Asia, India: Indian Railways privatisation | A look at other countries that have taken this route

By Jocelyn Fernandes, Money Control; July 2, 2020 The Indian Railways has kickstarted its plans to allow private companies to…

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Canada: If Madrid and Barcelona can build a high-speed rail connection, why can’t Toronto and Montreal?

By Amir Barnea, Contributor, The Toronto Star; January 20, 2020 As a pair, Toronto and Montreal, Canada’s two largest cities,…

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The best European sleeper trains

By Francesca Street, CNN; April 8, 2019 (CNN) — As the train pulls out of the station, you slowly drift…

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Texas Bullet Train developer names new operating partner

By Bill Hethcock, Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal; October 10, 2018 The developers of the Texas Bullet Train on Wednesday…

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Why Does New York City Subway Construction Cost So Much? Congress Wants to Find Out

By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL, The New York Times, March 28, 2018 The astronomical costs of building the Second Avenue subway…

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What’s the Longest Train Service in the World?

By Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics; February 16, 2018 Have you ever wondered what the longest train journey is? Many potential…

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Ryanair on rails? Spain’s high-speed AVE train tries a low-cost formula

By Ramón Muñoz, El Pais; February 9  2018 Spain’s state railway company, Renfe, is experimenting with low-cost formulas that mirror…

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Next Stop: Your Room, at the World’s Best Railway Hotels

By Michael Kaminer, The Points Guy; January 27, 2018 Railway hotels conjure a sepia-toned, steam-shrouded era of travel, when rival…

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UK: New Caledonian Sleeper carriages to enter passenger service in October

From Global Rail News; January 18, 2018 The countdown to the introduction of new Caledonian Sleeper trains has begun with…

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Spanish airline to enter high-speed rail market

Editor’s Note: In the United States and Canada, in the early days of airline travel, many of the railroads which…

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