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 […]
The long-running pay dispute between Germany’s main railway workers union and state rail operator Deutsche Bahn moved into arbitration on Monday, both sides confirmed. Collective bargaining talks between the EVG union and Deutsche Bahn had been held since February. Workers twice walked off the job, briefly paralysing much of the […]
Yesterday at the plenary session of the 10th Senate, Distinguished Senator Ajagunla Olubiyi Fadeyi, representing the good people of Osun State Central Senatorial District drew the attention of the Senate President, His Excellency, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio CON and distinguished senators of the hollow chamber to a matter of national […]
Indian authorities have arrested three railway officials as part of an investigation into one of the deadliest train crashes in the country’s history. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said in a statement that they had arrested three Department of Railways officials on Friday. The move follows the deaths of […]
Mota-Engil has evacuated equipment worth $200m for the construction of $2billion Kano-Maradi Rail line from the Port and Cargo Terminals in Lagos. The construction equipment which berthed in Lagos during the week was being added to Mota-Engil’s already impressive inventory. Some of the equipment are: Wheel loaders; backhoe Loaders; Crawler […]
By Benjamin Alade Rail travel remains the safest land-based transport mode, but sadly, there have been worrisome high number of accidents at level crossings across the country in recent times. Railways are saddled with the responsibility of assessing the risks at every level crossing. This helps to identify whether the […]
Spain is challenging the ‘elitist nature’ of high-speed trains with more services and lower prices. Spain is rapidly outpacing its European neighbours in high-speed rail. Since 2021, EU member states have been obligated to open up their rail markets to foreign competitors – a reform that Spain has embraced wholeheartedly. […]