Eurostar targets London-Paris train speed record
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Eurostar plans to set a Paris to London  rail speed record on Tuesday on the first train to use UK's  long-awaited high speed track at over 186 miles per hour.
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The train that derailed in eastern Australia Tuesday and saw at least 100 people injured was going at twice the permitted speed, according to information from the black box it carried.
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PARIS (BBC News) - Train service in France has almost returned to normal levels as strikes by rail workers over pension reform plans wind down.  High speed TGV trains were operating normally and most regional trains were running, said rail operator SNCF.  Eurostar trains between London and Paris were also running normally as thousands of England and South Africa fans streamed into the French capital to watch their teams play. The protest stems from plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy to end retirement privileges which let some public sector workers retire at 50 on full pensions. German Locomotive Engineers to resume Strike Monday BERLIN (Tagesschau) - Locomotive Engineers Union GDL has announced it will begin another round of potentially crippling strikes on Monday against Deutsche Bahn, the German rail network and Germany's largest employer. This week's strikes caused some disruption, but failed to achieve the desired full paralysis of German rail due to an injunction forbidding strikers to shut down freight and long-distance rail, but GDL deputy boss Claus Weselsky told the German press Saturdays that the union is actively seeking to overturn the court order, and cautioned Germans dependent on rail as a means of travel to be prepared for a worsening of conditions next week.
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More than 80,000 pupils from 520 schools across the UK are hoping to set a new world record for a "walking bus".
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Prime Minister Tony Blair unveils Britain's first 125mph Pendolino tilting train, in London.
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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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Paris, one of London&#39;s four rivals to host the 2012 Olympic Games, revealed details of its 3,200-page bid document today, focusing on the city&#39;s &quot;love of the Games&quot;.
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A new fleet of faster, longer trains is promised on four Tube lines as part of a huge investment programme.
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Tickets for the first Eurostar trains to run from St Pancras railway station from November, go on sale.
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A Eurostar will arrive in the centre of London at 8.45am tomorrow. Nothing unusual in that, but the train won't be pulling into Waterloo station.
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Travel: A new route from Madrid to Malaga marks the final link in a luxurious rail trip from London to the Costa del Sol. Robin McKie puts it to the test
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More than 1 billion train journeys were made in the UK last year - the most since the late 1950s.
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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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EURONEXT has made an approach to the London Stock Exchange, increasing the possibility of a bidding war between Paris and Frankfurt for control of Europeâs largest equity market.
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Eurostar workers will stage a 24-hour walk-out over a pay dispute on August 28, their union announces.
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Eurostar has reported a jump in first half sales that it partially attributes to growing passenger preference for trains over planes in order to curb pollution.
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Electronic signs and a voice recording are part of a new system being tested to give subway riders accurate information about the arrival time of trains.