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First railway line by country. Europe was the epicenter of rail transport and has today one of the densest networks (an average of 46 km (29 mi) for every 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) in the EU as of 2013). [10]
The site is a personal project run by Mark Smith, formerly a manager in the rail industry. [3] The site is called Seat 61 after his preferred seat in First Class on the Eurostar. [3] He began the site as a hobby in 2001, [2] after frustration with the difficulty he perceived in finding how to book rail tickets within Europe. [2]
[16] [21] By this point, the train has received its official service designation, the 'Frecciarossa 1000'. On 26 March 2013, the first trainset was unveiled during a public ceremony at the Ansaldo-Breda facilities in Pistoia ; this train was formally named Pietro Mennea , in memory of the Italian world record holder of the 200 metres track ...
The Trans-European high-speed rail network is one of a number of the European Union's Trans-European transport networks. It was defined by the Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996. The aim of this EU Directive is to achieve the interoperability of the European high-speed train network at the various stages of its design, construction and ...
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.. The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, which operated trains through the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom, and Thalys which operated in Western Europe.
FS' Frecciarossa 1000 high speed train at Milano Centrale railway station, with a maximum speed of 400 km/h (249 mph), [17] is one of the fastest trains in Europe. [18] [19] A pair of FS' ETR 500 at Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station.
Fort Worth Central Station (Amtrak: FTW) is an intermodal transit center in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. It serves two commuter rail lines ( TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express ), two (later three) Amtrak intercity rail lines ( Texas Eagle , Heartland Flyer and proposed Crescent (train) ), and Greyhound intercity bus .
An Italian InterCity train at Milano Centrale railway station. The speeds of inter-city rail lines are quite diverse, ranging from 50 km/h (31 mph) in a mountainous area or on undeveloped tracks to 200–350 km/h (124–217 mph) on newly constructed or improved tracks.