So, how fast are we talking? The goal is for the core trains to be travelling at 100 miles per hour – or even faster – by ...

Since then, they have been blazing trails, mostly across Europe and China, according to CNN. Fortune added that aging rail infrastructure and inadequate funding have hampered American bullet ...

Starline is launching with a focus on dedicated cargo spaces, aiming to ease the load on short-haul freight flights and ...

Direct, high-speed train services between London and new destinations such as Cologne, Lyon, Frankfurt and Geneva got a step closer today, as the final major barrier to routing new services ...

And yes, the trains serve beer too. Spain's AVE (Alta Velocidad Espanola) trains are some of the fastest in Europe, cutting travel times dramatically. Madrid to Barcelona? Two and a half hours.

Plus, Sun Travel spoke to Michael Portillo about his favourite train journeys in Europe. And we discovered ... Belgian operator Thalys has opened up fast train services to Germany.