supports development of high-speed rail in key corridors of the country.
		The American Passenger Rail Coalition (APRC) is a national association of railroad equipment suppliers and rail businesses working together for the highest quality and safest U.S. intercity rail passenger system.
		Advocate strong funding and government policies to achieve an efficient and healthy national Amtrak system and improved quality and speed of intercity rail passenger service throughout the U.S. Educate members of Congress, other policymakers and the public on the mobility, economic and environmental benefits of the government's investments in Amtrak.
	www.aprc.org /about.htm (1256 words)

	Cross_Country_Route_(MR)
		During the early 1990s, the network was served by High Speed Trains and by Class 47, which hauled and various classes of coaching stock.
		The Cross Country Route (MR) is the name given to a major British rail route, running from South West England via Bristol, Birmingham, Derby and Sheffield to North East England and Scotland.
		These trains are capable of achieving 125 mph, compared to the previous Class 47s and Mk 2 coaching stock, which had a top speed of 95 mph.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Cross_Country_Route_(MR) (446 words)

	Virgin_Trains
		Virgin Cross-Country also inherited several High Speed Trains, and Mk.2 coaches which were hauled by Class 47 diesel locomotives and Class 86 locomotives on electrified routes.
		These state-of-the-art units are similar to British Rail's unsuccessful APT tilting train of the early 1980s, but with none of the various design gremlins.
		On privatisation, Virgin West Coast inherited a mixture of Mk.2 and Mk.3 coaches, with electric locomotives of Classes 86, 87 and 90.
	www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Virgin_Trains (635 words)

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		Housing developments and Gatwick Airport expansion plans are casting shadows over the property market in Sussex, but coastal Kent and East Sussex will benefit from the high-speed rail link into London's St Pancras station.
		In the South West hot-spots are "positively incandescent" compared to the rest of the country with four West Country cities among the 10 fastest-growing in Britain.
		While Hampshire's hotspots are well established, it says, the counties of Kent and Sussex have struggled in recent years due to Government investment in road and rail infrastructure.
	www.insuranceflugger.com /hire-kent-us-van.html (635 words)

	rolling stock : class 57
		Class 66 delivery has displaced them from much of the high speed work and issues with components not replaced in the rebuild programme have arisen.
		Converted from a mixture of Class 47/8 locomotives being returned by Virgin Cross Country and from stored Class 47s formerly used by Freightliner, the original total of 12 locomotives was later upped to 16 with an additional 4 being needed to finally eliminate Class 47s from standby duty on the West Coast.
		The locos enjoyed a period of high reliability for a period after delivery, but since then the reliability has declined and the fleet is no longer considered the core of the intermodal fleet.
	www.thejunction.org.uk /cl57.html (1013 words)

	Birmingham Cross-City Line [Definition]
		Channel Tunnel Rail Link The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (or CTRL) is a project to construct a 108 km high-speed rail line from London to the British end of the Channel Tunnel.
		[click for more] and Cross-Country Route The Cross Country Route (MR) is the name given to a major British rail route, running from South West England via Bristol, Birmingham, Derby and Sheffield to North East England and Scotland.
		For many years, passenger services on the line were worked by elderly Class 108 The British Rail Class 108 diesel multiple units were built by BR Derby from 1958 to 1961, with a final production quantity of 333 vehicles.
	www.wikimirror.com /Birmingham_Cross-City_Line (1013 words)

	Destination : Freedom Newsletter - April 7, 2003
		The commission blames the flight from rail partly on the delays caused by the fragmentation of the European market and frontier bottlenecks, which reduce the average speed of international freight voyages in the EU to a mere 10.5 miles per hour.
		The strike forced half the trains on some of the domestic high-speed rail lines to be canceled and Air France canceled 55 percent of its domestic and European flights.
		Canadian rail carload traffic was up 0.3 percent (816 carloads) in March 2003, as a sharp decline in coal carloadings (down 21.0 percent, or 7,407 carloads) was matched by increases in carloadings of chemicals (up 8.5 percent, or 4,766 carloads) and metallic ores (up 40.9 percent, or 2,580 carloads), among other commodities.
	www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df04072003.shtml (1013 words)

	europe rail travel passes schedules cheap fares
		The intent of this web page is to provide the sources for all types of Europe Transportation particularly the very efficient European Rail Transportation System - Eurail Pass - Europass - Country Rail Passes - Multi-Country Rail Passes - Student and Senior Passes -
		Eurostar the high speed train service for passengers, between London, Paris and Brussels.
		For Countries listed alphabetcially - H>Z - The total amount of information on Europe Rail Transportation got too big for one web page and we had to break it into two parts - And we are continually, each month, of adding more information.
	www.budgettravel.com /eurorail.htm (1013 words)

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