Rajoy promises high-speed rail link between Barcelona and France by April 2013.
Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has announced today that the Barcelona-Figueres-Perpignan high-speed rail link (AVE) will be open for business in April 2013. WT news feed
View ArticleRothschilds unite with National Trust to fight plans for high speed rail link.
The reason seems to be that the proposed high speed rail would run through the backyards of some of their stately manors, and could thus seriously disrupt candlelight soirees. Of course this is not the...
View ArticleFrance and Italy battle to keep high-speed rail on track
Critics argue it could become a white elephant subsidised by unjustifiable injections of national and European funds at a time when every other area of public spending is being tightened. bertb news feed
View Article‘Flop train’: EU’s high-speed rail ambitions hit a setback.
The EU’s top transport official says the troubled launch of a now-suspended high-speed rail service between Brussels and Amsterdam – christened the ‘flop train’ by angry passengers – is “not our...
View ArticleChicago installed thousands of cameras on its rail platforms. Crime jumped by...
Given those stats, should we consider the CTA’s camera program a crime-fighting success or a money-wasting failure? WT news feed
View ArticlePrivate company plans to take over Florida rail project.
The project, called All aboard Florida, remains on schedule to begin service in late 2014. WT news feed
View ArticleGreece: French eye rail operators and airports
During a meeting on Friday with Development and Transport Minister Costis Hatzidakis, France’s junior minister for transport and the maritime economy, Frederic Cuvillier, said that French companies...
View ArticleBattling Graffiti: German Rail Turns to Drones in War on Vandals
In an effort to combat graffiti on trains, German rail provider Deutsche Bahn is testing a new weapon: a drone outfitted with an infrared camera. It is designed to document evidence of vandalism, which...
View ArticleThe truth about Richard Branson’s Virgin Rail profits
The only way Branson and the vast majority of train barons make their profits is through handouts from the taxpayer. You can become rich without dipping in the taxpayers coffers, but to stay rich you...
View ArticleKazakhstan launch ‘Silk Road’ China-Europe rail route.
Now it takes just 15 days for trains carrying containers with electronic goods, construction materials and other cargo to cover the 10,800 km (6,750 miles) route from Chongqing in southwest China to...
View ArticlePutin Builds North Korea Rail to Circumvent Suez Canal
Vladimir Putin is inching closer to his goal of turning Russia into a major transit route for trade between eastern Asia and Europe by prying open North Korea, a nuclear-capable dictatorship isolated...
View ArticlePutin Trying to build and secure rail link through North Korea
Putin Trying to build and secure rail link through North Korea for moving goods between Asia and Europe three times faster than through Suez Canal http://zite.to/1aBGwDX Interesting News Items
View ArticleTrans -Eurasian Corridor: Turkey and Azerbaijan lead revival of modern Silk...
Hundreds of high-level political figures, CEOs and international experts from around the world explored the economic, political and strategic potential of the region at the third Caspian Forum in...
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