Newsletter 2/13/26: America’s Best Stations and London’s Massive Service Expansion

America’s Best Train Stations

We’d like to identify America’s prototypical train stations, in terms of how the stations promote economic development in the area surrounding the station.

Once we’ve determined the top stations, we’ll use them as examples to show mayors around the country: Your city can have this, if you support fast, frequent passenger rail, and if you promote transit-oriented development around the station.

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London’s St. Pancras International Station Is Set for Massive Service and Concourse Expansion

Thirty-two years after its opening, Britain’s Channel Tunnel is set to expand high-speed rail services to more European destinations. Major cities in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, are slated to be connected to London St. Pancras by 2030.

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