Indonesia promises to fix teething problems with Jakarta metro line
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke A train on the new line (Indonesian Government/PR/Rahmat) President Joko Widodo of Indonesia has pledged…
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Iraq and Iran launch cross-border rail project
This post was originally published on this site Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during an official visit to Iran in December 2022 (Tasnim News…
Kenya, Ethiopia agree to start $13.8bn railway in 2025
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers ©GCR, illustration by Denis Carrier Kenya has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to build a…
Acciona, Cimic and Ghella consortium wins 16km Melbourne tunnel contract
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke Melbourne (Giovanni Gagliardi/Dreamstime) A consortium led by Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors, Italian civil engineer Ghella…
First phase of Thai-China railway to be complete in 2027
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The train may have a station at the former Siamese capital of Ayutthaya, burned by…
Egis to modernise Cork’s city rail service
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke Cork (Arsty/Dreamstime) France’s Egis has won a four-year contract to modernise the rail system in…
How a temporary platform helped us upgrade a Sydney train station
This post was originally published on this site Innovation The temporary, modular railway platform, surfaced with fibre-reinforced-polymer, could be removed quickly with small craneage to…
Illinois seeks $1.1bn for rail upgrades
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke Chicago’s Union Station (Glenn Nagel/Dreamstime) US politicians are seeking $1.1bn to improve Illinois’ rail infrastructure…
Uganda, Kenya hope to raise $6bn to restart Mombasa railway
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Construction work under way on the first phase of the SGR (Macabe5387/CC BY-SA 4.0) Uganda…
China Railway ex-boss guilty of taking bribes worth nearly $8m
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers ©GCR, illustration by Denis Carrier The former general manager of China State Railway Group yesterday…