By Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot Since the dawn of history, military strategy has been dominated by the inexorable calculus of logistics — distance, time, transport capacity, and consumption. For thousands of years, every army that waged war relied upon the muscles of its men and animals to carry it across […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested 13 suspected railway vandals with large quantities of long rails and sleepers worth 800 million naira. According to the statement signed by the Corps spokesman, Babawale Afolabi, the suspects were arrested by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad. The suspects were […]
The Nigeria-Niger Republic railway project may be at risk after the rupture of the diplomatic ties between Nigeria and Niger following the July 26 coup in which President Muhammed Bazoum was ousted from office by military officers led by Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani. This came as over 1,000 trucks conveying goods […]
A direct train service from Rome to Pompeii in under two hours; thanks to an agreement between the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Italian State Railways, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, on Sundays tourists and visitors can now reach the archaeological site quickly and comfortably. The new service was officially […]
••• Sheikh Hamdan amends Dubai railway planning rules Dubai has made major changes to railway planning in the emirate. A new Executive Council Resolution identifies the responsibilities of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai in planning and implementing the public railway network in Dubai. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has impounded two trucks conveying no fewer than 500 stolen railway sleepers and arrested 12 suspected vandals. The Director, Public Relations, NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu, said the security agency also clamped down stormed two illegal warehouses, and recovered vandalised railway sleepers. Odumosu, in a […]
The Lagos State Task Force on Sunday said it cleared trail tracks on the Agege area of the metropolis, as part of its ongoing exercise to restore sanity along the railway corridors of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the task force’s Director, Press and Public Affairs, […]
No one was injured and no hazardous material spilled when 10 Canadian National Railway cars derailed in northern Minnesota, officials there said. The derailment happened just before 8:30 p.m. Monday in a rural, unpopulated area about 6 miles (10 kilometers) north of Cook, the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office said […]
Plans to carpet Switzerland’s railway tracks with solar panels to produce a supply of alternative energy have been derailed by the Swiss transport ministry. Ministry officials told startup Sun-Ways that the project would be too difficult to maintain and could risk train delays. Sun-Ways had proposed a CHF400,000 ($458,000) plan […]