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Around the world, a passenger rail renaissance is well under way.
I document the train-love, as well as the latest in sustainable urban transport, in my weekly newsletter HIGH SPEED.
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Tout ce qui brille n’est pas or, a constaté notre chroniqueur Taras Grescoe en se rendant en Floride pour vérifier si ce train de passagers du XXIe siècle tenait bel et bien ses promesses. lactualite.com/societe/bright…
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High-speed rail, which has already transformed Europe + Asia, is coming to North America. But the newsletter's about more than bullet trains, shinkansens + TGVs.
I'll be posting dispatches about the latest in sleeper trains, budget services, + regional and inter-city rail…
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