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1969 results for Trains

Monocle Minute

What’s the delay?

13 May 2016

One could argue that Canadian trains might feel more at home in a museum than on a track. The average age of vehicles owned by Crown corporation Via Rail is more than 40 years old; they were supposed to be retired at about…

Radio

The Urbanist - All aboard – choo, choo!

24 November 2016

The city that is bringing back trains from the late 1950s, an award-winning station with no town and how Austria is aiming to become Europe’s largest night-train operator.

Radio

The Monocle Arts Review - Film: Karen Krizanovich

7 October 2016

Karen Krizanovich reviews ‘Blood Father’, ‘The Girl on the Train’ and ‘The Greasy Strangler’.

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Back on track

20 October 2022

The rail industry is abuzz with chatter of a golden age of trains. Monocle takes a prime seat at trade fair Innotrans to gauge the direction of travel.

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Americas

17 October 2012

The ins and outs of Mercosur, the speeding up of California's trains, and the other big ballot in America.

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Bold moves

20 August 2020

Whether by plane, train or e-tractor, cities and nations are rising to the challenge of getting the world from A to B.

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Touch and go

22 February 2024

How do America’s first responders train for the worst natural – or manmade – disasters? We pull on a hazmat suit to find out.

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Americas

17 August 2008

Bullet-proof training in Colombia, the US's Project Laundry List and plans for new high-speed rail.

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Blue brigade

22 February 2024

A new contingent of French riot police is armed, trained and controversial. Will they be called on when the Olympics roll into town?

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Track changes

27 April 2023

Many rail projects are finally getting the green light, meaning smarter trains and new overnight services in Europe and the US.

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Making tracks

21 March 2024

By plane, train and automobile, we take in the shifting allegiances within the Caucasus’s former-Soviet states.

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Inside Track

24 February 2022

Railway fans are using train sets to help improve the real-life efficiency of the Swiss network.

Monocle Minute

Making tracks

16 August 2016

Its reliable and ever-improving Frecciarossa trains have earned Trenitalia’s high-speed fleet a solid reputation but the Italian train operator’s regional and commuter trains have thus far been overlooked. Now a €900m…

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Dummy run

16 January 2020

As adolescent entrepreneurs embrace Canada’s gig economy, the training of babysitters is undergoing a growth spurt.

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Toque of the town

10 May 2018

Want to become the next great Italian chef? Then head to a palace in northern Italy that’s training the next generation of star cooks.

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Europe

24 January 2014

The French president's motorcade, learning to share in Italy, getting stuck on a train in Bosnia and an interview with Serbia's first deputy prime minister