Rail and transport around the world
If Taiwan already has its high-speed rail, I do not see why there can't be one in California.
Coming in too late, still better late than never, there seems to be a scuttlebutt around that a bullet train is in the pipeline between Northern and Southern California. The go-ahead or not is still left for balloting, voting and sufficient funds (estimated cost is about $40bln!!). The recommended route would start in Anaheim(well, Disneyland!!!), through Los Angeles and into the Central Valley, then split at the northern edge of Madera County - one line would stop in Gilroy, San Jose, possibly Palo Alto/Redwood City, near San Francisco International Airport, and end in downtown San Francisco. The other route would continue through the Central Valley into Sacramento. If I had voting eligiblity, I would go for it. First, it could solve the congested air traffic problems. Then, this could facilitate the ever-promoting "green" campaign where you encourage people to take the bullet train and reduce their dependence on autos.
Just on the other side of the continent, it has been reported that a new station - St. Pancras International, will become the new London station of the Eurostar route. With this station, it is expected to cut the Paris-London travel time to as little as 2.5hrs.
This is train news around the world for today. Well, minus the strikes going on in France's transport currently, I'm happy to hear all of them.
Coming in too late, still better late than never, there seems to be a scuttlebutt around that a bullet train is in the pipeline between Northern and Southern California. The go-ahead or not is still left for balloting, voting and sufficient funds (estimated cost is about $40bln!!). The recommended route would start in Anaheim(well, Disneyland!!!), through Los Angeles and into the Central Valley, then split at the northern edge of Madera County - one line would stop in Gilroy, San Jose, possibly Palo Alto/Redwood City, near San Francisco International Airport, and end in downtown San Francisco. The other route would continue through the Central Valley into Sacramento. If I had voting eligiblity, I would go for it. First, it could solve the congested air traffic problems. Then, this could facilitate the ever-promoting "green" campaign where you encourage people to take the bullet train and reduce their dependence on autos.
Just on the other side of the continent, it has been reported that a new station - St. Pancras International, will become the new London station of the Eurostar route. With this station, it is expected to cut the Paris-London travel time to as little as 2.5hrs.
This is train news around the world for today. Well, minus the strikes going on in France's transport currently, I'm happy to hear all of them.
posted by tigerfish @ 6:52 PM
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