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Next stop, the world

27 July 2017

Tomos Lewis reporting from Toronto: Having worked on high-profile projects around the globe, leading railway developer Michael Schabas is applying his expertise to improving the transport needs of his hometown.

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Africa and Middle East briefing

15 October 2015

Sultan style tips, Somali airlines' take on bigger Gulf rivals and a Swaziland journalist.

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Relaxed approach

19 January 2017

We splash out in a Bay Area onsen, taste first-class fare at Paris’s foremost railway terminal and take the opportunity to recline in Norway and Portugal. Plus: a word with the GM of New York’s most anticipated hotel…

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 125: Helsinki Central Railway Station

24 September 2018

With 200,000 passengers a day, Helsinki Central Railway Station is Finland’s most visited building. But its significance for the Nordic nation lies in much more than just the people who travel through its doors.

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Europe Briefing

21 June 2012

High-speed rail lines are in the pipeline for both the UK and Turkey, while a breath of fresh air is promised in the planned landscaped gardens of the redeveloped Le Forum des Halles, Paris.

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Rapid relief

21 October 2010

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…

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Africa/Middle East briefing

17 March 2009

A fitness centre in Iraq? Entrepreneurial folly or viable business adventure? Ibrahim Abdullatif has no doubts: “Iraqi Kurdistan is the place to invest,” says the 31-year-old businessman who has opened the Fitness Health…

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Asia briefing

17 January 2009

Urban farming in Japan, Korea's mission to put its cuisine on the map, and farewell to to Cambodia's "bamboo" railways.

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Europe briefing

19 January 2017

Norway's digital radio, Italy's privatised railways and the far-right in Germany.

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Track record

17 October 2007

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…

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Motional issue

20 May 2015

In this edition we consider the systems and logistical threads that allow us to make those all-important connections, whether they are at the airport, at the railway station or in the art gallery.

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Europe Briefing

16 September 2010

What your moustache says about your politics (if your Turskish), why Germany has its eyes on the Eurotunnel and why mint is flavour of the month in Finland.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Explainer 117: What does a high-speed railway project have to do with diplomacy in Southeast Asia?

30 May 2018

One of Southeast Asia’s largest infrastructure projects has stalled. But, as our Asia editor at large Kenji Hall explains, the high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore was about far more than a quick conne…

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Out of the past

19 May 2015

Historically isolated from the rest of Japan, Kanazawa’s economy is now expanding thanks to a new rail link to Tokyo. But its inhabitants are determined to preserve the city’s unique traditions and distinctive architecture…

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2012 forecast: transport

17 November 2011

Africa's first high-speed rail network, Cambodia's "bamboo" railway upgrade and China's ambitious aviation plans.

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Tracking changes

17 August 2017

Occupying former railway warehouses, Luma Arles is a gallery going full steam ahead with big ambitions and big ideas.

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