CER met with the Czech Minister of Transport Ivan Bednárik to exchange on key priorities:

👉 Importance of rail freight
👉 European #HighSpeedRail network
👉 ERTMS

CER looks forward to further engaging to make rail the backbone of a competitive #EUTransport system.

@ceskedrahyofficial.bsky.social

Tay Valley Opposes Alto High Speed Rail in Eastern Ontario Tay Valley opposes Alto high speed rail as council rejects the route, citing farmland loss, environmental concerns, and limited local benefit.

Tay Valley Township has opposed the ALTO high speed rail route following a March 24 council meeting, citing concerns about farmland, environmental impact and community effects.

Details: hometownnews.ca/tay-valley-o...

#HighSpeedRail #TayValley #LanarkCounty

ALTO High Speed Project Draws Concern From Local MP MP raises concerns about the ALTO high speed project, citing $90B cost, expropriation impacts, and potential federal deficit risks.

Local MP, Scott Reid, outlines concerns about the ALTO high speed project, citing $90B cost, community impacts, and long-term financial risks.

Details: hometownnews.ca/alto-high-sp...

#NewsFromTheHill #HighSpeedRail

A lonely pastry in a basket.

This week's Apprentice task is to sell the last pain aux raisins at Eurostar Café.

#TrainsNotPlanes
#highspeedrail

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An interesting article that links back the fact that Alstom's TGV cannot run on legacy Italian line to the original turbine train design of the TGV, before the oil shock (the one of the 70s).

#alstom #train #highspeedrail #scnf #italy #france #railway […]

I love the sentiment of his bumper sticker. IMHO the biggest obstacle to high-speed rail is that all the little towns along the way want a station. Fast rail is only possible when you can go far distances without stopping. #highspeedrail #rail

‼️ This!

Wake up #fordfailedontario and anyone else lobbying for stupid 401 tunnels or against #highspeedrail #onpoli #electricification #electricbus #resilience

current travel pace:

#japan #shinkasen #nozomi #highspeedrail #trains

The interstate bypassed our small towns. High speed rail brings them back. Innovation Triangle connects Indy, Lafayette, Kokomo in 30 minutes. Not transportation. Infrastructure. New episode out now.
#IndianaCentury #HighSpeedRail #FiberOptics

High-Speed Rail Concerns Emerge in Clarence-Rockland - Cozzy Energy Solutions Clarence-Rockland Council Raises Concerns Over Proposed High-Speed Rail Project Clarence-Rockland Council engaged in a lengthy question-and-answer session with representatives of Alto, the federal crown corporation planning a high-speed rail line between Ottawa and Montréal, on Thursday, March 12. The meeting aimed to provide council members with information and address potential impacts on the municipality. Mayor

High-Speed Rail Concerns Emerge in Clarence-Rockland #IESO #HighSpeedRail #CommunityConcerns #InfrastructureProject #CanadaRail #ClarenceRockland

Alto Rail Land Acquisition: 60m Corridor Details Explained Details emerge on how Alto rail land acquisition could work as consultations continue on the proposed high-speed rail corridor in eastern Ontario.

Alto says land the proposed high-speed rail corridor would mainly be obtained through negotiated agreements with property owners. The corridor under study could be about 60m wide.

Details: www.hometownnews.ca/alto-rail-la...

#LanarkCounty #HighSpeedRail

‘I just couldn’t believe it’: Ontario man fears high‑speed rail could destroy his business A hunting and fishing outfitter in Battersea, Ont. is worried Canada’s new high‑speed rail corridor could shut down his business. Gord Boulton also fears it could cut him off from much of the land he ...

A hunting and fishing outfitter in Battersea, Ont. is worried Canada’s new high‑speed rail corridor could shut down his business.

“A train coming through here would just completely destroy my business,” he said.

#HighSpeedRail
#Ontario

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

[6/6] L’ouverture à la concurrence du rail français reste progressive. Sur la grande vitesse, seuls Renfe et Trenitalia opèrent déjà face à SNCF Voyageurs. Cette évolution redessine progressivement la géographie des mobilités ferroviaires et des réseaux européens. #geography #highSpeedRail #TGV

Train : Velvet présentera sa première rame en avril et s'affirme comme concurrent de la SNCF La start-up du ferroviaire sera la première à disposer de trains neufs. Derrière elle, les prétendants avancent à pas feutrés.

[1/6] Maxime Giraudeau analyse l’arrivée de Velvet, nouvelle compagnie ferroviaire privée qui veut concurrencer la SNCF. Fondée par Rachel Picard et Timothy Jackson, la start-up prévoit de lancer ses premiers trains à grande vitesse en France à partir de 2028. #geography #highSpeedRail #TGV

Smiths Falls High-Speed Rail Station Study Expected March 23 A consultant is preparing a business case for a Smiths Falls high-speed rail station, with findings expected at March 23 CoW meeting.

Smiths Falls is studying whether the town could secure a stop on the proposed Alto high-speed rail network. A consultant is preparing a business case that council is expected to review March 23. Details: www.hometownnews.ca/smiths-falls...
#SmithsFalls #HighSpeedRail

For more information and to express your concerns attend the ALTO Public forum: March 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. or 5-9 p.m. at Stirling and District Lions Club, 435 West Front St., Stirling.
#CdnPoli #ALTO #highspeedrail

Rideau Lakes Alto Opposition Builds Ahead March 29 Deadline Council is coordinating on Rideau Lakes Alto opposition with nearby municipalities, urging Senate to reconsider Bill C-15 before deadline.

Rideau Lakes council is reaching out to neighbouring municipalities about a joint statement opposing the proposed Alto rail corridor. Council also asked the Senate to reconsider Bill C-15. Story: www.hometownnews.ca/rideau-lakes...
#RideauLakes #HighSpeedRail #Alto

High-Speed Rail Environmental Impact Raises Habitat Concerns Carleton University scientists warn the high-speed rail environmental impact could include habitat loss and ecosystem disruption across.

Carleton scientists warn the proposed Toronto–Quebec City high-speed rail project could cause habitat loss.

Concerns include ecosystems in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve.

www.hometownnews.ca/high-speed-r...

#HighSpeedRail #Alto #FrontenacArch

Gazing right at Snow-capped Mount Fuji piercing the clouds, left the stunning coastline. Shinkansen zips 285 miles to Kyoto in just over two hours.. (Barber, 2016) Human development & well being use of Tech..#Shinkansen #Mountfuji #Japantravel #highspeedrail #humandevelopment #Japan #innovation4good

Rideau Lakes High Speed Rail Route Pushes Highway 401 Study Council supported studying a Highway 401 option for the Rideau Lakes high speed rail route instead of a line through rural parts of the township.

Rideau Lakes backs a call to study a Highway 401 corridor route for high speed rail instead of a line through rural parts of the township. 🚆

More details:
www.hometownnews.ca/rideau-lakes...

#RideauLakes #HighSpeedRail #LanarkCounty

I PRIDE myself in my encyclopedic knowledge of @theonion.com articles but somehow today is the first time I saw this from the way-back machine. 🤣
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNix...
#TransportSky #CAHSR #HighSpeedRail

This is a classic @theonion.com sketch/video where every line is progressively more #hilarious. The traffic graphics are 🤣, too.

youtube.com/shorts/wq-Sk...

“Obama replaces #highspeedrail w/ high-speed #bus system,” featuring buses doing 165 mph on city streets 🤣🤣🤣

#theonion #lol #comedy #writing

Chinese High Speed Rail built since 2008, overlapped on the USA and Canada.

Source: reddit

#china
#us
#highspeedrail

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that India’s first bullet train will make its inaugural 100 km run between Surat and Vapi in August 2027. The high-speed trains are designed to operate at 320 km/h, dramatically transforming intercity travel. Once the full 508 km Mumbai–Ahmedabad corridor is completed by 2029, travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will drop to under 2 hours. The project marks a historic leap for Indian rail infrastructure, promising faster connectivity, economic growth, job creation, and advanced technology transfer.

India’s first bullet train to run Surat–Vapi in Aug 2027 🚄
320 km/h | Mumbai–Ahmedabad under 2 hrs by 2029 🇮🇳

#BulletTrain #MumbaiAhmedabad #HighSpeedRail #IndianRailways #AshwiniVaishnaw #MakeInIndia #InfraIndia #NewIndia 🚄

A $61bn Train Set: Australia's High-Speed Rail Dream Inches Forward The federal government opens seven tenders for the $61.2bn Sydney-Newcastle high-speed rail link, with a $659.6m development phase now underway.

A $61bn Train Set: Australia's High-Speed Rail Dream Inches Forward

#HighSpeedRail #Infrastructure #AusPol #AusNews #Sydney #Newcastle

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-03-a-61b...

Join Alto's public consultation on the Toronto–Québec City high-speed rail 🚄 Meet the team at Perth’s open houses and share your ideas to help shape Canada’s first high-speed rail network. Details: www.altotrain.ca/en/public-co...
#alto #HighSpeedRail #PerthON

Hate to break it to them, but nobody goes to the major cities outside Sydney, and if they want to there are cheaper air travel options.
Nobody is that desperate to go from Paramatta to Byron Bay in 2 hours for an orange juice and some hemp art.
#HighSpeedRail #Australia

City Views: My way or the highway? High-speed rail builders lobbied to add Kingston station (Kingston, Ontario) Federal leaders have touted it as a nation-building project – one of several talked about since the onset of the Canada-U.S. trade war.

#ICYMI
“But instead of nation building, it appears to be nation dividing, at least in this region...” Bill Hutchins writes of the ongoing debate around #highspeedrail in #Kingston and the area in his latest instalment of ‘City Views’.
#YGK #KFLA

Full column: www.kingstonist.com/news/politic...

AmeriStar Rail, helmed by one Scott Spencer, is a private company with an ambitious and outrageous plan to take over the Northeast Corridor. Here's why they probably won't do that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ag8... #amtrak #NEC #Ameristar #HighSpeedRail #privization

City Views: My way or the highway? High-speed rail builders lobbied to add Kingston station (Kingston, Ontario) Federal leaders have touted it as a nation-building project – one of several talked about since the onset of the Canada-U.S. trade war.

“But instead of nation building, it appears to be nation dividing, at least in this region...” Bill Hutchins writes of the ongoing debate around #highspeedrail in #Kingston and the area in his latest instalment of ‘City Views’.
#YGK #KFLA

Full column: www.kingstonist.com/news/politic...