Services are severely disrupted on Southeastern Trains and there is only one Gatwick Express train an hour.
"Services between London and Swansea currently operate at a frequency of only one train an hour off-peak, " he added.
Network Rail said there would be an extra train per hour on the Coventry to Nuneaton line to help ease congestion.
In January, Network Rail said there would be an extra train per hour on the Coventry to Nuneaton line to help ease congestion.
That would include one additional train hourly both ways between Manchester and Birmingham, via Stone, and a further freight train every hour each way through Stafford, it said.
The plan is to have the link operational by 2017 with one train per hour from Reading to Oxford and Bedford, with the Oxford to Bedford stretch taking 60 minutes.
The grandmother of a baby born on a rush-hour train has said the mother and infant are "doing really well".
Then in June 1988 a rush hour train ran into the back of another at Paris's Gare de Lyon killing 59.
Metro-North President Howard Permut predicted a "normal" rush-hour train schedule Wednesday morning.
The 140-mile-per-hour train is a core part of London's Olympic transportation plans.
But last summer, fed up with the 25-hour train trip to see his family, Mr. Zhang moved to Chongqing and joined Quanta.
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Roughly half-way through the 33-hour train ride, at a time when many passengers are dozing in the oppressive afternoon heat, a series of subtle yet significant changes begins to unfold.
The main convention hall accommodates more than 5, 000 spectators, making it one of the largest in the world -- but only by squeezing in so many seats that a Tokyo rush-hour train feels almost roomy by comparison.
As someone who does regularly travel across Europe I just cannot see myself not using the 12 hour (including all connections, hanging around at the airport etc) route from Usti nad Labem in the Czech Republic to Faro in Portugal in favour of the 48-56 hour train trip between the same places.
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Similarly, it's only 40 miles from Manchester to Leeds, but the fastest train takes nearly an hour.
Norwich is currently about a one-and-a-half-hour direct train route from Stratford where the Olympic Park is situated.
Before gaining access to equipment, much of which can leave operators without a digit if used incorrectly, members train in three-hour classes certifying their abilities.
During a three hour Acela train ride to New York from Massachusetts on Oct. 24, those stories had me thinking about the small town that made me, to the big cities that broke me.
Rush hour on the train is an experience, but maybe more of an experience than you need.
Our train averaged 185 miles per hour during the 923-mile trip from Shanghai to Beijing.
Half an hour down the train tracks from Brussels, Ghent is the kind of classic Belgian city whose affluent, picturesque cobbled streets attract tourists throughout the year.
You can either while away an hour-long train journey getting lost in a paperback, or alternatively you could bury your head in some absorbing prose on a screen two inches (4cm) wide.
Half an hour away by train and less than half the size, Bruges felt more packed than Ghent and far more touristy, the streets leading off the Markt choked with lace and chocolate shops.
Some of the children travelled to performing arts school in London by train and underground during the rush hour, the jury heard.
Somehow I got on the last train back to Connecticut before a several hour shutdown of service came on.
Liverpool have finally arrived in Madrid after a 24-hour trip by coach, train and plane for Thursday's Europa League semi-final first leg match against Atletico.
It is an hour at least before the Toronto train comes into the station, but it seems hardly any time at all.
His client's decision to trigger the emergency brake lowered the train's speed to 45 miles per hour from 73 mph and likely saved lives, Mr. Cahill said.
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The traveler stumbles bleary-eyed into the crowded arrival hall, only to face another two- to four-hour journey either by bus or train (a taxi ride would bankrupt an Arab prince) into the city.
Ladies and gentlemen, like a corridor, right here from Tampa to Orlando -- (applause) -- so you'll be able to get on a train here to Orlando in less than an hour, without battling traffic and congestion, arrive at your destination.
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