Sentence examples for upgrading existing lines from inspiring English sources

Network Rail, the company that owns Britain's tracks, adds that upgrading existing lines would cause years of disruption.

He has consistently argued that upgrading existing lines would be hugely expensive and disruptive, providing far less additional capacity than building new lines.

Simon Jenkins (High-speed rail will bleed us all for a few rich travellers, 6 January) argues that upgrading existing lines is sufficient to improve north-south rail connections, and a new high-speed line is unnecessary.

"It will be a combination of upgrading existing lines, also some new tunnel," he said.

"While upgrading existing lines would provide a short-term fix, it does not provide the long-term capacity we so vitally need," he added.

Some $7 billion more would be needed to upgrade existing lines and rolling-stock.

LIPAy has said the Southampton project was not comparable to the Riverhead project because it involved a new transmission corridor, whereas the Riverhead project involved upgrading existing transmission lines,.

The report, by Network Rail and Atkins, says upgrading existing rail lines would severely affect the East Coast, Midland and West Coast mainlines.

China already has the longest operational high-speed network in the world, at 6,552 kilometers, and it intends to double that total to 13,000 kilometers by 2012 by upgrading existing track and building new lines.

The key to intercity rail is fast, frequent and comfortable service, be it on new lines as in France and Japan or by upgrading existing ones as in Britain, Sweden and the Northeast Corridor.

Many luxury hotels are upgrading existing spas.