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Nov 6, 2024 · Valencia services start to resume after catastrophic floods. Adif and Renfe are working hard to repair storm damage and reintroduce train services. November 5, 2024 | Fleet.
Split-frame bogies overcome the break of gauge
Sep 13, 2024 · SINCE December 11 2022 passengers have been able to travel along the scenic Golden Pass route between Interlaken and Montreux without changing trains at Zweisimmen, where the standard-gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway (BLS) hands over to the metre-gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB). Overcoming this break of …
Full speed ahead for Chinese high-speed rail
Jul 10, 2024 · New 400km/h high-speed trains built by CRRC could reduce the journey time on the Beijing - Shanghai high-speed line to 2h 30min. China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) aims for high-speed rail lines to connect 95% of all cities with at least 500,000 inhabitants by 2025, with a total of 50,000km of high-speed lines operational as part of a ...
How China builds high-speed rail for less
Oct 9, 2014 · China has built the world's largest high-speed rail network in less than a decade and construction costs for high-speed lines are now as much as a third lower than in other countries. Gerald Ollivier, Jitendra Sondhri and Nanyan Zhou from the World Bank's Beijing office explain how China continues to develop a world-class system with world-beating unit costs.
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Network Rail’s vision for the post-pandemic railway
Sep 20, 2024 · The British government has stepped in to make up for this shortfall during the pandemic, contributing £16.9bn to the rail sector in the 2020-21 financial year, an increase of £10.4bn. Train operators received £10.2bn as passenger revenue plummeted while NR received £6.6bn, an increase of £1.4bn. But this level of support is not likely to ...
Texas Central Railway: blazing a trail for privately-funded high …
Jul 15, 2024 · Despite producing more than a third of the United States’ crude oil output, urbanisation, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other Americans. Keith Barrow looks at how Texas Central Railway is planning to link Dallas and Houston without a cent of public funding.
Transnet invests in heavy-haul capacity - International Railway …
Sep 18, 2024 · Transnet has already invested in the line to boost capacity to 60.7 million tonnes per year, increasing axleloads to 30 tonnes and maximum train lengths from 216 to 342 wagons. The fleet of 5600 CR13/14 ore wagons has been upgraded to carry a 100-tonne payload, and TFR has also taken delivery of 34 5MW class 15E electric locomotives, which are ...
Shinkansen: half a century of speed - International Railway Journal
Jul 10, 2024 · THE October 1964 opening of the 552.6km Tokaido Shinkansen was a major news event not just in Japan but globally as the striking image of streamlined electric trains flashing past Mount Fuji captured the public's imagination. The term bullet train was quickly coined to describe this technological wonder.