But is Amtrak working off -- I'm talking about passenger rail now -- because some of these corridors, particularly the East Coast corridor into Washington is very sensitive.

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If (low-cost, high-speed rail) is a success I can imagine for cross-border lines the next years there will be opportunities to go to Brussels and Amsterdam, and perhaps from and to London and to Spain.

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It had been open just one day when I arrived, and the new rail service would save me from retracing the uncomfortable five-hour bus trip I had endured to get here from the tourist hub of Guilin city, about 150km to the southeast.

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Again, I don't know what message Eric Cantor delivers when he tells you in Washington that it hasn't, but then tells his constituents, gee, I hope we get this grant to build high-speed rail in the district and create jobs.

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"From what I gather Wellington will be sufficient in terms of length of platform - Network Rail may have a different view, " he said.

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I've asked the Welsh Liberal Democrats for details of the other Welsh rail investment projects Mr Clegg said his Government had announced - I'll publish them here when I get them.

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"Given the funding, I would say that it is fairly likely that at least a few moderate-speed rail projects will eventually be completed, " said O'Toole.

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Everywhere I go, I see it with my own eyes -- like energy-efficiency and high-speed rail, relatively small amounts of recovery dollars will leverage very, very large investments in those areas.

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Price: Advantage Rail Europe, based on the search I did for this column: a one-way, Milan-Florence ticket, for November 10th around noon.

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