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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

Jon Worth says (video) that Strasbourg could work without any reconstruction (except for building a fence). https://gruene.social/@jon/114225356127948728

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

Jarrett Walker has entered the chat. https://humantransit.org/2011/02/sorting-out-rail-bus-differences.html

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.

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

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:

Perhaps looking out for helicopters will help. https://kyivindependent.com/lithuanian-border-guards-deploy-helicopters-to-monitor-russian-trains/

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...

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...

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.

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

Did you mean irrigation?

Eurostar will now run two additional trains each way between London and Paris. https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/transports/fermeture-de-l-aeroport-d-heathrow-eurostar-ajoute-des-tgv-entre-paris-et-londres_AV-202503210315.html

Eurostar will run one extra train each way between London and Paris. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/21/hayes-substation-fire-heathrow-airport-live-updates-power-cut-outage?page=with%3Ablock-67dd45068f0837080a1adefd#block-67dd45068f0837080a1adefd

Your links are three to four years old. Since then a lot of work has been done to restore the infrastructure and resume services. This report is from October 2024: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/have-a-safe-trip-again-prasa-winning-vandalism-fight-with-80-railway-lines-restored/ (Found via a...

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In the meantime, this thread has background information, photos and videos: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hsts-in-mexico-news-and-progress-updates.256033/ Wikipedia entry on the line the HSTs run on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interoceanic_Corridor_of_the_Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec

If there isn't any controversy, that would be because Carney is expected to call an election immediately. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/mark-carney-trudeau-trump

Yes, in Geoff Marshall's video from November 2023. Skip to 2:32.