But the engine is unable to travel by rail line itself as it can only run on a two foot wide narrow gauge.

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If you want to travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh by rail, there are already four lines, going through Falkirk, Shotts, Airdrie and Motherwell.

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The Camberley Society wants to be able to travel from Camberley to Waterloo in under 50 minutes by restoring the rail track between the town and Woking.

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The ASA pointed out that passengers would have to buy an extra ticket to travel on National Rail routes not covered by Oyster.

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Local commuter networks, yes, but I must admit to being very unconvinced by long distance passenger rail travel.

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Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80% of Americans access to high-speed rail, which could allow you go places in half the time it takes to travel by car.

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Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA transport workers' union, said the select committee report was "the clearest warning to ministers against going down the route of rationing rail travel by pricing passengers off trains through super peak-fare tickets".

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Five days of free rail travel has been offered to season ticket holders by London Midland as compensation for delays and cancellations last year.

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It set out the framework for a Strategic Rail Authority and also emphasised the need to improve bus travel by introducing more bus-only lanes and tightening their enforcement.

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By the 1970s, rail travel was in deep decline, and Amtrak was founded in an attempt to arrest its fall.

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