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August 08, 2010: City could swap bendy buses for a new Ultra Light Rail system

May 18, 2010: Hitachi aims to close UK train deal by March 2011

November 28, 2009: Madrid to London via Paris in eight hours by rail

November 27, 2009: Hitachi’s Bullet Train to Vie With TGV on French Soil

November 02, 2009: Spain’s ailing airlines suffer significant bullet wound

September 01, 2009: New 10-year strategy for Great Western railway

August 17, 2009: Race is on for Birmingham's high-speed rail line

August 06, 2009: RMT welcomes government drive to high-speed rail

August 05, 2009: Lord Adonis: 'High speed rail has well and truly arrived in Britain'

August 05, 2009: High-speed rail in France: Way out in front – and pushing further ahead

August 05, 2009: Canadian momentum builds for high-speed rail lines

August 05, 2009: High-speed rail in the United States: Back on track after 50 years of neglect

August 05, 2009: High-speed rail in Spain: From Madrid to Barcelona in a flash

August 05, 2009: High-speed rail in Germany: Inter-city planes are grounded by faster trains

August 05, 2009: High-speed rail in China: Key journey times halved in building frenzy

August 05, 2009: High-speed rail in Japan: From bullets to magic leviathan

August 02, 2009: Don't let the defeatists and cynics talk down Britain's need for speed

August 02, 2009: Rail chance of a lifetime to electrify the Valley lines

July 31, 2009: Tories ask funding questions about Adonis’s £1.1bn electrification plan

July 23, 2009: Electric trains to cut UK travel times

July 22, 2009: London to Cardiff rail line will be electrified to cut carbon footprint

October 30, 2008: Minister backs electric rail routes

September 01, 2008: China sets sights on rail record

August 27, 2008: Romantics love high speed trains but ministers are reluctant to get on board

July 22, 2008: Germany checks axles of ICE 3 fleet after train accident

July 18, 2008: Plan for £30bn high-speed rail link

July 14, 2008: Fortescue opens the world's heaviest haul railway in Australia

July 09, 2008: Europe's rail renaissance on track

June 24, 2008: High-speed rail ‘the viable alternative to Heathrow expansion’ says RMT

June 22, 2008: RMT welcomes high-speed rail review

June 15, 2008: RMT to host major European conference on resisting rail privatisation

June 13, 2008: When it comes to railways, the government is on the wrong track

June 06, 2008: High-speed rail travel is not a green option, say ministers

March 30, 2008: Bus lane scheme hits the buffers

March 29, 2008: Transrapid Technology Headed for China?

March 19, 2008: Tram-trains to get first UK trial

March 09, 2008: Labour eyes £31bn high-speed rail plan

March 05, 2008: 'Big shift' to rail urged for UK

March 03, 2008: Engineers bypass railway work

February 21, 2008: Rail white paper 'keeps status quo'

February 06, 2008: France's Alstom launches faster high-speed train

January 04, 2008: Showcase ERTMS train project ‘too complex’

November 02, 2007: UK railways boss plans prefabricated stations

October 10, 2007: 2017 start date for Great Western ERTMS upgrade

September 26, 2007: Maglev takes off in Munich, but critics aim to stop 'vanity project'

September 21, 2007: Tories show true colours with anti-rail manifesto

September 06, 2007: Eurostar sets Paris-London rail record

September 02, 2007: Three charged over German Transrapid rail deaths

August 29, 2007: New trains 'too heavy for tracks'

August 27, 2007: Cumbria rail crash report to question safety of 1960s track technology

August 19, 2007: UK's fastest train on track for 2009 start

August 16, 2007: Bidders line up for £4bn train contract

August 12, 2007: The man who saved time

August 03, 2007: Mind the Crossrail funding gap

August 02, 2007: Green light for PPM to pioneer new rail policy

August 02, 2007: Network Rail's communications system will already be obsolete in 2013

June 19, 2007: London to Midlands in 45mins on a double-deck express train

June 17, 2007: Taxpayers to bail out Galileo EU satellite project as PPP faces collapse

April 30, 2007: V150: Entente discordiale

April 08, 2007: Super trains leave Britain behind

April 03, 2007: Toot Sweet! - French Train Tops 350 MPH to Break Record

March 22, 2007: China announces RMB 56.1 billion Maglev extension routes

March 11, 2007: New signalling system stuck in sidings

March 09, 2007: Network Rail timetables key outsourcing move

March 04, 2007: Scramble to board China express

February 15, 2007: Computerised training plan for UK train drivers

January 22, 2007: Passenger road-rail vehicle trial trip in Shizuoka, Japan

January 15, 2007: New CRH bullet train to be tested for operation

January 01, 2007: Japanese train company to debut dual-use bus and rail vehicle

December 28, 2006: 'High-speed rail routes a priority'

December 17, 2006: Alstom Aims for Rail-Speed Record With Upgraded TGV

December 06, 2006: Scots seek 150-minute rail link from London to Glasgow

December 04, 2006: Israel's NICE gets order from Network Rail

December 01, 2006: Urgent action needed on transport capacity, says RMT

November 01, 2006: Work to start on ERTMS system to up rail capacity

October 23, 2006: Anti-flu spray could be used on UK's trains

October 19, 2006: Network Rail to automate timetables

October 18, 2006: 'Landmark' ruling for Thameslink

October 17, 2006: Digital sensors will reduce gap between trains during rush hour

October 10, 2006: Nortel Communications for French-Spanish High Speed Rail

October 09, 2006: Magnetic railway pedestrian gates

October 01, 2006: Germany's Troubles With Transrapid Continue

October 01, 2006: SNP promises 220mph train link with London

September 22, 2006: Monorail train crash leaves 23 dead

September 22, 2006: After 25 years, how the TGV reinvented the railway for France

September 20, 2006: Train that changed a nation celebrates its 25th anniversary

September 01, 2006: Heartbreak and tears as rail-making bids farewell to Workington

August 30, 2006: We don't need the 200mph rail link, says man from BA

August 28, 2006: Gauge change technology hopes to overcome European differences

August 28, 2006: From the past: Mechanic designs rail safety system

August 17, 2006: Crunch Time At Eurotunnel

August 17, 2006: Rail maintenance staff issued with handhelds

August 17, 2006: Corus to build rail welding centre

August 14, 2006: Mountain railway makes tracks for record books

August 13, 2006: Ebbw Vale-Newport rail link put back into next decade

August 10, 2006: Remote checks for rail safety

August 06, 2006: Alice Springs and Darwin rail link reaches half way stage to completion

August 06, 2006: £19bn plan for high speed rail link

August 05, 2006: Paddington station span saved from demolition

August 05, 2006: Latest rail-service plan might be on right track

July 20, 2006: Network Rail upgrades security patrol systems

July 03, 2006: Work begins on Alps rail tunnel

July 03, 2006: Work on new high-speed rail link to Paris begins

June 30, 2006: The station at the top of the world

June 07, 2006: Push from pipedream to cross-London rail tunnel

June 06, 2006: High-speed rail would stop Heathrow 'choking on its own congestion'

May 20, 2006: Celebrations crown centenary of the Simplon tunnel

May 09, 2006: High-speed trains to take on planes

May 08, 2006: Wheels in motion for £15bn rail link

May 04, 2006: EU Transport committee backs European Rail Traffic Management System

April 27, 2006: Shanghai's airport rail link declared fully operational

April 13, 2006: Japan: World's first fuel cell powered train to be produced

April 08, 2006: China announces plan to build 11 high speed railways

April 04, 2006: Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail to be built

March 31, 2006: Asia's longest land tunnel railway in operation

March 17, 2006: The little train that could

March 14, 2006: Beijing approves one of two 'maglev' rail lines

March 09, 2006: High-speed rail to use local technology

March 05, 2006: Intercity 125s to be replaced by greener machines

March 05, 2006: China to begin work on Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev rail line this year

February 24, 2006: China approves second high-speed German magnev rail link - govt source

January 29, 2006: 200mph north-south rail link plan

January 25, 2006: Network Rail Tax credit ID theft to be probed by Info Commissioner

January 25, 2006: China to adopt high-speed wheel/rail technology and ditch high-speed 'Maglev'

January 15, 2006: Eddington's Rocket: the jet train to shrink Britain

January 08, 2006: Channel tunnel "not viable", says economist

January 06, 2006: France will run trains free from fossil fuel, says Chirac

January 03, 2006: Shunt the pathetic Pacer trains off to the scrapyard

January 03, 2006: S Wales trains are Britain's most unreliable

December 19, 2005: Objections threaten to derail railway link

December 16, 2005: Rail deal keeping Corus on track

December 14, 2005: Experts want high-speed rail link

December 14, 2005: UK government set to approve north-south high speed rail line - source

December 09, 2005: Edinburgh and Glasgow back 200mph train link

October 11, 2005: ITCS: A New Approach To Increasing Capacity

September 10, 2005: Internet access on the move for travellers

August 22, 2005: 113 million euros for 'Transrapid' magnetic levitation

August 17, 2005: Trial set for £60m rail safety system

August 17, 2005: France-Spain: high speed rail link

August 17, 2005: East Japan Railway Begins Testing New Bullet Train

August 09, 2005: Hovertrain to cut London-Glasgow time to two hours

July 28, 2005: Transport for London trials of mobile phone network on the Tube

June 25, 2005: SRA swan song sets train protection back 10 years

June 07, 2005: China's 270mph flying train could run London to Glasgow

May 23, 2005: FGW to offer Wi-Fi for computer users at 85 stations

May 05, 2005: Crocodile’s Breath

February 02, 2005: Rail communications system nears completion