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.
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.
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.
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 proposed route for the high speed rail line HS2 ignores Stoke-on-Trent, according to some city residents.
In the richest country in the world, the only line that passes for "high-speed rail" is Amtrak's built-too-wide Acela train, which runs between Boston, New York, and Washington at an average speed of about 80mph.
And Japan, the nation that unveiled the first high-speed rail system, is already at work building the next: a line that will connect Tokyo with Osaka at speeds of over 300 miles per hour.
It also considered the case for a high speed rail link between London and south Wales as well as an improved north-south line.
Meanwhile, the entry into service of Virgin Rail's new high-speed tilting trains on Britain's London-Glasgow line was marred by delays and cancellations: plainly Euston had a problem.
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.
The high-speed rail link - HS2 - promises to cut journey times and relieve congestion on the West Coast Main Line.
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