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Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Indian Railways to Beat Fog with GPS Tech

A GPS-based technology which will alert train drivers about an approaching signal during foggy weather conditions will be installed in all passenger and freight trains in Delhi division from the end of this month.  The 'fog safe...

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Tender Floated for Oman Rail Network Design

Ambitious plans for the implementation of a national rail network, which were stalled for the last six months following the cabinet reshuffle earlier this year, are now back on track with the Tender Board floating a tender...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Taiwan – High-speed Rail Preparing to Offer 4G WiMAX

The Bureau of High Speed Rail (HSR) said Wednesday it will upgrade its telecommunications service by next June to offer its passengers uninterrupted Internet access on mobile devices. In a NT$500 million (US$17 million) joint project with the...

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Mongolia Government Plans to Build New Railway

The Government took the first step toward a massive new railway project at Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. Ministers approved the expenditure of USD 55 million to study the feasibility of building new lines totaling about 1,500 km. Under...

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong Express Rail Link

The Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Hong Kong Express Rail Link  will connect over 16,000 km of high-speed rail lines. The new line would reduce the travel time from Kowloon to the Guangzhou South Railway Station in half - to...

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

India Rail Plans 100 Billion-Rupee Bond

India’s Ministry of Railways will start a 100 billion-rupee ($2.2 billion) domestic sale of tax- free bonds by September to help upgrade and expand Asia’s oldest train network. The offering will be divided between a private placement and...

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

The Trains of Tomorrow, Today

With the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway to begin operating in June, the world's attention has turned to China for this momentous occasion in rail technology and modern transportation. Aside from being the fastest train in the world, reaching...

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Democrats’ Megaprojects More Realistic – researcher

The Democrat Party is seen as having an edge over Pheu Thai in terms of megaproject policies that are more realistic and potentially less harmful to the environment. However, the country's oldest party should create more variety...