Passenger rail news – Page 264
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NewsAcela relaunches Northeast Corridor
As the first of Amtrak's fleet of high-speed trainsets for the Washington DC - New York - Boston corridor prepares to start test running at Pueblo, infrastructure upgrading is in full swing along the route.
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CrossCountry DEMUs ordered
BRITISH operator Virgin Rail placed a £1060m order on December 9 for Bombardier to supply and maintain a fleet of 78 diesel-electric multiple-units between 2001 and 2002. The 200 km/h trains will operate Virgin CrossCountry services and Virgin West Coast's London - Holyhead route. The contract is valued at £390m ...
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Royal Thalys pioneers first 300 km/h inter-capitals route
The final piece of the TGV Nord-Europe jigsaw was slotted into place on December 10 when an inaugural Royal Thalys carried King Albert II and Queen Paola from Brussels to Paris and back to mark completion of the 71 km Belgian section of the 314·6 km high speed route. Murray ...
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Railtrack reshapes Thameslink 2000
With a £600m upgrade of the north - south link through London underpinned by contractual agreements, Richard Hope asked Chris Jago, Director of Railtrack's Southern Zone, how the project is taking shape