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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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
National Express Coventry first took delivery of battery electric buses in the form of ten Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV double-decker buses built to 'Platinum' specification in August 2020, being delivered alongside a larger order for the West Midlands operation. These ten buses, as well as depot infrastructure to support them, were funded with ...
Joint operation with Empire State Express/DeWitt Clinton until April 1975 [10] Washington, D.C. – Montreal April 2, 1995 April 13, 1996 [11] New York City – Montreal April 14, 1996 present Bear Mountain: New York City – Albany February 15, 1977 April 29, 1978 August 3, 1980 October 25, 1980 April 26, 1981 Renamed from Henry Hudson ...
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
The Budd Metroliner was a class of American electric multiple unit (EMU) railcar designed for first-class, high-speed service between New York City and Washington, D.C., on the Northeast Corridor. They were designed for operation up to 150 miles per hour (240 km/h): what would have been the first high speed rail service in the Western Hemisphere.