Posted on 22 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Passenger services to the world heritage site at Machu Picchu in Peru are to resume in stages as repairs to the line progress. At the end of January following heavy rains, severe flooding resulting in landslides badly damaged the railway between Cuzco and Machu Picchu. PeruRail is to reinstate its Vistadome service from Pisacucho to [...] [...more]
Posted on 06 December 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Exceptionally heavy rain on 17 November in Pemberton, 152km north of Vancouver on the former British Columbia railway (BCR), flooded an estimated 160 acres of land adjacent to properties along Prospect Street and Collins Road. The plain is bordered on one side by a hill where Pemberton’s Benchlands neighbourhood is located and on the other [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 November 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
According to the Cuban Communist Party’s official newspaper Gamma, 19 serious and 320 minor rail accidents occurred in the country between January 2008 and September 2009. Head of the transport ministry’s rail sector Ricardo Aguiar blames the accidents on the “accumulated deterioration” of the railways over recent decades. Granma denounced “lack of discipline” and “negligence” [...] [...more]
Posted on 04 May 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
On 19 April, “at least” 80 people were reported hurt when two commuter trains collided at San Rafael on the outskirts of Mexico City. The 27km Metropolitan Area Suburban Railway from Buenavista to Cuautitlan, constructed and operated by Spain’s Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA (CAF), was opened to traffic in July 2008. According to [...] [...more]
