More than 11 miles of the new high-speed line would go through the area, according to the council.
Plus, how do you get a high-speed line into Edinburgh from the south-west?
Even the new proposed high-speed line in Britain has been shown to yield a benefit-cost ratio of around two-to-one.
The financial troubles of Britain's plan for a high-speed line from London to the Channel is evidence of that.
She also foresees a spur linking Britain's only existing high-speed line (from the Channel Tunnel to London's St Pancras station) to Heathrow airport.
But history counsels caution, too: Britain's only existing high-speed line, from London to the Channel Tunnel, has never come close to achieving its projected passenger numbers.
Eurostar has cancelled all its services for the remainder of the day because of the closure of the high-speed line in France and Belgium due to snow.
In Spain, a high-speed line between Madrid and Seville is so successful that more people travel between those cities by rail than by car and airplane combined.
It sounds pleasingly grand, but history counsels caution: Britain's only existing high-speed line (which connects London with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel) has failed to attract as many passengers as hoped.
In green transportation news, China unveiled the world's longest high-speed rail line this week.
Last month saw the opening of a new high-speed rail line and the city's first subway.
Plans to extend Kent's high-speed rail line from Ashford to Ramsgate have been discussed with a government minister.
Her first success: a high-speed bus line in the Bronx, which she says has reduced commute times by 24%.
Extending the HS2 high-speed rail line from Birmingham to the north of England.
Villages across north Warwickshire will be hit by the next stage of high-speed rail line plans from Birmingham to Nottingham.
But mention the high-speed rail line, HS2, which will connect London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds and there is a change of tone.
I've opted not to lose any sleep over this dilemma for now, as the prospect of a high-speed rail line seems impossibly distant.
Residents in the the path of the planned HS2 high-speed rail line have been holding a series of public meetings over their concerns.
It will be Europe's first private high-speed rail line, called the Italo, when it begins its first runs between Milan and Rome next year.
The city is getting an extensive new bus system, and the much-touted Gautrain is a high-speed train line that will link Jo' burg and Pretoria.
Britain's first high-speed rail line was opened by Eurostar last November.
The Department for Transport in Britain launched a sale of the rights to operate the high-speed rail line that connects London to the Channel Tunnel.
It said the site would be linked to London by the existing HS1 high-speed rail line, the A2 and M20 and to Europe via the Eurostar service.
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In Wisconsin, the outgoing governor Jim Doyle claimed over 4, 700 jobs directly related to the high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison would have been realized at the height of construction.
Situated about 12 km west of central Hong Kong, the park will be linked to the airport and the urban area by a spur from the existing high-speed rail line to the airport, and by highway and by ferry.
Preliminary estimates suggest that the cost of constructing a high-speed railway line and acquiring trains to run on them would be in the range of Rs. 70 crore to Rs. 100 crore per km, translating to at least Rs. 37, 000 crore for a Mumbai-Ahmedabad line.
And by the way, this high-speed rail line is being funded by the Recovery Act. (Applause.) And one other thing we can start doing for jobs here in America that I mentioned last night -- I talked about this all through the campaign.
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The 68-mile high speed railway line runs from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel opening at Folkestone in Kent.
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