rail

This rarely happens in the UK. The employers' organisation London First, which brings together many of the UK's largest companies, has written to ask the Treasury and the Department for Transport to take action on behalf of Eurostar. In their letter, they urge "swift action to safeguard the future of the rail carrier". They want...

The stricter containment measures introduced in Germany at the end of December have now been extended until the end of January. The country has seen a sharp increase in cases of covid-19 over the last three weeks, and seems to have lost control over the spread of the virus. All non-essential shops are now closed, restaurants...

The high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Singapore will remain on the drawing board. It has not been a sea snake, but a land snake for Malaysia and Singapore. The ambitious project for a high-speed train that would cover the 350 km between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in an hour and a half...

60 years ago, they were the pride of Europe. From the end of the 50s to the very beginning of the 80s, TEE (Trans-Europ-Express) trains criss-crossed Europe, a true symbol of night service, luxury and comfort. Some of you may still remember the Mistral on the Paris-Nice line or the Capitole on the Paris-Toulouse line. The...