Bruno Giussani is a writer, the European Director of the 
The railroad companies of France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the Eurostar (London-Paris) announced today in Brussels that they're joining to form the Railteam alliance to establish high-speed trains as a credible alternative to car or regional airlines, linking up 400 cities along 4700 km of tracks (map below). "The goal is to position trains as the natural choice for every European business journey under four hours of duration" and for leisure travels under six hours, the CEO of France's SNCF (the railroad of the speed-record-setting train TGV) wrote today in the Wall Street Journal.
The companies will interconnect their reservation systems and timetables, provide multilingual information, guarantee travel on the next available train of they miss a connection regardless of the type of ticket, and launch a "frequent traveler" program giving "train miles". 150 billion euros will be invested across Europe's rail infrastructure in the next 12 years.
Interesting article about high speed trains without borders. Do these trains also have high speed internet access available?
http://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/T1-Internet-Service.html
Posted by: Lawrence | February 20, 2008 at 04:37 AM