European rail freight transport shows no recovery – falling transport performance due to weak economic situation and losses in intermodal competition – operators remain in the red – process optimisation and alliances are crucial 6th February 2014 In its newly published study “European Rail Freight Transport Market 2014”, SCI Verkehr has produced a detailed analysis […]
Questions have been raised over the way a Chinese firm was awarded the building contract for the Standard Gauge Railway which will link Kenya with Uganda. The project was not put out to tender because it is considered a government to government agreement, so only one company was given the chance to bid for the […]
9 people were killed when a train caught fire as a train was leaving the suburbs of Mumbai on Wednesday. The fire broke out at 2:30 local time and spread through three coaches. This comes just over two weeks after a train fire killed 26 in the country. Survivors managed to escape the train by […]
Volgograd, December 29, a suicide bomber at Volgograd train station killed 17 people and injured more than 40 at around 0845 local time. The bombing comes ahead of the Sochi Olympic Games and is apparently to do with Islamic militants from Russia’s troubled North Caucasus who are allegedly ramping up the violence ahead of the international […]
A passenger carriage on a train caught fire near Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh in India, killing 26 passengers including two children in the early hours of December 29. Twelve people were taken to hospital. The train was travelling from Bangalore to Nanded. The deaths are said to have happened because the doors wouldn’t open to […]
Close to the border between Asia and Europe, Serbia could soon be an important part of the rail network linking the two continents. At a summit of central European countries it has been agreed that the Belgrade to Bucharest railway be upgraded and modernised with Chinese help. A €370 million loan has been secured from […]
2 December 2013 London, UK Sagacity Media announced today it’s Rail industry line up for it’s Communications Based Train Control conference and half day workshop on Cyber Security for Future Railways. The conference and workshop take place on March 12th and 13th 2014 at etc Venues, the Hatton Gardens London. Industry leaders will be meeting […]
The benefits of automated, driverless metro networks are widely known within the industry but for the public, the perception of installation of automation on a network is often characterised by press stories about dangerous driverless trains and concern at resulting job cuts. This negativity creates a challenge for an operator in delivering an automated system […]
With the commissioning of twenty new pressurised oil wagons last week, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has urged oil companies to move oil transport in the country from road to rail for security and ease of transport. Nigeria has invested millions of dollars into rebuilding its rail network since 2009. It has re-commissioned railway lines […]
French railways and power company Alstom is to cut 1300 jobs and sell a minority stake in its railways division. The large multinational is pointing to poor future growth estimates as its reason for cutting back on assets and employees. The firm employs 93,000 people around the world, 18,000 in France. It builds the French […]
