The Tanzania Railway Corporation – TRC has launched practical training for TRC executives to be provided by fifteen (15) experts from the Korean Railway Corporation – KORAIL, in the meeting hall at the TRC headquarters in Dar es Salaam on September 28, 2022. The Director General of the Tanzania Railways, […]
Economy
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told delegates at the party’s annual gathering in Liverpool that power needed to be ‘in the hands of the public’ Labour would bring the railways back into public ownership if it wins the next election, the Shadow Transport Secretary has said. Louise Haigh told delegates […]
By Liz Bridgwater, Sujata Rajpurohit, Kevin Kennedy and Matt Herbert The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, offers U.S. states and cities the chance to invest in transportation systems that modernize infrastructure, expand access and mobility for all people in a community, improve public health and safety, and boost […]
Priority to reboot the Light Railway Transit Project President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to discuss the revival of the Light Railway Transit project and 12 other Japanese-funded projects shelved or abandoned by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Government. He will do so during his forthcoming visit to Japan to take part in the […]
Since March 2022, companies from the two countries have entered the Heads of Agreement to jointly operate the light rail transport system across borders.
Over the coming years, digitalisation and automation will transform the rail sector, affecting its workforce. The only way for such a transition to be successful is by involving workers and their unions from the beginning, every step of the way. The ETF and CER EU social partner report: Employability in the […]
BERLIN, Germany – Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, is supplying up to four EMD® Joule battery electric locomotives to BNSF Railway (BNSF). Supported in part by grant funding, the locomotives would replace BNSF diesel units operating in Southern California, with charging systems for continuous operation. “Progress Rail is excited to provide […]
A new agreement will see railway expertise from academia, government and industry driving forward rail innovation at a world class rail testing centre in Wales.
On 22 September, as part of the public procurement procedure, Rail Baltica implementing body in Estonia “Rail Baltica Estonia” has re-announced the first stage of procurement for the railway infrastructure construction at the Ülemiste terminal and the surrounding area. The purpose of these construction works is to rebuild the existing Ülemiste railway infrastructure to […]
By Rabbia Bashir Afghanistan is situated where four of the most populated and resource-rich regions of the world converge: South Asia, Central, and North Asia, the Middle East, and Far East Asia. Afghanistan serves as a vital crossroads between the regions and can thus it can become crucial to the […]