Australia’s Track Upgradation Projects Underway
Works have started on laying 658,000 new long concrete sleepers at a cost of $145mn along two critical sections of…
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Pakistan Railways Invites Bids for Its Rail Services
The Ministry of Railways in Pakistan has invited private companies to bid for the operations of passenger and freight services…
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New Rail Tunnel to Connect Two Spanish Cities
The Andalucía regional government of Spain has awarded two contracts to build the 4km section of tunnel between Las Lagunas…
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Network Rail to Test Run Recycled Plastic Sleepers
UK-based Network Rail will test run a new form of rail with sleepers made from recycled plastic, in an attempt…
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Nigeria to Receive 25 New Locomotives from GE
The Nigerian Railway Corporation will receive 25 new locomotives by 2010 from GE Transportation as per a new letter of…
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€100m EBRD Aid to Improve Serbian Railway Sector
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €100m to Zeleznice Srbije, a Serbian state-owned railway company, to…
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London’s Underground Network to Use RFID
London's underground network will install 30,000 RFID tags on around 300 escalators by 2010, to reduce repair times from five…
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US Plans $1.83bn New Transport Options Programme
US President Barack Obama has recommended a funding programme of $1.83bn for major transit projects to create new transport options.…
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Bulgarian Capital Launches Underground Extension Line
The Bulgarian capital Sofia officially opened the extension of its first metro line, connecting the residential district of Mladost 1…
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Austrian Rail Tunnel Gets International Go-Ahead
Construction of the Brenner base tunnel could receive its final go-ahead when the German, Italian and Austrian transport ministers meet…