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    Eurostar E300 replacements?

    Not just the e300s need replacing; the 10 TGV-Rs on Paris to Amsterdam services are of similar age.
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    For an exam project: I need a bit more info on The Great Train Robbery.

    Had Mills died, there is a good chance Biggs and some of the others would have hanged for murder.
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    How was passenger travel handled during WW2?

    I can believe that. Soldiers will sleep anywhere and anytime they can. I believe that a lot of the personnel on the East Anglian airbases would head into London when on leave passes. Many of them were close to stations, like North Weald and Hornchurch.
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    Eurotunnel operator, GetLink offers to subsidise new cross-Channel rail services

    This is already happening with lorries on Le Shuttle: https://www.eurotunnelfreight.com/uk/about/border-requirements/arrival-in-folkestone/
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    Examples of non "LGV" passenger services using High Speed Lines in Europe.

    HS1 does get plenty of freight, but I don't think that counts here.
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    Language requirements for staff working cross border train services.

    Eurostar job advert that might be of interest: https://apply.workable.com/eurostar/j/2430E56EA4/ https://www.efset.org/cefr/b1/
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    Railways in Nigeria discussion

    Did anyone see the Michael Palin documentary where he visited Nigeria? He actually went on one of the trains there. One thing that makes it clear that Nigeria, with its heavily growing population, needs to improve its railway network - and this was shown on the programme - as that there's an...
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    Brightline West construction begins

    It's running in the central reservation of the I-15? That sounds a bit risky if there's a pile-up.
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    ‘Must do’ European Loco Hauled Services

    The Strasbourg-Basel TER services, with Corrail stock.
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    How far in advance are railtours announced?

    You may also want to join the mailing lists of the various tour companies.
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    Southern Region newspaper trains 1950s/60s

    Were the MLVs ever considered for passenger use?
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    HSTs in Mexico - news and progress updates

    That's true of any train.
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    HSTs in Mexico - news and progress updates

    Maybe I used the wrong adjective, but when the HST project started, who would have thought the APT would be a static display in Crewe and the HST running in Mexico?
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    HSTs in Mexico - news and progress updates

    Well, they've slapped it on top of the yellow. Sir Kenneth Grange and the rest of the HST team must be rather bemused at how the HST story is ending.

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