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First direct China-Spain freight train arrives in Madrid
Dec 09, 2014 (AFP)
The first freight train to link China directly to Spain arrived in Madrid on Tuesday after covering over 13,000 kilometres (8,000 miles) in a test run of a plan...
China rolls ahead with train makers' merger: media
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
China is moving forward with the merger of its two top train makers, state media said Wednesday, with a plan to create a massive group to export high-speed rail...
China rolls ahead with merger of train makers: report
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
China is moving forward with the merger of its two top train makers, a state-backed newspaper said Wednesday, with a plan to create a massive group to export hi...
China firm signs $12 bn deal to build Nigerian railway
Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)
A state-owned Chinese company has signed a $12 billion agreement to build a railway along Nigeria's coast that it billed as China's single largest overseas cont...
Mexico defends decision to scrap Chinese train deal
Nov 07, 2014 (AFP)
Mexico on Friday defended its abrupt decision to scrap a bullet train deal with a Chinese-led consortium and seek new bids after the opposition questioned the l...
Chinese group to build Latin America's first bullet train
Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)
Mexico's government -- keen to forge closer ties to Beijing -- picked a Chinese-led consortium Monday to build the first bullet train in Latin America after the...
China to merge two top state-owned train makers: Xinhua
Oct 29, 2014 (AFP)
China will soon merge its two biggest train makers to create a multi-billion-dollar firm as it seeks export markets for its high-speed railway technologies, the...
China, Russia mull high-speed Moscow-Beijing rail line: reports
Oct 17, 2014 (AFP)
China and Russia are considering building a high-speed rail line thousands of kilometres from Moscow to Beijing that would cut the journey time from six days on...
Chinese group only bidder for Mexico high-speed train
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese-led consortium was the only group to enter a bid for a high-speed train project connecting Mexico City and the central city of Queretaro, the transpor...
Swiss train carriage plunges into ravine after landslide
Aug 13, 2014 (AFP)
A landslide derailed a passenger train in the Swiss mountains on Wednesday sending one carriage plunging into a ravine, but it appeared that miraculously there ...
India approves foreign investment hike in railways, defence
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
India's cabinet has approved plans to open its defence and railways industries to foreign investment as new Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing administra...
S. Korea trains collide, one dead, scores injured: report
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
Two South Korean passenger trains collided Tuesday on an eastern coastal track, killing one person and injuring around 80 more, local media said. It was the lat...
Now leaving the station in China: Luziyao Pickled Fish Express?
Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)
China has started selling naming rights for its bullet trains to commercial sponsors, state media reported Wednesday, as it increasingly commercialises its stat...
New York's High Line fetes fifth birthday
Jun 13, 2014 (AFP)
New York's High Line -- a public park built on elevated former train tracks -- is celebrating its fifth birthday, with officials claiming it attracts more touri...
Train maker China CNR raises $1.2 bn in Hong Kong IPO
May 16, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese high-speed train maker China CNR Corp raised more than US$1 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong Friday, less than a month after a Chinese...
China tests 3,000-kph Super-Maglev train concept
May 13, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Chinese researchers at the Applied Superconductivity Laboratory of Southwest Jiaotong University claim their fast transportation concept based on magnetic levit...
China signs mega east Africa rail deal
May 11, 2014 (AFP)
China on Sunday signed a deal to build a $3.8 billion rail link between Kenya's Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and Nairobi, the first stage of a line that will ev...
'Disgruntled' worker derailed China train: report
Apr 17, 2014 (AFP)
A passenger train derailment in China that injured 15 people and made national headlines was caused by a "disgruntled" worker, state-run media reported Thursday...
The new 'silk road', a rail link from China's factories to heart of Europe
Mar 30, 2014 (AFP)
One of the world's longest railways -- a "modern-day silk road" -- covers some 11,000 kilometres (7,000 miles) en route from the Chinesee megacity of Chongqing ...
Eurostar services disrupted after lightning sparks fire
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
Eurostar train services suffered severe delays on Thursday after a lightning strike sparked a fire on the English side of the Channel Tunnel. According to Euros...
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