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Nigeria signs 875 mln dlr railway deal with China Abuja (AFP) Oct 26, 2009 
Nigeria on Monday signed a deal worth almost a billion dollars with a state-owned Chinese engineering firm to resuscitate part of its dilapidated railway system, the transport minister said. The 875-million-dollar (588-million-euro) contract was signed by Transport Minister Ibrahim Isa Bio and the managing director of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Zhou Tianxia ... read moreRussia, China to sign deals on missiles, high-speed trains 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 11, 2009Moscow and Beijing will sign a range of agreements when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits China this week, including one on missile launches, the Russian government said Sunday. "More than 10 documents are being prepared for signing, including ... an intergovernmental agreement on notification of the launches of ballistic missiles," the Russian government said in a statement. ... more
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Bombardier unit says it wins 1.3-bln-euro contract in China
Berlin (AFP) Sept 28, 2009The Berlin-based subsidiary of Canadian group Bombardier said on Monday it had won a 1.3-billion-euro (1.9-billion-dollar) contract for high-speed trains in China. Bombardier Transport said the order covered 20 trains of eight cars and 60 trains with 16 cars, with deliveries scheduled between 2012 and 2014. The trains can reach a maximum speed of 380 kilometres (238 miles) an hour. ... more France to spend 7 billion euros on rail freight 
Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2009France will invest more than seven billion euros (10 billion dollars) to develop freight transport by rail and reduce road traffic, Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said Wednesday. At the crossroads between northern and southern Europe, France plans to nearly double freight transport by 2022, in particular through a system of "rail highways" for truck-carrying trains. "It is ... more China plans massive high-speed rail expansion: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2009China plans to build 42 high-speed railway lines by 2012 in a massive system overhaul that is part of efforts to spur economic growth amid the global downturn, state media have reported. China hopes to have added 13,000 kilometres (8,060 miles) of fast lines to its massive rail network in three years, the China News Service said Wednesday, citing Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer at the ... more Heavy rain disrupts high-speed rail travel in Spain 
Madrid (AFP) Aug 11, 2009Train travel on a high-speed rail link between Madrid and Seville in the south was disrupted Tuesday due to heavy rains in central Spain, national railway infrastructure company ADIF said. The rain swept debris along a two-kilometre-long (1.2-mile-long) stretch of the rail link -- which also services tourist centres like Cordoba and Malaga on the coast -- forcing its closure on Monday night ... more |
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China to build railways in 19 cities: state media
Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2009China plans to expand its urban rail system nearly fourfold in as it aims to ease traffic congestion and boost economic growth, state media said Wednesday. By 2015, 19 cities will have new rail systems totalling about 2,100 kilometres (1,300 miles), the China Daily said, citing Dou Hao, deputy general manager of China International Engineering Consulting Corporation (CIECC). The ... more China to build subway to terracotta warrior museum 
Beijing (AFP) April 13, 2009China's ancient capital of Xian is to build an underground line to the museum of the famed terracotta warriors, one of the nation's most prized tourist attractions, state press said Monday. The 30-kilometre (18-mile) line will extend from Xian's city centre to the museum that houses the clay warriors that were buried more than 2,200 years ago near the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shihu ... more Siemens unveils 750-mln-euro Chinese train contract 
Frankfurt (AFP) March 20, 2009The German group Siemens said Friday it had won another Chinese contract for 100 high-speed trains worth 750 million euros (one billion dollars). Siemens "has secured five of the last six contracts on the high speed rail market over 300 kmh (188 mph)" in China, the Munich-based conglomerate said in a statement. The trains would be assembled in China from parts made in German, Austrian an ... more Luxury train to Tibet delayed again
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2009A planned luxury train to Tibet has been postponed for the second time in a year, the operator said Monday, adding the global slowdown -- not simmering tension in the Himalayan region -- was to blame. Tangula Luxury Trains, which was expected to launch high-class tours from Beijing to Lhasa in April this year, said it would delay the start of package holidays on the world's highest railway u ... more |
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