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Title: A Year of War in Ukraine: The New Railway Age Post by: CyclingSid on February 21, 2023, 18:45:59 Partly written as a result of President Biden's recent train trip
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/02/21/a-year-of-war-in-ukraine-the-new-railway-age/ (https://balkaninsight.com/2023/02/21/a-year-of-war-in-ukraine-the-new-railway-age/) Plans to overcome the difference in gauge Quote The plans are to build the new high-speed link on the existing Warsaw-Lviv-Kyiv route, adapting it to the European gauge width of 1435 mm in order to carry trains moving at speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. although I don't think it will be in time to materially affect the current conflict.And the Presidential train https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f5f0-08db138eafa3_w1023_s.jpg (https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f5f0-08db138eafa3_w1023_s.jpg) https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-e30c-08db138c570f_w1023_s.jpg (https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-e30c-08db138c570f_w1023_s.jpg) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |