US EditionCould a metro system link the whole of Europe by 2040?
- A Copenhagen-based think tank has proposed a plan to create a pan-European Metro-style rail network by 2040.
- The network would connect Tallinn to Helsinki with a proposed €20 billion tunnel and additionally require a tunnel under the Irish Sea between Liverpool and Dublin.
- Starline aims to oversee the network's operation and coordination while utilizing public funds for infrastructure costs.
- The initiative aims to improve rail efficiency and support Europe's 2050 net-zero goals.
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Will Europe's high-speed ‘Metro-style’ rail network really happen?
A Copenhagen-based think tank has unveiled an ambitious plan to create a 21st-century integrated pan-European ‘Metro-style’ rail network by 2040. But how realistic is it?
Europe metro train: The future of travel
Have you ever imagined boarding a train in Helsinki and, just over five hours later, stepping off in Berlin—no airport queues, no lengthy check-ins, just smooth, high-speed rail travel. That’s the kind of future a Copenhagen-based think tank, 21st Europe, is working towards. Their ambitious Starline project aims to stitch together 39 major cities across Europe, from the UK to Ukraine… Source
21st Europe's Starline Reimagines the Future of Mobility Across European Cities
© 21st Europe + Bakken & Bæck 21st Europe, a new design-led think tank founded by former SPACE10 creative director Kaave Pour focused on shaping the future of the continent, has just unveiled Starline: a blueprint for a high-speed rail system that aims to connect Europe as seamlessly as a city metro. Revealed at the think tank's inaugural summit in Barcelona and developed in collaboration with creative technology studio Bakken & Bæck, Starline c…
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