In a win for the railways, it seems the Trenitalia and Italo have beaten Ryanair on the Italian trunk route between Rome Ciampino and Milan Orio al Serio according to CH-Aviation. The last day of flights is currently booked for 29th March 2014 that are due to operated by Ryanair. Train sometimes have a superior advantage, when there are centre-to-centre services, … [Read more...]
High Speed 2 to go ahead in the UK
Well after the government umming and ahhing, it seems that the plans to put High Speed 2 (the second High Speed Rail line) is set to be built. For those of you hoping to do the London to Birmingham run in under 50 minutes though, hold onto your horses for a few years. More like 2026 is when the first train is going to run. The plan for High Speed 2 (HS2) will be to build … [Read more...]
Heathwick? What an awful idea….
Hitting the press today in the United Kingdom has been the idea of "Heathwick" (with the Telegraph breaking it first, followed by the BBC The idea is to some simple - slap in a High Speed Rail link to operate between London Heathrow and London Gatwick Airports around the M25, running at 180mph to 15 minutes and create a "virtual hub" between the two airports. Ministers … [Read more...]