Modern Railways International Review |
Contents
The Corail Era of French InterCity | 8 |
Spains New Age of the Train | 16 |
The 1980s Look in Couchettes | 29 |
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25kV ac Airport station Amsterdam Amtrak automatic Bo-Bo Bo-Bo-Bo bogies BR's capacity cars catenary catering centre city's Class coach computers container Corail Corridor cost DB's diesel Dutch electric locomotive electric multiple-unit electrification emus equipment fare Federal Federal Railroad Administration first-class fleet Frankfurt freight Gare Gare de Lyon Government infrastructure Inter-City 125 inter-modal Interconnection investment journey junction loading locomotive-hauled Lyon main line main-line Metro miles motor North operation Paris passenger service passenger trains peak piggyback platform programme push-pull push-pull trains rail railroads railway RATP RATP's regular-interval RENFE road RoadRailer rolling stock route route-miles running S-Bahn saloon scheme seats second-class signalling SJ's SNCF SNCF's speed speed band spring of 1980 suburban Swiss Talgo terminal thyristor thyristor-controlled ticket timetable TOFC track traction traffic trailers train-sets transit transport tunnel two-car Type vehicles wagonload Zurich Zweisimmen