Free from the rigors of the daily commute, traveling by train is by far the most civilized way to get around and really get to know a new country.We all have our favorite journeys, whether it’s conquering the Alps on a cogwheel railway or streaking across the rooftops of Tokyo […]
Year: 2022
According to reports, the construction of a major tunnel for its Yunnan-Tibet Railway project after more than eight years’ effort. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain tunnel is located near Lijiang city in southwest China’s Yunnan province and connects China with Tibet. It is a part of the Lijiang-Shangri-La railway, a […]
The new loan for the Belabo – Ngaoundere railway represents the EIB’s largest ever financing for transport investment in sub-Saharan Africa and the largest single investment in Cameroon.
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 19 Issue: 66 By: Vali Kaleji The Russo-Ukrainian war, the extensive sanctions against Russia that the West adopted in response, and the growing possibility that European border states will block east-west transit routes traversing Russian territory into Europe, including the so-called Northern Corridor of China’s Belt […]
Casablanca, 9 May 2022 – Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon-Pierre Fourie as Senior Director, Strategy and Investors Relations. His appointment takes effect from 9 May 2022. Jon-Pierre Fourie, a South African national joins Africa50 with over 21 years of industry experience. […]
At the 31st General Meeting of Stadler Rail AG, the shareholders today approved the dividend proposal of CHF 0.90 and all other proposals of the Board of Directors. The shareholders confirmed the position of Peter Spuhler as Chairman of the Board of Directors and the appointment of all the other […]
The smell of burnt wire and rubber still lingered in the air around the railway power station on the outskirts of Lviv Wednesday morning, hours after the blaze was extinguished. A group of investigators was collecting debris from the Russian rockets that struck this place the evening before. Now it […]
A sergeant of the Nigerian Army, Sirajo Suleiman, has been arrested alongside 13 other suspects in connection with the vandalisation of railways in different parts of the country. Suleiman works with the Nigerian Army Central Ammunition Department. Upon their arrest by the Railway Police Command, three trucks loaded with railway […]
The UIC has chosen the Kingdom of Morocco to host the UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail in 2023, reflecting its position in the high-speed rail domain in Africa and the Middle East. The 11th edition of the Congress, to be held from 7 to 10 March 2023 at the […]
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with National Chamber Policy Centre and her partner, African Railway Consulting Limited, is to host a global railway conference between August 11th and 12th, 2022 at the Abuja Trade and Convention Centre. The conference (RailAfta) which has as theme: ” Powering African […]