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| Kuvvaci   Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Istanbul
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|  High Speed Trains of Europe Countries with high-speed rail networks in operation : France, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom. Countries planning high-speed rail :Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey. French-Belgian-German-Dutch Thalys trains  Eurostar and Thalys  Thalys 300 km/h  Eurostar trains connect London with Paris and Brussels through the Channel Tunnel. 300 km/h   France:  Top Speed:300-320 km/h French The Réseau-class TGV   TGV Duplex trainset  Avignon TGV station  Paris Gare de Lyon  TGV Sud-Est  TGV Atlantique  Germany:   ICE network in Germany Red: 300 km/h Orange: 250 km/h Blue: 200-230 km/h Grey: Conventional lines 3rd Generation ICE train  ICE-TD  ICE-T2  Italy:  Italian Eurostar ETR500 Top Speed:250-300km/h  Norway: Flytoget at Oslo S speeds of up to 210 km/h  Portugal: Alfa Pendular Top Speed:220 km/h.  Spain: Alta Velocidad Española (AVE) Top Speed:350 km/h AVE "Alstom" trainsets  AVE "Talgo 350"  United Kingdom  No current British domestic high-speed trains are able to operate above 200km/h, however several proposals put forward since construction of the CTRL may finally see trains like this GNER Eurostar operate at its full potential  The Advanced Passenger Train was Britain's first attempt at avoiding building a true high-speed line  The Pendolino was Britain's second attempt at avoiding building a true high-speed railway. Its immediate success is encouraging proposals for further domestic routes.  to be continued... Last edited by RWC-04; 24th November 2006 at 07:50. | |||||||||||
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20th November 2006, 23:38
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| Latinamerican Pioneer   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: BAQ-BOG-CTG, Colombia
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| Brithis don´t have high speed trains?? 
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21st November 2006, 10:44
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| Europe needs better highspeed transnational rails and they oughta consider doing something about the pricing, It's not too expensive but why it's cheaper to travel in Europe by air than rail these days lol Last edited by nebuchadnezzar; 21st November 2006 at 10:50. | |||||||||||
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22nd November 2006, 08:31
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| Planned Or Consturcting Lines SWITZERLAND  SBB has committed itself to a long-term vision of rail travel in Switzerland, entailing major efficiency improvements over the system as operated in the final years of the 20th century. This includes half-hourly services in each direction on all significant routes ICNThe top speed is set to rise from 180km/h to 220km/h  French TGV and German ICE lines extend into Switzerland, but given the dense rail traffic and the short distances between Swiss cities they currently do not attain speeds higher than 160 km/h there AlpTransit project will help the trains to reach to 250 km/h  Testing the TGV POS in Suisse   TURKEY  Turkey has started building high-speed rail lines in 2003. The first line, from İstanbul (Turkey's largest city) via Eskişehir to Ankara (capital of Turkey), is under construction and will open in 2007 reducing the traveling time from 6–7 hours to 3 hours 10 minutes. The Ankara - Konya line began construction in 2006. A travel time of 70 minutes is foreseen for this track. Several other lines between major cities such as Ankara - Afyon - Uşak - İzmir, Ankara - Yozgat - Sivas, İstanbul - Bursa, İstanbul - Kapıkule (Bulgarian border) are planned to be built in coming years   http://www.railway-technology.com/pr...istanbul4.html SWEDEN Sweden today runs many trains at 200 km/h, including the X2 tilting trains, widebody and double-decker regional trains, and the Arlanda Airport Express X3. The X2 runs between main cities like Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and the Arlanda Express trains run between Stockholm and Arlanda airport. Hundreds of kilometres of track are ready for 250 km/h operation, with the exception of the signalling system, catenary, and the trains. A test train, called "the Green Train" is being tested at 280 km/h. Around year 2015 a 180 km long part of the railway Stockholm-Malmö will run at 250 km/h speed. The Bothnia Railway, Botniabanan, under construction, will allow 250 km/h. [6]. The average speed of Botniabanan will be limited since it will be single track  The X2000 trains feature an aerodynamic bullet nose  RUSSIA Track between Saint Petersburg and Moscow is being updated to allow German ICEs, bought by Russia, to reach 250 km/h (150 mph) by 2008.   AUSTRIA  The Austrian Western Railway is being upgraded and partially rebuilt, and will in future allow the German ICE trains currently running on the line to break the 200 km/h barrier.  Vienna West Station  Last edited by RWC-04; 24th November 2006 at 07:48. | |||||||||||
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