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I think 'grey' means no one has added data (although in most cases it means sub 100mph)

That's not really true, the east-west links from the Rhineland to Berlin just aren't very quick. But there's plenty of high-speed line in Germany, and certainly far more than in the UK On this chart green lines are up to 100mph, yellowish up to 125mph, and red 186mph or higher

These both sound pretty good to be honest

It's something to do with availability of Dutch border control staff I think. Eurostar said they will be sorting it shortly.

Yes, searching on Google in quotes for "an effective and powerful economic unit" quoted in the key of the image brings up the press release for the Greengage 21 Beyond HS2 report http://www.greengauge21.net/beyond-hs2-a-plan-for-a-national-rail-strategy/

This looks like a slightly wrong and very mislabelled version of the Beyond HS2 report by Greengauge 21. Some nice ideas, but none have the backing of the government: http://www.greengauge21.net/wp-content/uploads/Beyond_HS2WEB.pdf It's a great report and worth a read, but it's just a...

One thing that would be very handy for passengers from London but will never happen would be a Paris Hauptbahnhof making interchange between all the LGVs in Paris easier. A single change for a service to somewhere like Geneva would be a much more enticing prospect even without direct trains if...

Lisbon is absolutely not happening, that was the silliest thing about Shapps' speech Rough calculations for a direct train on current tracks: London to Paris and around LGV interconnexion 2h30 Paris - Barcelona 6h30 Barcelona - Madrid 2h30 That's 11 hours to Madrid... then currently Madrid...

One thing I've wondered recently is why Eurostar doesn't bother selling through tickets to Luxembourg. They almost do - an any Belgian station ticket will take you to Arlon, but you need to buy a further single stop extension. I'm sure Luxembourg isn't a huge destination, but there is some...

Yes, there's going to be an interesting artefact when Luxembourg makes its trains free - you can have an all-lines pass in Belgium, and of course the trains will be free in Luxembourg, but to cross the border you will need to pay a small supplement, I believe.

The problem with this is I think you'd lose quite a lot of connections - including to Berlin?

I think the above posters saying there was a prohibition on split ticketing in Belgium etc were wrong, at least for this common ticket type, @AlbertBeale These are the conditions on the weekend ticket (a half price return)...

I'm reading the SNCB conditions of carriage to try and find a definite answer to the split ticketing thing If you want to help it'll be here somewhere https://www.belgiantrain.be/en/support/terms-and-conditions-for-transport I haven't found anything yet but I thought this was a nice detail on...

Mostly agree with this but worth pointing out that a lot of *national* connections will be available at Rotterdam as well, which is a very convenient station for interchange

Yes - the terminal is in the station, you go go to the Irish ferry's desk there, check in, and then everyone gets on a bus as if they're taking you out to a plane on a runway and they take you onto the boat

Yes 9am, apologies for the typo. I found boarding very quick both times when I did it - the station is certainly next to the ferry terminal (its in the same building) and then when you're on the bus it's like going to the plane on a runway so the distance is fairly immaterial. I think a mile is...

Heathrow is on a spur of Crossrail with a much less frequent service than OOC (six trains per hour compared to 12 - quite important when it's about interchange) and quite a lot further out of London (Ealing Broadway, which is closer than OOC will be, is currently 26 minutes to Heathrow on TfL...

Nothing physically, to be honest - I don't think they would know if you walked off (although they might see that someone didn't check in for the ferry). But officially there are specific conditions of carriage that say you can't break your journey, so probably not a good idea unless you want to...

The rail and sail to Dublin is really great - tickets from London are about £42 even the day before (I think its only a fiver more on the day, too), you can leave Euston at about 9am and get a direct train to Holyhead. The station is right next to the ships, the ferry is very comfortable and has...

Carbon emissions, comfort? They are good reasons. (or the latter would be if you didn't have to get a bus from Ayr)