The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway.

In April 1985 the British and French governments invited proposals for the construction of a link between the two countries to be privately funded.

A treaty has been entered between Germany and Denmark for the construction of a fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt to Denmark, to be finished in 2018.

The construction of a cross-Channel link was discussed exhaustively in the early 1980s before the proposal for a joint British/French rail tunnel was finally approved in 1986.

The trust shelved a $300 million offering that was to fund construction of a key link in Mexico's highway system.

Deluce's proposal was initially conditional on the construction of a fixed link to the airport.

Line C (along the Left Bank of the Seine) was added in 1979, involving the construction of a link between Invalides and Musée d'Orsay.

But he said this would require construction of a 10-mile link and such a project would take two months.

The Octopus Act of 1884 was what finally authorised construction of a permanent link, as well as 64 other railway lines around the state.

However, the Queich valley communities did not give up and continued to campaign for the construction of such a link.