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Title: More investment in researching a better railway Post by: grahame on December 18, 2013, 14:20:24 http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/eu-triples-funding-for-rail-innovation/?
Quote The European Commission has adopted Shift2Rail, a new public-private partnership to invest around US$1.3 billion in research and innovation to get more passengers and freight onto Europe's railways. Rail is amongst the most efficient and climate-friendly forms of transport, but currently it only carries about only 10 per cent of European cargo and 6 per cent of passengers each year.[/quote Title: Re: More investment in researching a better railway Post by: stebbo on December 18, 2013, 20:38:14 See my post elsewhere a little earlier on re-opening the old Great Central for freight.
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