I really enjoyed this site- Thank you Syd.
Now back to HSR in UK. Get a look at this site:
www.o-keating.com/hsr/ukrail.htm
It is professionally managed, I reckon.

Dario,
Much of the British information on this site is now incorrect. It does not appear to have been updated for quite some time. Perhaps the information given about other countries railways is also incorrect?

John.

just read the first paragraph to notice, intercity 125s are now no longer the fastest, the 390's can do a max speed of 140mph, whether they will eventually do this I don't know.

Thank you, John and Dave, for your appropriate observations on the site not being updated. Nevertheless, it gives the situation at the time of writing, which is still worthwhile to know.
Cheers from Dario

I found this site which probably keeps the most updated news on HSR:
http://www.artech.se/~sandblom/archive/hst.html

No railway news can be better told than by the Railway Gazette.
This is an update on the Italian High Speed network:
http://www.railwaygazette.com/Articl...rtunities.html

And this article is on a crucial issue:ERTMS in UK:
http://www.railwaygazette.com/Articl...+to+ERTMS.html
Any comments on this?

yep according to the railway gazzette article ATP is being used in the UK, this is true as FGW have installed it on their HST units.

While on the subject of future british railways, does anyone agree with the TGV Edinburgh-London via Manchester idea?

I think a direct high-speed link between the rest of the country and mainland Europe (via London and the CTRL) would be a great thing.
John.