The project was held back for the longest time due to corruption allegations. I hope it goes forward smoothly soon. Am impatient for Malaysia to have its own HSR 😊
I would have been happy to vote for any and all of the tracks in the above thread (edit: see next toot), but I whittled my list down to these final four
A century ago, this photo was taken in Haubstadt, #Indiana. This town had both a #train station and #electric#interurban service, with a population of less than 700.
Now it has over 1,600 people, but has no service of any kind. The station and several of the buildings in this photo are now gone or empty.
Even major cities with populations in the hundreds of thousands sometimes lack basic #rail service. It's painful how much we've lost.
Eight arrested after #climate activists breach German airport
"Climate group #LastGeneration said six individuals had seated themselves on airport asphalt at 4:45 a.m. local time (0245 GMT) to block planes, and it criticised Berlin for subsidising #airlines at the expense of #rail.
Germany's transport minister, Volker Wissing, said new laws were needed to punish such actions as criminal, with up to two years in prison. Current laws classify them as minor offences."
It's worth mentioning that BILL C-371 from Taylor Bachrach would give #canada passenger #rail priority.
It's just sitting there after first reading.
People who like rail transportation should encourage their local MPs to support this bill.
It's an easy win. https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-371/first-reading
I am travelling by train from Brussels, in Belgium, to Messina, in Sicily. I am used to international rail travel, but this is my longest one-way trip yet at 2,500 km. Day one was Brussels - Paris - Geneva - Milan. Day two is today, Milan - Messina with an early start that should take me to Messina by dinner time. Beautiful early morning light! #rail
Oh for fuck's sake. I've really really tried to plan a July Europe holiday that minimises carbon footprint, uses #train etc.
Night train doesn't allow you to book very far in advance so there was no choice but to book the accommodation etc ahead. Calendar alarm tells me today's the day I can book the night train
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These #BrownCheekedRail are kinda a mystery. I guess they only visit in the winter, but there was a second when the neighborhood was lousy with them, and then they were gone. #birding#photography#rail
🚨 Action alert! 🚨 #HighSpeedRail is still a long ways away, & we need more ambitious #rail improvements in the meantime. Unfortunately, the goals set out in the latest #AmtrakCascades long term plan are moving backward not forward.
For today's #AtoZChallenge, the letter is "i", the country is: India, home to the world's most frequent #rail travellers. Let's explore the #Delhi#Metro, which moves people around the #largest#city in #India and second-largest city in the world:
Taking the #Amtrak#NorthEastRegional#train from NYC to DC this random Monday afternoon and its 9 cars are 💯 sold out.
Gone are the days when I would have a ticket and jump on the next train with no change fees. Trains are now full.
Biden said feds should use rail over air…
But is it us making it crowded? (Anyone analyzed this?)