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GRN Global Rail Network
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GRN Global Rail Network
Our standards

High standards, for every person on earth

Along with the railway, the network brings hospitals, good food, fair justice, new cities and real work to every place it reaches. These are the standards we believe every route on earth should meet.

A lively city street with a railway passing overhead, people, market stalls and cafes in sunshine
What the line brings to each place
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standards for every route

500 km

at most between hospitals

50M+

jobs, first estimate

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continents on one network

One standard, along the whole route

Quality of life should not depend on an address

These standards describe what the network should guarantee wherever its line runs, from the smallest stop to the busiest hub. They are our own view, written to be tested, discussed and improved.

Theme 1

Health and care

Good care should be a short train ride away for every family along the line.

A bright hospital with a green garden beside the railway
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One hospital every 500 km

Along the whole route, the same high standard of care. Bright, well-equipped hospitals are built for the people who live along the line.

First estimate
A bright railway health centre with a nurse and a traveller
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Healthcare at every stop

Each station is a centre of care, from a clinic with a nurse at the smallest stop to a full hospital at the major hubs, carrying the standard of health to the surrounding region.

Theme 2

Food and daily life

What a family eats should be safe, fresh and as good in a small town as in a capital.

A bright fresh produce market in sunlight
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One standard for every table

Food safety checked the same way on every continent, so a family in any town can trust what they eat.

A joyful restaurant terrace with food from many cultures
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The best food, from every continent

International restaurants serve the finest ingredients from every region, and dishes from many cultures.

Theme 3

Growth and work

Where the line arrives, towns, learning and work grow around the station.

A new green town with a station and a sunny campus
04

New cities, new universities

Towns and campuses grow along the railway, so learning and work reach places that never had them.

A clean sunny industrial yard beside a railway
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Resources come closer

Mines that were once far away become easy to reach, and the materials for building the future are shared fairly.

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50million

At least 50 million jobs

Building, running and serving the network creates work on every continent, from engineers and drivers to cooks, nurses and teachers in the new towns.

First estimate, to be settled by the plan
Theme 4

The line itself

One network, built the same way everywhere, open to everyone and safe by design.

A modern double-track railway in bright daylight
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One gauge and one signalling standard for every track

One common track width and one signalling standard on every route, so a train never has to stop at a border because the rails do not match.

An accessible station platform with a ramp, a child and an elderly person walking together
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Access for all

Lifts, ramps and special seating so that the elderly, the child, the expectant mother and the person with limited mobility travel with equal dignity.

Engineers checking a rail with sensors in a clean, sunny maintenance yard
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Safety built in

Double tracks, backup routes, intelligent sensors and rapid-response teams along the line, so that one fault never brings the whole network to a halt.

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The vision

High standards for everyone

Every person along the line should live with dignity and fairness.

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