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A stewardess walks inside a high-speed train running from the Beijing to Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province, at the Beijing west railway station in Beijing on December 26, 2012. China on December 26 started service on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and sometimes troubled super fast rail network. ©Getty From GLOBAL ECONOMY 1:55pm

China’s high-speed rail gets back on track

Revival in rail investment boosts economic growth

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London celebrates 150 years on the Tube

Steam train trip marks opening of network in 1863

From WORLD Jan 10, 2013

Rail fiasco blamed on DfT skills shortage

Brown report highlights mismatch in resources over West Coast bid

From LEX Jan 9, 2013

London Underground’s 150th birthday

Tube offers a model of how infrastructure projects should be owned, operated and financed

From WORLD Jan 8, 2013

Network Rail outlines investment plans

Rail operator to spend £37.5bn from 2014 to 2019

From WORLD Jan 7, 2013

Slower pace urged on new rail franchises

Move would avoid repeat of West Coast Mainline debacle

From AIRLINES Jan 7, 2013

Air Berlin replaces chief executive

Former BMI head takes over at German low-cost carrier

From WORLD Jan 6, 2013

Investment for roads proves elusive

Coalition deadlocked amid potential backlash over tolls

From WORLD Jan 3, 2013

Call to rule out rail fares shake-up

MPs say they fear a ‘tax on commuters’

From WORLD Jan 2, 2013

High cost of rail travel causes outcry

Tickets cost more despite Tory promise to focus on railways

Jan 1, 2013

Rail chiefs hope for a Go signal

An overhaul of franchising process this month will not come too soon, writes Mark Odell

Dec 28, 2012

Commuters struggle back to work

Engineering work and signal failures delay rush-hour trains

From WORLD Dec 27, 2012

Rain and gales continue to batter country

Train passengers warned of further disruption

Dec 26, 2012

Northern support for HS2 jumps the rails

Cities at odds as they fight over who gets which spur line

From WORLD Dec 24, 2012

Floods cause more Christmas travel chaos

Southwest of England, Wales and Scotland are worst affected

From WORLD Dec 23, 2012

Year of floods to cost insurers £1bn

Downpours bring chaos and prospect of higher premiums

From WORLD Dec 21, 2012

Chaos makes highways charge a hard sell

To add to difficult journeys, there is a plan for main route tax

From WORLD Dec 20, 2012

New rail data show scale of late running

Almost 43% of trains not on time in past month

From WORLD Dec 20, 2012

UK on alert for weekend flood disruption

Heavy rain forecast over much of the country

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