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unusual facts about High Speed Rail



Chongqing West Railway Station

This station should not be confused with the nearby Shapingba Railway Station, which is an existing station currently being majorly renovated for High Speed Rail use as of 2013.

Kent Route Utilisation Strategy

Uniquely, this RUS area encompasses the only dedicated very high-speed railway in the United Kingdom, the so-called High Speed 1 (HS1), over which domestic, as opposed to the established international, services started a few weeks prior to publication of the RUS.

Track brake

In a different context, some high speed trains, such as the Adtranz X 2000 on Swedish State Railways, are fitted with the equipment, again for emergency use only.


see also

Bangalore high-speed rail link

The Bangalore high-speed rail link (HSRL) is a proposed high-speed rail line to connect Bangalore's city center with Kempegowda International Airport (BIA) at Devanahalli.

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Construction of the library ran into huge cost overruns and technical difficulties related to its high-rise design, so much so that it was referred to as the "TGB" or "Très Grande Bibliothèque" (i.e. "Very Large Library," a sarcastic allusion to France's successful high-speed rail system, the TGV).

California High-Speed Rail

On October 2, 2009, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled California's official application for ARRA high-speed rail stimulus funding.

The California Legislative Analyst's Office published recommendations on May 10, 2011, which they said will help the high-speed rail project be developed successfully.

Ciudad Real

It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles (185 km) to the north.

Datong–Xi'an Passenger Railway

The high speed rail line will run down the length of Shanxi Province from Datong in the north through Shuozhou, Xinzhou, the provincial capital Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Linfen and Yuncheng.

David Valadao

In July 2013, the non-profit group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed an ethics complaint against Valadao with the Office of Congressional Ethics for allegedly failing to disclose the impact that his opposition to proposed high-speed rail routes would have on the value of Valadao Dairy properties.

Eugene K. Garfield

He served as the primary advisor to the Governor of Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation on the development of a high speed rail system in Florida.

Heathwick

The scheme envisages a 35-mile high-speed rail route linking the two airports in 15 minutes, with trains travelling at a top speed of 180 mph parallel to the M25 and passengers passing through immigration or check-in only once.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

Hsu Chun-yat

In May 2013, due to the continuing delay of Taoyuan International Airport MRT completion and the resignation of Chu Shu, former Bureau of High Speed Rail director-general, Hsu was assigned to oversee the operation of the bureau.

Kazan–Passazhirskaya

As a preparation for the 2013 Summer Universiade, Russian Railways plans to create a high-speed rail service between the station and the airport (aeroexpress).

Old Oak Common railway station

When asked about a High Speed Rail / Crossrail interchange at Old Oak Common, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond stated "Lug your heavy bags down a couple of escalators along 600m of corridor and then change trains at a wet suburban station somewhere in north west London. That is not an option.".

Orlando International Airport

On February 16, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott formally announced that he would be rejecting federal funds to construct a high-speed railway project in the state, thereby killing the Florida High Speed Rail project.

Palmdale Transportation Center

It may also be a future station of the planned Desert Xpress high-speed rail line to Las Vegas upon completion of the California High-Speed Rail line.

Penang–Singapore High Speed Rail

On February 19, 2013, Singapore and Malaysia have officially agreed to build a high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by 2020 at a meeting between Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak in Singapore.

PKP rail line 4

On August 29, 2009, PKP signed a contract with Thales Rail Signalling to install European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 1 signalling on the CMK rail line, a very modern signalling system which is being installed throughout the European Union particularly on high-speed rail lines.

Shenzhen North Railway Station

Influenced by the 2011 Wenzhou high-speed train rear-end accident, coupled with the Chinese government beginning to reflect on the construction of all high-speed rail, this caused a slow down in high-speed rail construction and other issues.

Sperenberg Airfield

With high speed rail connections to both via ICE from the Berlin area, both airports were in strong competition.

Thanet

New high speed rail links from London to Thanet began in December 2009, and it is now possible to travel from Margate to St Pancras railway station at an average speed of 60 miles per hour (about 96 km/h).