Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Companies bidding for the contract to operate California’s proposed high-speed rail line will have to declare their role in transporting victims of the Nazis during World War II. A Democratic politician is pushing to make it a requirement that any involvement in taking people to work, concentration, prisoner-of-war, or extermination camps between January 1942 and [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The 377km Yichang-Yiwan Railway runs from the Yiwan District in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality to Yichang City in Hubei Province. It was designed to shorten the journey between the mountainous regions in the south-west and the eastern parts of China. The railway was first laid out in 1903 but construction did not begin until 2003 [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Pakistan Railways (PR) has recently come under severe criticism for closing down services on many popular routes, which railway minister Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has blamed on shortage of funds. According to recent estimates made by PR, there is a shortage of 50 to 60 locomotives mainly for freight operations. The estimated shortage of coaches [...] [...more]
Posted on 20 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Though the Vietnamese parliament resolved not to approve further study on the proposed north-south high-speed railway connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Railways Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Nguyen Huu Bang is calling for continued support from Japan. He expects the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JCA) to start feasibility studies on two [...] [...more]
Posted on 20 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Taiwan’s high-speed rail system was named the most “outstanding civil engineering project”, beating entries from South Korea, Indonesia and India, at the Asian civil engineering conference in Sydney. At the awards ceremony, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation vice-president Jeder Hsieh said Taiwan’s engineering standards are gaining increasing international recognition. He explained that the high-speed railway [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Every year on 5 August the girls who drove trams in Hiroshima during the war hold a reunion at the Hiroshima Electric Railway Company. They remember the day, 65 years ago, when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city and many of their fellow workers were killed or badly injured. The girls, some as [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Indian railways has suspended rail services to Kashmir following a period of unrest. The service was launched two years ago as a symbol of peace and prosperity in the region. Divisional Railways Manager RS Ghera said the decision had been taken after a weekend attack on Sopore station and would only be restored once the [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
China’s first high-speed rail line, the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity High-Speed Rail, has carried 40.96 million passengers since it began operating two years ago. The HS line, launched on 1 August 2008, is capable of transporting up to 125,000 passengers per day between the two cities in north China. Designed with a maximum running speed of 350km/h, [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has teamed up with infrastructure funds operated by private equity firm 3i and Morgan Stanley to put together a £1.5 billion bid to acquire the Channel Tunnel rail link. The consortium is considering submitting an offer ahead of the 17 August deadline. The sale of the 110km High Speed [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
A Heritage Run for the world’s oldest working steam locomotive is planned between Royapuram, the oldest station building on India’s Southern Railway, and Avadi. The 155-year-old loco built by Kitson Thomson and Hewitson Leeds, United Kingdom, was used by the East Indian Railway until 1909. For the century it has been an exhibit at Jamalpur [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) is studying the feasibility of privatising the operation and management of all railway systems in the country. One of the aims is to have a single ticketing system for both existing and soon-to-be constructed lines. DoTC under-secretary for aviation and railways Glicerio Sicat is quoted saying: said: [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock – the country’s largest manufacturer of rail vehicles – has signed a contract worth RMB 3.98 billion with Malaysia’s ministry of transport for the supply of railway vehicles. cars. China South Locomotive said the contract value accounts for 8.6% of [...] [...more]
