Hey America, Make With the !@~$ High-Speed Rail Already. High-Speed Rail Operators Team Up Against Airlines

July 5, 2007

In April, a train built by the French engineering firm Alstom screamed along the Ligne à Grande Vitesse, the Paris-to-Strasbourg high-speed rail system, at a record- breaking 357 miles per hour. The whizzing run past Vendôme provided a glimpse of next-gen railway travel, and Alstom execs hope, set the company up for future contracts in emerging high-speed rail markets like China and India.

Conspicuously absent among those emerging markets: the US.

David Wolman

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/15-07/st_essay

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High-Speed Rail Operators Team Up Against Airlines

Operators of the emerging high-speed rail lines in Europe are joining forces to improve the way European travelers move around the region. Some hope the partnership could increase competition between rail and low-cost airlines.

Full Story: http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?story_id=9441785&fsrc=RSS