Construction starts on high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke Las Vegas (Sean Pavone/Dreamstime) Construction has begun on the US’ first true high-speed rail line,…
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Ukraine starts building its railway to Europe
This post was originally published on this site Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal looks on as the first tracks are laid for its European-gauge railway…
Bangladesh ends $1.5bn Chinese rail upgrade after nine years of talks
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Srimangal station on the metre-gauge Akhaura–Sylhet line (Nicolas De Corte/Dreamstime) Bangladesh Railway (BR) has cancelled…
Japan’s $64bn maglev train delayed ‘at least seven years’
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers A maglev train undergoing testing in 2020 (Saruno Hirobano/CC BY-SA 4.0) Central Japan Railway (JR…
Chinese train maker pulls out of Bulgarian bid after EU investigation
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers CRRC’s CR400AF Fuxing locomotive has a maximum speed of 420km/h (N509FZ/CC BY-SA 4.0) A Chinese…
China to form company with neighbours to build railway to Uzbekistan
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers A diesel locomotive on an overpass in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Vmenkov/CC BY-SA 3.0) China, Kyrgyzstan, and…
US signals interest in $20bn Honduran rail corridor – if China’s not involved
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The Honduran press service’s image of a meeting with US delegates held in February The…
Putin greenlights construction of Moscow-to-St Petersburg high-speed rail line
This post was originally published on this site A train in St Petersburg (Evgeniy Akimenko/Dreamstime) Re-elected Russian president Vladimir Putin has made a virtual appearance…
Eiffage and Captrain win €415m contract to renovate France’s entire railway
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke A train in Lyon station (Pixattitude/Dreamstime) A joint venture between engineer Eiffage (80%) and state-owned…
Nigeria raises money to finish 284km railway to Niger
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Kano is Nigeria’s second city after Lagos. It has a population of around 4 million…