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A high-speed train service between Rome and Milan will cut travel time by 25 percent to three hours next year, allowing it to steal airline passengers on the busy route, the head of Italy's state railways said on Thursday.

The railways aims to corner 60 percent of the market for travel by any method over the route over the next two years, Ferrovie dello Stato CEO Mauro Moretti told Italian television.

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Illinois a good model for improving service. Proponents of high-speed rail gathered Monday at Amtrak stops including Springfield, Galesburg and Macomb to tout increased ridership and announce a new Web site to make it easier for people to get information about the trains.

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While sleek new passenger trains streak through Europe, Japan and other corners of the world at speeds nearing 200 mph, most U.S. passenger trains chug along at little more than highway speeds - slowed by a half-century of federal preference for spending on roads and airports.

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A new world speed record for a train on rails will be attempted by a French high-speed train aiming to reach 560kph.

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A high-speed rail line between Paris and Germany will soon be completed, with trains running at up to 200mph cutting commuting times between the two countries.

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