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Hong Kong passes controversial bill for joint mainland rail checkpoints
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
It is illegal for mainland law enforcement to operate in semi-autonomous Hong Kong under the city's mini-constitution, the Basic Law. But with a high-speed rail...
Student Hyperloop motor tested at ESA
May 28, 2018 (ESA)
The Delft Hyperloop team at Delft University of Technology is one of 20 finalists selected to compete in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition 3 on 22 July. The ...
China, US in 'extraordinary' WTO clash
May 08, 2018 (AFP)
"What I would say about this meeting today is that it was extraordinary in its intensity," WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell told reporters after a meeting of the bo...
France's Bollore seeks damages over Benin rail project
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
Patrice Talon, president of the small West African country, said both the French conglomerate and its local rival Petrolin would be "compensated fairly", withou...
Benin president taps China for controversial railway
Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)
In an interview published on Thursday in the French magazine Challenges, Talon asked the two companies to "withdraw amicably from the project", which links Beni...
New Mumbai metro will beat traffic, but at what cost?
Jan 21, 2018 (AFP)
Announced in 2014 with much fanfare, the Metro 3 line has been hailed by backers as essential to help solve the city's traffic woes and finally provide a link t...
China raises bullet train speed six years after crash
Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)
The speed limit had been reduced to 300 kilometres per hour after 40 people died in a high-speed train crash near Wenzhou in July 2011. The acceleration cuts th...
Modi, Abe to kick-start India's first bullet train project
Sep 10, 2017 (AFP)
Modi has pledged to invest billions of dollars to modernise India's creaking railway system, with the bullet train one of his key election promises ahead of his...
In the face of climate change can our engineers keep the trains running on time
Aug 30, 2017 (SPX)
Much has been written on how to maintain this infrastructure, particularly in the difficult transition zones where trains leave land to ascend bridges over wate...
Hong Kong lawmakers grill justice chief over China rail link
Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)
The high-speed train connection with the sprawling southern Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou is due to open in 2018 but is facing a mounting backlash. T...
Hyperloop startup says superfast rail a reality
Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)
Hyperloop One, which is developing a system theorized by entrepreneur Elon Musk, said that a test last week of a full hyperloop system at its private facility i...
Backlash in Hong Kong over China rail link
Jul 25, 2017 (AFP)
It is illegal for mainland law enforcers to operate in semi-autonomous Hong Kong under the city's mini-constitution, the Basic Law. But there are already concer...
Hyperloop or hyperbole? Musk promises NY-DC run in 29 mins
Jul 21, 2017 (AFP)
"Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins," the flamboyant CEO of Tesla and...
Tunnel visions: China bets big on subways as cities expand
Jul 21, 2017 (AFP)
The Shanghai metro's future Line 14 is part of plans to extend the already sprawling network another 35 percent by 2020 to 830 kilometres (515 miles) -- more th...
Hyperloop startup moves closer to near-supersonic rail
Jul 12, 2017 (AFP)
The test took place in May at the company's development track in the Nevada desert near Las Vegas, and involved a vehicle coasting above tracks for slightly mor...
Thailand approves $5.2bn for delayed China rail project
Jul 11, 2017 (AFP)
The project is part of China's huge regional infrastructure plan to build a high-speed rail network connecting the southern city of Kunming with Laos, Thailand,...
Thai junta vows to force through China railway
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
The two countries, who are increasingly close friends, have agreed to lay the track that will ultimately cut through the Laos' border to Thailand's south. Beiji...
Dutch group unveils Hyperloop test facility
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
Hardt, a company which grew from a group of technology students who won a competition set by Tesla founder and SpaceX head Musk earlier this year, unveiled thei...
Eyeing growth boost, Kenya opens Chinese-built railway
May 31, 2017 (AFP)
Cheering crowds waved at the passenger train as it sped past on its maiden journey from the port city of Mombasa, while residents sang and danced at each of the...
China steams to the rescue for Bulgaria's creaking railways
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
"She is super, the engine, I like it better than a modern one!" said an excited Dimitar Kirilov, 12, taking the trip on the "Baba Metsa" train with his grandpar...
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