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Japan eyes Chinese tram for Mount Fuji
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a bus and a tram, a local governor said Monday. Authorities are now considering a hydrogen-powered transport system developed by China's state-owned railway company CRRC, as well as alternatives from Japanese firms. The Chinese Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) resembles a tram with its different sections but has more in common with a bus, running on rubber tyres and ... read more |
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Tokyo Metro shares rocket on debutTokyo (AFP) Oct 23, 2024 Shares in Tokyo Metro, one of the world's busiest subways, soared almost 50 percent on its debut Wednesday after its government owners raised $2.3 billion in Japan's biggest initial public offering in six years. ... more 
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 |
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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maker withdraws from Bulgaria tender after EU probeBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 26, 2024 Chinese rail giant CRRC has withdrawn from a tendered project in Bulgaria after the EU last month launched a probe into it over suspected subsidies, the European Commission said on Tuesday.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
French city makes public transport free for residentsMontpellier, France (AFP) Dec 21, 2023 The French city of Montpellier on Thursday became the latest European metropolis to allow all its residents to ride public transport for free. ... more |
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Mexico's Maya Train underway, despite environmental concerns
Campeche, Mexico (AFP) Dec 15, 2023 Mexico's Maya tourist train glided into action on Friday, promising prosperity for one of the country's poorest regions, but tainted by allegations of environmental devastation. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hailed his flagship project as a "magnum opus" built in "record time" ahead of the inauguration, during which he boarded one of its green-and-white cars for the train's first run between the colonial city of Campeche and the Caribbean resort of Cancun. Cancun is Mexico's leading tour ... read more 
Beijing metro collision injures 102 peopleBeijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2023 An evening rush-hour accident on the Beijing metro left 102 people with fractures after a rear-end collision on an above-ground section of tracks, state media reported Friday. ... more |
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Rail industry urged to consider safety risks of space weatherLancaster UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 Train accidents could be caused by solar storms switching signalling from red to green according to new research examining the impact of space weather. Solar storms can trigger powerful magnet ... more 
In Mexico, building a rail rival to the Panama CanalSalina Cruz, Mexico (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 At Mexico's narrowest point, linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the government is building a railway rival to the Panama Canal with promises of economic bounty but amid fears of environmental and social harm. ... more
UK axes key northern leg of costly high-speed railwayManchester, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday axed a key section of England's new high-speed railway, diverting billions of pounds instead into improving existing transport routes in the north. ... more 
Indonesia launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed railJakarta (AFP) Oct 2, 2023 Indonesia launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo hailed as "a symbol of our modernisation". ... more
Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trainsVienna (AFP) Sept 30, 2023 Austrian rail operator OeBB on Saturday unveiled its new generation of sleeper trains - a response to demands from travellers for less pollutant alternatives to planes and petrol or diesel cars. ... more |
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