Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1911 — Fast Trains in Europe. [ARTICLE]

Fast Trains in Europe.

Express speeds in Great Britain and on the continent are high. In Great Britain there are 11 daily express trains making runs from 60 to 118% miles without a stop, whose average speed is from 61 to 69.2 miles an hour, the fastest and longest no-stop run is 226% miles, from Paddington to Plymouth, made at 64.8 miles an hour. France has seven daily expresses that run from 77% to 147% miles without stop ht speeds from 61.1 to 61.8 miles an hour, and there are nine French trains that ruh from 102 to 147% miles without stop at speeds from 60.4 to 69.3 miles an hour.—Scientific American. %