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Title: British Railways - Most improved in Europe Post by: Super Guard on April 03, 2013, 20:45:21 Quote Britain's railways are the most improved in Europe, according to the most comprehensive comparison study yet published of the rail networks in all 27 EU countries. The report looks at how the railways in Europe have progressed and improved since the 1990s according to a range of 14 different factors. Britain came top in four of the factors, second and third in another two and fourth in three, coming top overall (see footnote 1)*. Europe^s other big rail networks - Germany, France and Italy - came 7th, 10th and 23rd respectively. Full News Release here: http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/News-Releases/7414/Most-comprehensive-European-rail-comparison-study-published Title: Re: British Railways - Most improved in Europe Post by: inspector_blakey on April 03, 2013, 23:11:42 Sure I'm repeating myself but it's very easy to forget that, when you take our Intercity, commuter, regional and local services as a complete package I think we have one of the best all-round railways in the world. France has the superb TGV network, but go off the beaten track and you'll often find infrequent, dirty, ancient trains that are covered in graffiti (if there's a train there at all, of course). There are some great deals to be had on the Italian network too, but again trains can be rather infrequent.
Title: Re: British Railways - Most improved in Europe Post by: ChrisB on April 04, 2013, 11:02:03 Most improved?....easy that, when you start from the most run-down....
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