But a spokesman for Stansted said people from the Midlands already had direct rail access to the airport.
The new Southeastern HighSpeed service has transformed rail access to London, and also offers big time savings for journeys to places via Stratford, King's Cross, St Pancras and Euston.
He said poor rail and roads access, especially in north Devon, meant the number of houses proposed was unsustainable.
East Midlands Trains (EMT) said Network Rail engineers needed track access to carry out repair works.
Rail finance is under acute strain because the rail regulator has reduced access charges paid by the train-operating and freight companies.
Many of them such as investments in high-speed rail, expanded Internet access and more infrastructure spending were central to his stimulus plan of 2009.
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It would connect with NJT commuter line and the Hudson-Bergen light rail and offer NJ commuters direct access to the east side of Manhattan instead of just dumping them at Penn Station.
Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail.
Within 25 years, 80% of Americans should have access to high-speed rail.
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Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80% of Americans access to high-speed rail, which could allow you go places in half the time it takes to travel by car.
Within 25 years, our goal is to have 80 percent of Americans with access to high-speed rail, which could allow you to go to places in half the time it takes by car.
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Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail. (Applause.) This could allow you to go places in half the time it takes to travel by car.
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The new rail station rule is intended to give passengers better access to intercity, commuter and high-speed train travel across the country.
Another example of exporting prowess is TDSi, a small Dorset firm that designs access-control systems for offices, airports and rail networks.
Meanwhile, the official Twitter feed for the two airports in Paris warns that rail travel in the French capital is seriously disrupted Tuesday, making access to the airport difficult.
The Long Island East Side Access project, now under construction, will allow Long Island Rail Road commuters to travel to a new terminus in Grand Central.
Blocked roads and bridges, lack of rail and small upcountry airfields, coupled with rain and snow, made swift access impossible except by helicopter.
And that means competition is going to be much more fierce and the winners of this competition will be the countries that have the most educated workers, a serious commitment to research and technology, and access to quality infrastructure like roads and airports and high-speed rail and high-speed Internet.
It will ease access to bare, gritty platforms for Amtrak, NJ Transit and Long Island Rail Road.
Earlier this month, Network Rail installed a temporary footbridge next to Middlegreen bridge, which will maintain pedestrian and cycle access.
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To build the infrastructure of tomorrow, we're investing in expanded broadband access and health information technology, clean energy facilities and the first high-speed rail network in America.
And the rail operator says it will provide better on-board services, new ticket machines and wireless internet access at stations and on trains.
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Bovis Homes Ltd has already secured the land required for three other access points, having acquired land from Whitworths, the borough council and land owned by Network Rail.
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