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    Current state owned train manufacturers.

    Most of North Korea's electric locomotives are domestically built.
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    Current state owned train manufacturers.

    The carriages seem to be designed for high platforms, because the doors don't have any internal or external steps and some of them are located above bogies.
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    I am looking for good double-decker buses to open-top refurbish it in the UK, i am in Aberdeen Scotland

    Judging by the update dates I wonder if they are keeping the listings up to date, but for what it's worth the Ensignbus site has two open-top double-deckers apparently for sale now. https://www.ensignbus.com/open-top-buses.html
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    Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion

    Jon Worth says (video) that Strasbourg could work without any reconstruction (except for building a fence). https://gruene.social/@jon/114225356127948728
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    Most Interesting Border crossed by Train (Land)

    Have you read Helmut Uttenthaler's account of his 2008 voyage from Vienna to Pyongyang using that train? https://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
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    Coventry Very Light Rail - Awarded to RailAdventure

    Jarrett Walker has entered the chat. https://humantransit.org/2011/02/sorting-out-rail-bus-differences.html
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    Currency used onboard cross border trains and buses.

    Surely international fares were set in Swiss francs as a neutral reference currency, as @Tester wrote, to insulate them from fluctuations in exchange rate between the yuan and the dong.
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    Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion

    Jon Worth has expanded his blog post into an article for the i Paper. https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/trenitalia-eurostar-most-serious-rival-yet-3630578
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    Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion

    Trenitalia have announced plans to run London-Paris trains from 2029 in partnership with Evolyn. https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/trenitalia-to-run-london-paris-in-2029-the-most-serious-rival-to-eurostar-yet/ Snip:
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    Lithuanian Railways - What to look out for?

    Perhaps looking out for helicopters will help. https://kyivindependent.com/lithuanian-border-guards-deploy-helicopters-to-monitor-russian-trains/
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    Most Interesting Border crossed by Train (Land)

    Polish trains continued to operate over that route until 1994. Work started in 2022 to reinstate the connection between Przemysl and Khyriv (Chirov). https://en.cfts.org.ua/news/work_continuing_on_restoration_of_khyriv_przemysl_railway_link_on_polish_border Trains between Sanok and Khyriv ran...
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    Switch is planning to close its Yorkshire factory and concentrate on India

    BYD have long experience in building double deckers on their own. They built some double deckers for the UK market in the early 2010s before partnering with ADL. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metroline_BYD1474_LJ16EZP_at_Willesden_Bus_Garage_19.8.17.jpg And they have been building...
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    The use of tokens as public transport payment.

    The dimensions don't match Moscow Metro trains. R1 cars are 3.05 m wide while Moscow Metro cars are 2.65 to 2.7 m wide depending on the class.
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    HSTs in Mexico (March 2025)

    Simply Railway has reviewed the Tren Interoceánico. (I haven't watched it yet.)
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    Japan Tips

    Did you mean irrigation?
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