European Union expects to contribute €250 million (US$310 million) annually to passenger rail security by 2007.
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Wi-Fi, or wireless Internet access, is still in its early stages but is expected to grow substantially in North American and European rail systems in the near future. Trial runs are being completed with high satisfaction ratings from passengers and rail operators. Other onboard technologies are coming online.
Read More →The company will cut 18.5% of its workforce and close seven European plants over the next two years.
Read More →Plans would open up competition in cross-border passenger rail links to spur competition between rival operators by 2010.
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Modeled after a European program, a pilot project in Portland, Ore., has shown great promise. The key to success has been providing potential riders with specific information on how they can use the transit system.
Read More →Some of the cuts and closures of European train-making plants will come in 2004 and others in 2005.
Read More →Construction on the new links will begin in 2006 and once completed both Lisbon and Oporto will be connected to Madrid, and from there to the rest of Europe, in under three hours.
Read More →Russia expected to upgrade mass transportation systems, infusing U.S., European and Asian technologies into new transit system designs.
Read More →Even today — nearly half a century after Rosa Parks challenged Dixie’s unwritten “back of the bus” policy for black Americans — transit’s onboard color scheme fails to reflect Lincoln’s vision of a nation in which all passengers are “created equal.”
Read More →The route will connect to a new rail station in the city.
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