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May a rigid overhead rail be the solution?

Another advantage of the system is that you get less high-pitched noise than you do with conventional rail, comes in useful on the outdoor parts of line 6 which goes through some quite nice parts of Paris and is at times extremely close to buildings (checkout the approach to Passy station for...

In western Europe, many routes have gradually been replaced by joint-venutures between national rail companies, (Thalys with SNCF/SNCB/NS, Alleo with DB/SNCF, Lyria with SNCF/SBB, RENFE-SNCF, etc..), in other cases national rail companies have started operating alone abroad (eg. SNCF to Italy)...

Some part of the DC gear out of order maybe? It's 25 kV AC up to Ashford.

I didn't realise this was a legal requirement. Are there any current examples of units from different manufacturers capable of MU working, excluding Pendos/Voyagers and ex-BR stock?

Does this mean Siemens has agreed to license their "control" technology to Hitachi so that the AT200s can "speak" to the 380s? A bit like Alstom did with Bombardier so that Voyagers and Pendos can work together.

What's interesting is the £1 buy-back option after 25 years for the Scottish government, isn't this a first? Also no poaching by other TOCs as their use is guarenteed for the same 25 years in Scotland.

You can book it in one transaction with capitainetrain.com , they are official DB and SNCF vendors and usually combine DB spezial fares quite well with longer journeys. And, they don't charge any more than the official SNCF and DB websites. It won't come cheap however and I doubt rail will be...

I don't see what it changes honestly, just write-down end destination of the train you are boarding, you can always jump of early if you wish to. As long as you stay within the validity of the pass I don't see how you could be bothered by staff. If your pass is of the flexi-type, just don't...

374 aren't planned to enter service before December, so it's definitely going to be 373, at least initially.

TER Machines definitely sell the fare, you'll just need to find it in the long list of available fares with the turnwheel. They aren't the most intuitive machines to use at first. They all accept credit/debit cards, and some coins but never banknotes. However, Nice St Augustin is usually...

Absolutely, the only condition for the "découverte 12-25" fare is to be less than 26 years old. You may need to proof this with ID. The discount (25% off) only applies during the blue period of this calendar: http://medias.sncf.com/sncfcom/pdf/calendrier/calendriervoyageur.pdf This fare is...

My pleasure To confirm, if you select AG in the drop down list on this page ( http://data.atoc.org/routeing-maps ) you get the routes via Kilwinning and Kilmarnock.

They indeed are valid for both routes, did it no later than last Saturday. Just slower

Keleti is the obvious one to head to, as most international trains arrive there and the building in itself is of great beauty. Nyugati is probably worth seeing to and it gets some services from Romania. Also, don't miss out the children's railway ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyermekvas%C3%BAt...

Possible, but highly risky! The RER B is notorious for its unreliability, here's the route anyway...

Such negativity! Compared to the rest of Europe, I would say the future of Britain's railways is definitely bright. High frequency clock-face timetables, greatly renewed/refurbished rolling stock, one of the highest rates of stock use in Europe, fare integration despite privatisation, year on...

I suppose notadriver was making reference to the fact most of the Paris metro and indeed the MF01 equipped lines were built using the cut-and-cover technique and as such would be classified as sub-surface lines in London. Concerning extensions into suburbia, nothing to the extent of LUL but...

There's many easier places to get to by direct train from Berlin than Moscow, as both a Belarussian transit visa and a Russian tourist visa are necessary...

Discounts for return fares are very much a British thing, I'm yet to encounter any on the continent.