Eurostar sets Paris-London train speed record
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Eurostar set a new Paris to London rail  speed record of just over two hours on Tuesday with the first  train to use Britain's long-awaited high speed track at over  186 mph (299 kph).
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French industrial giant Alstom Group has sold 16 complete subway trains to the city of Shanghai worth some 130 million Euros (160 million dollars), in another deal reached here during the visit of French President Jacques Chirac.
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PARIS  - The euro hit a new record of 1.3555 dollar early as activity was resuming in Europe after the Christmas holiday. The previous high for the European currency was 1.3549 dollar, during trading on Friday.
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Traveling by train to this city that is home to the European Parliament takes so long that even the boss of France's national rail company prefers flying.
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Europe&#39;s first train operated on environmentally friendly bio-fuel went into service Thursday with prime minister-designate Gordon Brown travelling on its maiden journey.
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The euro hit a new record high of $1.3336 in European trading this afternoon following publication of disappointing US consumer confidence data.
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Travel: Richard Hammond experiences lobster and champagne at high-speed on the inaugural Eurostar run from Brussels to St Pancras.
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Scientist at CERN have successfully achieved a new land-speed record on the new internet2. The researchers were able to send 859GB of data in less than 17 minutes at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second, a speed
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A Eurostar will arrive in the centre of London at 8.45am tomorrow. Nothing unusual in that, but the train won't be pulling into Waterloo station.
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Will attempt Paris-London in 2hrs 15mins Eurostar will this morning try to set a new Paris-London time record during the inaugural run along the recently-completed British "High Speed 1" track to St Pancras International station, Reuters reports.â¦
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France's Alstom unveils a new high-speed AGV train which should travel at 360km/h (224mph).
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Virgin's high-speed tilting trains finally come into passenger service on the West Coast Main Line.
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Cross-Channel train operator Eurostar said Wednesday that it carried a record 7.27 million passengers in 2004, up 15 percent from 2003.
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Madrid-Barcelona link is part of 220mph network taking on the airlines
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French engineering giant Alstom unveiled a new super-fast train on Tuesday which it claims will be quicker, cleaner and bigger than its Japanese and German rivals.
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Germany beat San Marino to set a European Championship qualifying record.
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Eurostar sets another record for train travel with its inaugural service between Brussels and London.