Business / Transport
Track record
Switzerland’s reputation for being the most efficient country in the world is not undeserved: SBB, the state-controlled railways, has a 96 per cent punctuality rate and slick service.
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The Urbanist, episode 41
Trains: from Tokyo’s Akihabara to London’s King’s Cross we find out why train stations are part of a city’s soul and psyche.
End Point / Transport
Observation
While countries focus on developing airport-cities, they should turn to train stations instead. A change in mindset could transform the way we commute and live – says Tyler Brûlé
Affairs / Environment
Asia Briefing
We report on an urban farming project at Osaka train station, the first verticle farm in Singapore and the sad fate of Cambodia's colonial and "new Khmer" buildings.
Business / Architecture
Track record
On 14 November the first Eurostar train should pull out from the new €1.15bn St Pancras International station headed for Paris. The station has come a long way since the 19th century when it was opened to receive ale del…
Business / Management
Monocolumn
Tuesday 2 February
A grand rebrand
Former Young & Rubicam advertising executive Tracy Lanza has just joined the management team at New York’s Grand Central Station.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Saturday 19 December
Trains, planes and terror alerts
Both rail and air operators are upping the ante in the coming months in a bid to lure passengers onto the lucrative route between Moscow and St Petersburg.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Sunday 29 November
Slow progress for high-speed plans
Donations, please. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week called on President Barack Obama to provide funding for the state’s high-speed rail link between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 February
Holiday madness, Chinese-style
Tomorrow the sun will rise on the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Thursday 7 February
Playing fast and… safe
Japan's new high-speed line isn't that much quicker than its existing high-speed lines. However, what it lacks in thrilling advance it makes up for with secure progress.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Friday 1 March
Going off the rails
As the world pulls ahead in laying down bold new high-speed train projects, the UK's creaking infrastructure can't keep up.
Design / Architecture
Monocolumn
Tuesday 22 March
The real renaissance of King’s Cross
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel is the exclamation point to decades of rejuvenation and billions of pounds in private and public investment in London’s decaying King’s Cross neighbourhood.
Business / Transport
Rapid relief
Until Russia’s high-speed train, the Sapsan, arrived, the only practical way for business travellers to skip between Moscow and St Petersburg was by plane. In our monthly benchmark test, Monocle hops on board to try out the…
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Tuesday 9 October
Mayor Bloomberg should leave well alone
Last week, it was announced that before leaving office next year New York’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, would be putting a final architectural stamp on the city he has governed since 2002
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Wednesday 4 July
New cities need soul
I was born in the 1960s. My dad was 50. So the London he told me about living in as a young man may seem dusty and distant to you.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 16 September
Respect in Japan is grown from childhood
It doesn’t matter how long I’ve lived in Japan. I’m still struck by the level of civility here. Every encounter, whether it’s on a crowded train or a busy street is transacted with a degree of quiet courtesy that continues…