blue streak 1 Another European airport will be getting a HSR connection (German). That as the US contines todrag its feet.
Another European airport will be getting a HSR connection (German). That as the US contines todrag its feet.
https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/stuttgart-airport-rail-connection-contract-awarded/55071.article
10 Japan HSR train sets will be scrapped due to unrecoverable damages that would make their safety be in question. 2 JR west trains and 8 JR east train sets. New E-7 Trains scheduled to be delivered in 2nd Q 2020 will fill into present service holes. Older E-4 equipment that had been scheduled to retire will now stay in service until additional new equipment is ordered and finally delivered.
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/flood-damaged-hokuriku-shinkansen-trains-to-be-scrapped/
UK Victoria line increasing capacity. Extended times of 100 second headways. No mention if longer trains possible ?
https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/longer-peaks-increase-victoria-line-capacity/54973.article
China is testing 14 HSR lines that are scheduled to open by the end of the year. Unfortunately the total Km ( mileage ) is not listed. If even 12 lines make the end of the year mark that is going to be a very significant accomplishment.
https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/testing-underway-as-china-prepares-to-open-14-high-speed-lines/
JR east may have to scrap 120 train cars. Cannot use JR west trains due to the non compatible of the 50 Hz trains not being able to work on 60 Hz. That seems a shame that they were built that way ?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/17/national/jr-east-may-scrap-120-flooded-shinkansen-cars/?fbclid=IwAR0QJUshM-HqpvJa1f1xGrTadi5e_OKpa4iy0nKe2ypasKzsjN5IFRQpzKI#.XawKNm5Fycw
blue streak 1 Night jet overnight trafic up 10%. Could this be a harbinger of what may happen in the US ? https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/nightjet-passenger-traffic-up-10-says-obbs-ceo/
Night jet overnight trafic up 10%. Could this be a harbinger of what may happen in the US ?
https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/nightjet-passenger-traffic-up-10-says-obbs-ceo/
Nightjet is now trying to get some intermittent rail cars for their service until Siemens cars are delivered.
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/austrian-federal-railways-to-hire-sleeping-cars/
Well that is encouraging ... wouldn't that be something, always thought it made great sense.
Damage to number of train sets now listed as 21. As well lines are blocked and substituting with bus not available due to roads being seriosly damaged.
https://www.railwaygazette.com/high-speed/typhoon-breaches-hokuriku-shinkansen-and-chuo-main-line/54837.article
Japan typhoon flood damage on 10 = 12 car HSR trains. Water up to the roofs. Shades on NJT as Japan east stored trains in a low lying yard that flooded when river bank broke. May take a year + to rehab train sets but will have to wait.
https://www.railjournal.com/regions/asia/typhoon-hagibis-causes-major-rail-disruption-in-japan/
European rail travel up especially over night trains. When the downturn of over night trains that ppreviously occurred was the specific equipment retired and scrapped ?
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/travel-industry-confirms-rail-renaissance-in-europe/54828.article
Washington Post article says waves to 40 feet (13 Meters), but storm surge only to 8 feet.
Typhoon hagibis is taking a bead on Tokyo with a storm surge of up to 13 meters in tokyo bay which is a circular bay. CAT 4 with 130 MPH winds not close to CAT 5.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/world/asia/typhoon-japan.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/10/11/super-typhoon-hagibis-moves-ominously-towards-tokyo/
ost rransportation shut down including bullet trains.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191012_16/
Biggest in several decades !
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/710/
More overnight sleeper trains to return to Amsterdam. However date is over a year away.
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/nightjet-expands-to-amsterdam-and-brussels/54811.article
https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/dutch-government-to-support-return-of-international-night-train/
Saudi 15 hr station fire shuts down HSR line thru Jeddah. This statement may be subject to change as artilcle states trains not stopping at station ?
https://www.railjournal.com/regions/middle-east/haramain-hs-services-suspended-for-one-month-following-jeddah-fire/
Germany and France are both raising the taxes on short-haul flights to encourage an increase in rail travel. If only aviation fuel in Europe (which is untaxed from what I've heard) is taxed the way diesel fuel is. Maybe Greta Thunberg is having an impact.
KLM airlines is replacing on flight with reserved seating on a Thalys effective March 2020
blue streak 1 China has approved another HSR line.681 Km ( Approx 425 miles ) . Price $19.8B US . When will we ever learn here in the US ? https://www.railjournal.com/regions/asia/china-approves-chongqing-kunming-high-speed-line/
China has approved another HSR line.681 Km ( Approx 425 miles ) . Price $19.8B US . When will we ever learn here in the US ?
https://www.railjournal.com/regions/asia/china-approves-chongqing-kunming-high-speed-line/
daveklepper Russia and South Africa have long-distance trains comparible to those in the USA. Some are faster and some are slower.
Russia and South Africa have long-distance trains comparible to those in the USA. Some are faster and some are slower.
Where do Russia and South Africa stand in the comparisons?
Meaningful country to country comparisons are difficult at best.
What is the cost/benefit ratio for the U.S. to increase its standing in the speed contest?
Who will pay for the upgrades necessary to move the country up the comparative speed ladder?
What will be the return on the investment?
JOHN PRIVARA blue streak 1 China is now #1 in high speed trains. Based on the fastest regular services, the top countries in the 2019 survey are China, Italy, France, Japan, Spain and Taiwan, all of which operate at least one train timetabled at an average of more than 250 km/h. Germany is ranked seventh, the UK 13th and the USA 19th. We may be 19th, but we're better than, uh.... Oh yeah, we've got the best slow-motion eagles in the world.
Based on the fastest regular services, the top countries in the 2019 survey are China, Italy, France, Japan, Spain and Taiwan, all of which operate at least one train timetabled at an average of more than 250 km/h. Germany is ranked seventh, the UK 13th and the USA 19th.
We may be 19th, but we're better than, uh.... Oh yeah, we've got the best slow-motion eagles in the world.
With the possible exception of China, the other countries don't have long-distance trains comparable to those in the U.S. Amtrak's long-distance trains account for 70 to 75 percent of the company's mileage. They are relatively slow.
What would be the position of the U.S. if the long-distance trains were removed from the comparison?
Amtrak is the predominate commercial carrier between New York and Washington. It also has a significant portion of the New York to Boston commercial market.
What would be the cost/benefit ratio for increasing the speeds between New York and Washington so that Amtrak's NEC would place in the top five of the countries for speed comparisons?
blue streak 1Want to run a coast to coast excursion train across Africa? It only takes better than 2 years to get permits and 2 weeks to run the train. It is a first ! https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/coast-to-coast-cruise-train-crosses-africa.html
https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/coast-to-coast-cruise-train-crosses-africa.html
And at only $12.8K US - only a little over $900 a day
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Want to run a coast to coast excursion train across Africa? It only takes better than 2 years to get permits and 2 weeks to run the train. It is a first !
blue streak 1 China is now #1 in high speed trains.
China is now #1 in high speed trains.
The French SNCF is having to order more TGVs due to surging ridership. This means older equippment set for retirement will have to be maintained for an indefinite extension
https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/ridership-surge-prompts-sncf-to-order-more-tgvs.html
700 passengers rescued from IR railways train near Mumbia. India. Train got flooded frrom moonsoon initiated flood.
For something completely different, how about a full size DMU converted to run entirely on solar energy:
https://jalopnik.com/this-delightful-solar-powered-train-is-the-pinnacle-of-1834284676 (in OZ, of course).
Overmod Jones1945 World's fastest bullet train with a 72ft nose is unveiled in Japan It's as if, in a Chuck Jones cartoon parody of Star Wars, Wile E. Coyote's bumbling Sith apprentice was an opossum. With Augie Doggie's Doggie Daddy's nose.
Jones1945 World's fastest bullet train with a 72ft nose is unveiled in Japan
It's as if, in a Chuck Jones cartoon parody of Star Wars, Wile E. Coyote's bumbling Sith apprentice was an opossum.
With Augie Doggie's Doggie Daddy's nose.
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