Determined steps towards EU rail connections
Slovakia has 3,657 km of railway lines of which 1,558 km (43%) are electrified. Although the density of the network […]
December 2016
Climate change actions to reshape the world
Marrakech, Morocco, hosted the 22th Conference of the United Nations on climate change, COP22, where participating countries agreed to initiate […]
Tanzania to build its standard gauge railway
The most important transport infrastructure project in Tanzania has been recently announced. It includes the standard-gauge rail that links Dar […]
Second phase of Kenya’s SGR launched
Kenya is one of Africa’s states that is aware of the importance of rail transport as part of the transport […]
Could we see a Moscow – Kazan corridor ready by 2022?
The first stage of the creation of high-speed railway services in Russian Federation will be the construction of the Moscow […]
A new major step within HS2
In November, the British Government announced the establishment of the preferred route of HS2 – phase II, from Crewe to […]
A Unified Railway Law under UNECE to facilitate freight transport
Interview with… Francesco Dionori, Chief of Transport Networks & Logistics Section, Sustainable Transport Division – UNECE UNECE is the forum […]
Addis Ababa Light Rail to use e-ticketing system
The Addis Ababa Light Railway Transit (AALRT) will soon implement an electronic ticketing system. The Transit authority has imported 100,000 […]
Gebze-Halkalı high speed rail line to be inaugurated in 2018
Isa Apaydın, the General Manager of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) announced that works are going well and a certain speed […]