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Elon Musk's Hyperloop concept closer to becoming a reality
Aug 21, 2015 (UPI)
The concept of high-speed frictionless train travel through pressurized, above-ground tubes began life as a fanciful dream -- one popularized by serial entrepre...
Africa tracks: construction of key Djibouti-Ethiopia rail line to finish
Jun 09, 2015 (AFP)
The leaders of Djibouti and Ethiopia will oversee the completion of a railway linking their two capitals on Thursday, with the ambition that the link might even...
Pacific-Atlantic railroad will respect environment: Chinese premier
May 23, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said that the Beijing-funded project to build a vast railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, across Peru, would respect...
I only promote reading, writer tells sabotage trial
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Erri de Luca, the Italian writer on trial for inciting criminal damage to a controversial high-speed rail link through the Alps, told a court Wednesday he was o...
China to spend $40 bn on railways to support economy: report
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
China's top economic planning body has approved the construction of six railways expected to cost some 250 billion yuan ($40.8 billion) to support the faltering...
Japan's maglev train notches up new world speed record
Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's state-of-the-art maglev train clocked a new world speed record Tuesday in a test run near Mount Fuji, smashing through the 600 kilometre (373 miles) per...
China eyeing Tibet-Nepal railway: report
Apr 09, 2015 (AFP)
A railway between China and Nepal that could include a tunnel under Mount Everest is under consideration, Chinese state media said Thursday, as Beijing builds l...
China's latest cyberwar: the battle for New Year train tickets
Feb 15, 2015 (AFP)
As hundreds of millions in China flock home to celebrate the Year of the Sheep, the world's biggest human migration places extraordinary pressure on roads and r...
Mexican high-speed train project suspended 'indefinitely'
Jan 30, 2015 (AFP)
Mexico said Friday it had "indefinitely" suspended construction on Latin America's first high-speed train line, nearly three months after scrapping a controvers...
Chinese company wins subway deal in US: Xinhua
Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)
A Chinese train manufacturer announced a deal on Monday worth hundreds of millions of dollars to provide rolling stock to the US city of Boston for its subway s...
China-backed Thai railway construction to begin in September
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Construction on a $12 billion Chinese-backed railway through Thailand will begin in September, officials said Thursday, as part of a grand vision to overhaul th...
Can Musk's Pipe Dream to Come True
Jan 20, 2015 (Sputnik)
US technology entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that he will be building a test track for his Hyperloop, a new step towards completing his much anticipated p...
Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing buys British train firm for $3.8 bn
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Cheung Kong, the business empire of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing, announced late Tuesday that it is buying Britain's Eversholt Rail Group for 2.5 billion ($3.8 ...
Elon Musk wants to build a Hyperloop test track in Texas
Jan 15, 2015 (UPI)
When Elon Musk tweets, the tech world listens. That was the case Thursday, as the founder of SpaceX instigated a cyber freakout with news that he plans to build...
Mexico invites new bids for bullet train
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
Mexico's government reopened the bidding process for a bullet train project on Wednesday, two months after a Chinese-led consortium's winning tender was controv...
China firm to bid again for Mexico rail project: govt
Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)
The Chinese state firm which led a cancelled bid for a $3.75 billion high-speed rail contract in Mexico plans to tender for the project again, a Chinese governm...
China rail firms eye global market with merger
Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)
The merger of China's top two train makers will create a "world-leading" rail supplier to compete with foreign players, they said, as enthusiastic investors sen...
China extends high-speed rail network to Xinjiang
Dec 26, 2014 (AFP)
China tied the restive far-western region of Xinjiang closer to the rest of the country Friday, opening a high-speed rail line between its remote capital and a ...
Hyperloop design progress makes Elon Musk's dream a possible reality
Dec 19, 2014 (UPI)
Elon Musk's Hyperloop design is seeing progress thanks to a group of UCLA students who have begun to put his plans in motion. The design is a tube above or belo...
China signs Balkan bullet train deal to drive Europe trade
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
China signed a huge deal Wednesday to finance a high-speed bullet train between Budapest and Belgrade, a key link in Beijing's expanding network for getting its...
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