Kent County Council (KCC) wants the line extended to cut the journey time to Manston Airport from London.
The planned new 250mph rail route between London and Birmingham aims to cut the journey time to 49 minutes.
This would aim to reduce journey times between Inverness and the central belt by up to 30 minutes and cut the journey between Aberdeen and Edinburgh by up to 20 minutes.
Ten minutes is being cut to the journey time between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Improving the line between Ashford and Thanet could easily cut another 10 minutes off the journey time.
The route would cut journey times to about 50 minutes, with work due to begin in 2015 if the plan is approved.
For some of the city's poorest residents, the BRT has cut their journey time to work by half.
The high-speed rail link - HS2 - promises to cut journey times and relieve congestion on the West Coast Main Line.
The bridge will cut 80 minutes off the road-and-ferry journey from Kobe to Tokushima, one of the bigger towns on the island of Shikoku beyond Awaji, and will be something of a tourist attraction.
The new route will cut journey times to Paris by 20 minutes to two hours and 15 minutes, and to Brussels by 25 minutes to one hour and 51 minutes.
The Leeds to Manchester journey will be cut from an hour to 45 minutes, in plans expected to be announced in the government's Autumn Statement.
BBC: Electrified train lines to cut TransPennine journey times
The A9 Perth to Inverness Economic Appraisal Study estimated journey times could be cut by 22 minutes and predicted that 724 jobs could be created in the short-term - rising to 4, 500 over 30 years.
It is hoped the new system will help cut jams and make journey times more reliable.
The Highways Agency says dualling the road will cut down on accidents and improve journey times.
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It is an unforgettable, magical journey, where you are cut off from the rest of the world and thrust into what little nature remains of this vast tropical island.
In Los Angeles, the space shuttle Endeavor's final journey is causing controversy, as more than 400 trees are being cut down to make way for the spacecraft.
Of greater interest to British tourists - skiers like me - is that the journey time from London to Milan will be cut to just six hours.
Anyone who can cut 15 minutes off my journey time from Edinburgh airport to Kirkcaldy by ending the bridge tolls is the man for me.
The opening of a new British high-speed rail section last November cut Eurostar journey times between London and Paris by 20 minutes.
Train journey times between Leeds and Manchester are to be cut under plans to electrify the North TransPennine Express rail route.
BBC: Electrified train lines to cut TransPennine journey times
Bus journey times in peak periods have been cut by as much as 70% in the small area covered by the scheme.
The minister said funds were allocated for "thousands of new carriages across the country, electrifying swathes of the rail network, and redeveloping many of our great railway stations" to address "crowding, cut journey times and improve passenger experience".
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