One of the advantages of train travel—and you hear it all the time—is that passengers don’t have to go through all the security hassles that have become part of any trip by air. That could be about to change. There is draft legislation floating around the Belgian parliament that would require each railroad…
The impact the Chunnel has had on commerce–all kinds, but primarily tourism, I would guess–between the UK and the Continent must be really amazing . . . even astronomical. I mean, Londoners can now run over to Paris for lunch and be back here in time for their blooming’ tea! Consider: Eurostar trains, literally…
Passenger rail proponents—and particularly those advocating high-speed rail—have long been trying to explain to the general public and to the media that no one is talking about jumping on a high-speed train in New York City and being whisked across the continent at 200-plus miles per hour. (We generally don’t bother trying to discuss this…
It’s hard to believe, but the first shinkansen, Japan’s famous bullet train, went into service between Tokyo and Osaka more than 50 years ago. Before then, conventional trains made the run in six hours and forty minutes; less than a year after beginning the high-speed service, the run time was cut to just over three…