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Amtrak replaced Metroliner service with the high-speed Acela Express, which runs up to 150 mph (240 km/h) in revenue service. [2] [3] [4] The first Acela Express trains ran in 2000, but due to equipment difficulties at the time they did not fully replace the Metroliners until 2006. [1]
National Express 'Rapide' MCW Metroliner DR130 operated by Northumbria Motor Services. The most numerous type of Metroliner was the double deck DR130 design. This was designed specifically for express coach services in the United Kingdom and thus differed from contemporary double-deck coaches in its height: most double-deck coaches are built to under 4 metres (13 ft) in height as this is the ...
A National Express Plaxton Premiere bodied Volvo B10M Rapide coach A National Express MCW Metroliner Rapide double-decker bus. In April 2001 National Express phased out its on-board catering service, having already phased out its on-board television service in the 1990s. However, in late 2004 National Express launched NXTV or National Xpress ...
Preserved Travel West Midlands Mk2 MCW Metrobus in Highter's Heath, Birmingham Kowloon Motor Bus 3-axle Metro Cammell Weymann Super Metrobus (11 metres (36 ft)) in Hong Kong Kentish Bus MCW Metroliner DR130 on Buckingham Palace Road in London London Country North West MCW Metrorider in Hemel Hempstead in 1992
Bearskin Airlines C-FFZN SA227-AC Metroliner operating out of Red Lake, Ontario, c. 2007. In July 2016, 225 Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners were in airline service: 170 in Americas, 28 in Asia Pacific & Middle East and 27 in Europe.
Authorities in the United States maintain various definitions of high-speed rail. The United States Department of Transportation, an entity in the executive branch, defines it as rail service with top speeds ranging from 110 to 150 miles per hour (180 to 240 km/h) or higher, [10] while the United States Code, which is the official codification of Federal statutes, defines it as rail service ...
The MCW Metrobus is a two and three-axle double-decker bus manufactured by Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW) between 1977 and 1989, with over 4,000 built. The original MkI was superseded by the MkII which had a symmetrical windscreen with an arched top in 1981, although production of the original MkI continued for the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and London Regional Transport ...
Mobico Group, formerly National Express Group, is a British multinational public transport company with headquarters in Birmingham, England. [3] Domestically it currently operates bus and coach services under brands including National Express.