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#RailBaltica #HighSpeedRail #RailwayInfrastructure
In Lithuania, a significant milestone has been reached on the nearly 9 km double-track section of the future European standard gauge railway: the completion of continuous rail welding using flash welding technology.

Delivering a high-speed railway requires not only engineering expertise, but also close cooperation between project partners, rigorous quality assurance, and attention to every detail.
https://buff.ly/8Qybl1k

Councils join forces to push for high speed rail http://dlvr.it/TRcX0K #HighSpeedRail #RailNews #CentralCoastNSW #NSW

Aussie airports are a nightmare, we need high speed rail http://dlvr.it/TRMN9M #HighSpeedRail #RailNews #CentralCoastNSW #Melbourne

@GrahamDowns I love flying and I like driving, but maybe you have to experience working #PublicTransport to really appreciate how awesome it is and why property prices actually rise and do not fall 🙂

Because then also the lifestyle you describe is possible without cars and with you having to drive your kids everywhere every day.

That is actually on of the (few... 😀 ) things I am missing a lot here in #Johannesburg & #SouthAfrica in general.

When I am in #Germany, I am traveling a lot between '#Munich and #Hamburg currently (about 620km as the crow flies). I am practically always doing that by #IntercityExpress (ICE) trains, the German #HighspeedRail network. It is about 7h from door to door, approx an hour or two more than flying but a bit cheaper and much more convenient.

I buy one ticket which includes the #subway in Munich and Hamburg, I need to be at the train station only 5-10min before the train departs. I have #Wifi in the train and ample space to work, read, sleep. There is a dining car or in First Class (which is a bit more spacious) service at your seats.

Unlike when flying, I don't spend an hour waiting here, standing in the security queue, waiting an hour there, flying one hour etc.

If I miss a train, no problem, there are at least hourly connections between all major and medium sized cities (something like #RichardsBay or #Makhanda in South Africa), so I take the next one.

@coja

Brilliant article by Audrey Quicke on the lack of long term transport planning in Australia🇦🇺 taking into account #climatecrisis and fuel security.
Domestic #aviationemissions is 8% and growing of Australia's #transportemissions. We need #HighSpeedRail
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2022/dec/07/should-australia-follow-france-and-bid-adieu-to-short-haul-flights

@blairpalese
Prime Minister Albanese needs to get to work on promises of Sydney to Hunter Region fast rail project as a priority project for a newly established High Speed Rail Authority for Australia. Domestic #aviationemissions in #Auspol are 8% of Australian #TransportEmissions and are projected to grow over the coming decade. #HighSpeedRail

@dbell2100 Thanks, I keep track of @theconversationau academic/science articles on aviation, #aviationemissions and #highspeedrail here at @CAMerribek https://climateactionmoreland.org/our-campaigns/campaign-for-sustainable-transport/aviation-emissions-articles-from-the-conversation-website/

High demand for Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane rail and coach services as airfares remain high due to high fuel costs and shortage of airline staff. Australian governments have continued to delay high speed rail even though SYD-MEL 2nd busiest domestic flight route globally, and SYD-BNE also high use. Flying is high carbon intensive travel producing #Aviationemissions, very difficult to decarbonise.
#highspeedrail #climatecrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/29/australians-turn-to-interstate-train-travel-amid-soaring-domestic-air-fares-heading-into-holiday-peak