Rail union has confirmed that strike action on South Western Railway starting on Monday and lasting throughout December will take place after talks broke down. The RMT said South Western Railway ‘point-blank refused to show any serious movement’ over passenger safety and accessibility at the platform. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: ‘RMT is […]
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The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has expressed regret over the failure of the locomotive on the last train of Abuja-Kaduna train service on Tuesday, at the outer home signal of Rigassa Station, Kaduna. The NRC stated this in a statement issued by its Deputy Director, Public Relations, […]
Nairobi residents living in Syokimau will now be able to bypass Mombasa Roads notorious traffic jams after Kenya Railways announced the introduction of a commuter train service from the CBD to Syokimau via Nairobi Terminus,Nairobi news has reported In a statement to the public, the Kenya Railways said the move […]
An entry by UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Estonian architects Esplan has won a design competition for a station on the Rail Baltica project in Ülemiste, a subdistrict in Estonia’s capital Tallinn. Spearheaded by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Rail Baltica is an 870km, €5bn plan to extend Europe’s […]
Here are five things to know about the freight rail industry in Canada, Canada National Railways ’s role in it, and why the strike is causing such alarm. 1) The industry runs from coast to coast to coast but also reaches internationally The rail system in Canada has 41,465 route-kilometres […]