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Article: EUROPE ON THE FAST TRACK.(high speed passenger trains)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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TRAVEL | HIGH-SPEED TRAINS are replacing planes between major cities.
MANY OF Europe's airports are as congested as their U.S. counterparts. But travelers in Europe have a less stressful, less expensive, way to go, thanks to the proliferation of high-speed trains. At speeds of 120 miles per hour or more, these sleek transports are winning converts on short-haul routes as the rail network connecting major cities expands.
Eurostar, the high-speed passenger-train service that links London with Paris and Brussels via the tunnel beneath the English Channel, now accounts for 60% of trans-Channel traffic. Kathy Sudeikis, spokeswoman for All About Travel, in ...