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2. List of high-speed railway lines - Wikipedia

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   This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...

3. High-speed rail in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Operational high-speed lines in the UK: 140–186 mph (225–300 km/h) 125 mph (200 km/h) <110 mph (180 km/h) High-speed rail in the United Kingdom is provided on five upgraded railway lines running at top speeds of 125 mph (200 km/h) and one purpose-built high-speed line reaching 186 mph (300 km/h). Trains currently travel at 125 mph (200 km/h ...

4. Rail transport in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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   Rail transport. The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest railway system in the world. The first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825, which was followed by an era of rapid expansion. Most of the track is managed by Network Rail, which in 2017 had a network of 9,824 miles (15,811 km) of standard-gauge lines, of which 3,339 ...

5. Transport in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Transport in the United Kingdom. A high-speed train on the West Coast Main Line railway, alongside the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire. Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. Some aspects of transport are a devolved matter, with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems ...

6. List of countries by rail usage - Wikipedia

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   Thus China and India together contribute almost half of world's passenger travel. The average Swiss person travels 2,430 km by train each year (the highest in the world), almost 500 more than the average Japanese person (the second highest). In 2014, there were about 1 million kilometres (621,400 miles) of railway in the world, a decrease of 3% ...

7. Channel Tunnel - Wikipedia

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   It connects end-to-end with high-speed railway lines: the LGV Nord in France and High Speed 1 in England. In 2017, rail services carried 10.3 million passengers and 1.22 million tonnes of freight, and the Shuttle carried 10.4 million passengers, 2.6 million cars, 51,000 coaches, and 1.6 million lorries (equivalent to 21.3 million tonnes of ...

8. History of rail transport in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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   Frith's The Railway Station, 1862 depiction of Paddington railway station in London. In 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened. [21] Being was the world's first inter-city passenger railway and the first to have 'scheduled' services, terminal stations and services as we know them today, it set the pattern for modern railways.

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   The trust has also received a $146,700 grant from Restore America's Estuaries Southern New England Program, $250,000 through the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program and ...