High speed rail to Portugal, dream or reality?
By Paul Luckman,
in Tech ·
23-07-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
With ever increasing demand for environmentally friendly transport, is the high-speed train a not too distant reality as an alternative to flying?
Bear in mind that the trains and networks already in service or under development are designed to travel at between 250 and 350 kmph. Don’t think it will probably never happen, it’s already happening.
As I looked into the possibility of the convenience and comfort of modern high speed trains, I soon found that plans are far more advanced than I had previously thought. I also soon discovered that the development of ‘hotel trains’ is also well advanced. Just a few years ago, it looked as though European sleeper trains were on their way to becoming a thing of the past as services were continually cut back. Not now, a French start-up has revealed plans for a new network of overnight services from Paris to 12 European destinations, including Edinburgh and Porto. They are not the only company planning this. Last December, Austria’s OBB announced a collaboration with Germany’s Deutsche Bahn, France’s SNCF and Swiss Federal Railways proposing a number of new “Nightjet” routes, and a sleeper train between Zurich and Barcelona.