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- Air Rail News airrail NEWS, is a key source of information for all those seeking up-to-date industry news on rail links to airports.
- Railway Gazette The publisher of news and business information for the world's railway industry: magazines, newsletter, directory, and on-line services.
- Air Rail Today Blog A.R.T is the International Air Rail Organisation's blog, with news, articles and comment on all things related to air rail links world-wide.
- InfraWeblogs.com InfraWeblogs.com is the weblog about infrastructure.
- EURAILmag - The magazine for European rail decision makers and customers EURAILmag delivers news and information on Europe’s railway industry, its product offerings and services.
- International Air Rail Organisation IARO spreads world-class best practice and good workable ideas among people interested in rail links to airports.
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Results of the poll: What will make high speed rail travel in the US successful?
69% of you thought that the best way to make high speed rail successful in the US was 'inverstment investment, investment!' While the second most popular choice, with 19% of the vote, was an 'integrated shuttle service from the station.
Obama had propsed 8 billion dollars for initial investment in high speed rail, however the Americans enthusiasim for high speed rail threatens to break the bank of Obama's rail budget. The total number of proposed projects now amounts to 7 times the original budget allocation according to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The FRA have received 259 applications from 34 different states requesting a total of 57 billion dollars!
12 Nov 2009
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Amadeus Deal with Rail Europe Shows Rail Travel is in Demand
Travel Agents can now have easy access to extensive European Rail content following the deal between Amadeus and Rail Europe 4A. Rail Europe 4A distributes and promotes European Railway products, as well as Amtrak, the US rail operator, in the 4A’s; Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Africa & the Middle East and South America.
This new partnership between Amadeus and Rail Europe shows that travel agencies are seeing a rise in demand for rail products from their customers and it also highlights the revival of rail travel throughout Europe.
12 Nov 2009
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China High Speed Railway Summit 2009
Today is the start of the 2 day programme taking place in Beijing. It is the 4th annual China High-Speed Railway summit and will bring together more than 200 high level participants from across the globe, including government authorities, railway operators, manufacturers and IT solutions providers. The major developments of High Speed projects in China will be presented to the key players in the rail industry and they will have the chance to discuss, exchange view points and network.
China is a particularly attractive market as it has a rapidly growing high speed network and the government has planned to invest a huge amount of money in the coming years. According to China’s Mid and Long Term Network plan, China is to finish construction of its high speed network linking key cities composed of four north-south lines and four east-west lines by 2020. The total length is to reach 12,500km with most of the lines opening at a speed of 200km/h or above.
24 Sep 2009
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Results of the poll "How do you find out how to get from the airport to city centre?"
83% of you take a taxi from the airport to your final destination while 17% check on the airport website before departing to find the transport options.
many of the airport websites are full of detail giving the traveller good local knowledge on how to get to the city downtown. Amadeus CheckMyTrip is a great way of finding out more about your destination. Just type in your booking reference and lastname and your are given useful links and information about your destination.
18 Sep 2009