Ministers also want to increase the carriage of goods by rail.

ECONOMIST: Transport

Estimates suggest that the carriage of freight by rail over a couple of decades in the late 19th century added perhaps 10% overall to American output.

ECONOMIST: A thinkers’ guide | The

Lulled by the silence of the carriage and the prospect of alpine rail travel, I fall into a deep, childlike sleep.

BBC: Swiss movement