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Paint them white: how Brazil is keeping trains on track
Sao Paulo (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 Few people suspect that when they board a train during a heatwave they may be risking their lives, as high temperatures can warp tracks and maybe even cause the train to derail. Yet just last week, a train in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro derailed after the tracks expanded and buckled after being heated to a sizzling 71 degrees Celsius (160 degrees Fahrenheit) by the sun. No-one was injured in the incident but it highlighted the need for a solution to the search for a way to keep the cou ... read more |
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China's sprawling rail projects around AsiaTokyo (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 Vietnam approved plans on Wednesday for a multi-billion-dollar railway with China, boosting links between the two communist countries. ... more 
Sri Lanka train derailed after smashing into elephantsColombo (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said. ... more 
Vietnam parliament approves $8 billion rail link to ChinaHanoi (AFP) Feb 19, 2025 Vietnam's parliament approved plans on Wednesday for an $8 billion rail link from its largest northern port city to the border with China, boosting links between the two communist-ruled countries and making trade easier. ... more 
France-Italy trains to return after 19-month landslide closureParis (AFP) Jan 21, 2025 The hugely popular train line linking Paris with the Italian cities of Turin and Milan is to reopen in March and April after a 19-month closure forced when a landslide damaged a tunnel, French railway operator SNCF and Italian counterpart Trenitalia announced Tuesday. ... more |
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Tokyo Metro: Asia's oldest subway goes publicTokyo (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 Every day six and a half million people ride Tokyo Metro's nine lines, part of a dizzyingly complex transport network serving the Japanese megacity and its sprawling suburbs. ... more 
Austria Greens leave transport pass as legacy ahead of voteVienna (AFP) Sept 28, 2024 Sunday's national vote in Austria is expected to punish the Greens, whose support has plunged since 2020 when they formed an unprecedented coalition with the conservatives. ... more 
Japan plans driverless bullet trainsTokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2024 Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country's demographic crisis. ... more 
First step for Europe's hyperloop vehicles with test launchVeendam, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 9, 2024 The dream of hurtling between European cities at speeds of more than 700 kilometres per hour moved a step closer Monday with the first successful vehicle tests at the European Hyperloop Centre. ... more 
India's strategic railway bridge closes the gap to KashmirReasi (AFP) July 24, 2024 Soaring high across a gorge in the rugged Himalayas, a newly finished bridge will soon help India entrench control of disputed Kashmir and meet a rising strategic threat from China. ... more |
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US freight company to pay $310 mn over East Palestine derailment
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2024 The freight company responsible for a large toxical chemical spill in Ohio last year has reached a $310 million settlement with US authorities, officials said Thursday. Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, were forced to evacuate in February 2023, when a Norfolk Southern train carrying chemicals derailed, covering the area in thick black smoke. While there were no fatalities, people were forced to temporarily evacuate, and many of them reported health problems and poor drinking water as a result o ... read more
Mexico tourist train an environmental 'nightmare,' activists saySolidaridad, Mexico (AFP) May 4, 2024 In a cave in Mexico's Riviera Maya, where nature has sculpted a subterranean landscape of stunning beauty, thick steel columns supporting a controversial new tourist railway intrude into a delicate ecosystem. ... more |
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Transport of the future? Europe's longest hyperloop centre opensVeendam, Netherlands (AFP) Mar 26, 2024 Europe's longest tunnel for testing hyperloop technology opens Wednesday in the Netherlands, with operators hoping passengers could one day be whisked from Amsterdam to Barcelona in a couple of hours. ... more 
Chinese train maker withdraws from Bulgaria tender after EU probeBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 26, 2024 Chinese rail giant CRRC has withdrawn from a tendered project in Bulgaria after the EU last month launched a probe into it over suspected subsidies, the European Commission said on Tuesday. ... more
EU announces subsidy probe into Chinese train makerBrussels (AFP) Feb 16, 2024 The European Union on Friday announced a probe into a subsidiary of Chinese rail giant CRRC suspected of using state subsidies to unfairly undercut European rivals. ... more 
Passengers snub 'expensive' London-Paris Eurostar train for planeLondon (AFP) Jan 24, 2024 Many travellers are opting to take a plane rather than train between London and Paris despite climate concerns and the Eurostar rail service connecting the two capitals in just over two hours. ... more 
Passengers snub 'expensive' London-Paris Eurostar train for planeLondon (AFP) Jan 24, 2024 Many travellers are opting to take a plane rather than train between London and Paris despite climate concerns and the Eurostar rail service connecting the two capitals in just over two hours. ... more |
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