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<p>Mark Thurston did not visit Beijing in April 2018.<strong><em> </em></strong>In
April 2019 Mark Thurston visited Japan, China and Hong Kong to meet with companies
responsible for developing and operating high speed networks. He also visited high
speed stations in Tokyo, Beijing and Kowloon. The purpose of the visit was to gather
international best practice of core elements of High Speed Rail projects, such as
station design, maintenance and operational processes.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>At the
advice of the previous Chairman, Sir David Higgins, Mark Thurston also undertook two
other short, 48hr, overseas visits - to Italy and Spain - in March 2018 to learn from
their experiences of delivering High Speed Rail. Spain has the largest high speed
network outside of China.</p>
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