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German train operator runs successful test journey through Channel Tunnel, but French ministers still unhappy at Siemens beating Alstom to new train contract

Transport minister claims French company Alstom should provide high-speed trains as Siemens models ordered for 2014 will not meet safety standards

Green light at the end of the Channel Tunnel

Europe's high-speed rail giant, SNCF, predicts domestic air travel in UK could lose millions of passengers to a 250mph train service

Replacing plane journeys with ultra-fast train services 'manifestly in the public interest', transport secretary says

Company predicts energy efficiency savings already achieved will allow it to cut emissions 35 per cent by 2012

Both Eurostar and Spanish rail network release new figures suggesting travellers increasingly prefer high-speed rail to flights

Network Rail outlines ambitions for five new lines in face of booming passenger numbers