By Peter De Keles

Author  Bio Long-distance travelers can also be thankful for progress. The fastest train from Edinburgh to London in 1895 took eight and a half hours, compared to four now.

Title:	Train journeys slower now than a century ago
Publication:	The Telegraph
Date:	08/26/12
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Category	Misc
Overview	In the U.K. with above inflation fare rises, chronic overcrowding and seemingly perpetual delays, you would be forgiven for thinking there has never been a worse time to travel by train. New research suggests that, in some cases, you might be right. Despite more than a century of technological advances it seems that some routes are slower now than they were in Victorian and Edwardian times.
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