Eurostar inaugurates UK high-speed track
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Will attempt Paris-London in 2hrs 15mins Eurostar will this morning try to set a new Paris-London time record during the inaugural run along the recently-completed British "High Speed 1" track to St Pancras International station, Reuters reports.â¦
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Business & money: Former administrator of Railtrack to be put in charge of London Underground maintenance firm tomorrow.
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Eurostar has set another record for train travel with its inaugural service between Brussels and the new London St Pancras terminal. It broke the two-hour barrier, travelling at speeds of more than 186mph through Kent into London. The 232-mile journey from Brussels Midi station to St Pancras took one hour, 43 minutes, shaving 20 minutes off the time it currently takes to Waterloo. A new record for the Paris to London St Pancras route was set on 4 September.
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Safety checks were carried out on railway tracks across Britain on Sunday after a high speed train crash in northern England killed an elderly woman and seriously injured several other passengers.
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A defective track caused a high-speed train accident in northwest England which killed an elderly woman and seriously injured five other people, according to the boss of the train company involved.
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Business & money: Â· Weather-related delays rose by 500,000 minutesÂ· Regulator may impose fine over signalling upgrade
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Britain's first biodiesel train is being launched as part of an attempt to make rail travel greener.
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LONDON, England -- Eurostar, the high-speed passenger services, is celebrating 10 years of service between Britain, France and Belgium.
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Virgin's high-speed tilting trains have experienced difficulties on its first day of passenger services.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair unveils Britain's first 125mph Pendolino tilting train, in London.
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Eurostar will begin selling through fares from 68 UK towns and cities to Paris from 14 November.
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Seven European high-speed rail companies form an alliance to make it easier to book international train tickets.
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The Queen opens a transformed St Pancras station and new Channel Tunnel rail terminal for Eurostar.
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Eurostar is set to make its inaugural journey from Paris to London via a new 186mph high-speed line.
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Safety checks were carried out on  railway tracks across Britain on Sunday after a high speed  train crash in northern England killed an elderly woman and  seriously injured several other passengers.
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Business: 21 October 2004, Thursday. About EUR 825 M will be necessary for the construction of high-speed railways, expected to start between 2008 and 2015.
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Record attempt ready to go A British steam car is in the final stages of preparation for an attempt on the land speed record, or at least the steam-powered version of it.â¦