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Siemens unveils Chinese train contract Berlin (AFP) Jan 21, 2010 
German industrial giant Siemens said Thursday it had won a multi-million euro contract to supply equipment for regional trains in China.
The deal, worth around 450 million euros (634 million dollars), is to deliver components to the Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport company for trains that will run on a 2,000-kilometre (1,240-mile) track in the Pearl River Delta.
The network is due to be ... read more210 million to ride China's rails during holiday 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2010More than 210 million passengers are expected to crowd China's railways during the upcoming Chinese New Year, as officials scramble to accommodate the record surge, a rail official said Wednesday. "During the 2010 Spring Festival travel period..., we expect up to 18.2 million more passengers than last year, an increase of 9.5 percent," Gao Xiaobing told journalists. "Although China's rai ... more
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US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal
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Hong Kong leader condemns railway protesters
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 18, 2010Hong Kong's leader on Monday condemned protesters who clashed with pepper spray-wielding police at the weekend over a controversial 8.6-billion-dollar express rail link with southern China. The protesters' "irresponsible behaviour infringed on the core values of the Hong Kong society, the spirit of the law, and our collective interests", chief executive Donald Tsang told a press briefing. ... more Eurostar to pay compensation over pre-Christmas breakdown 
London (AFP) Jan 18, 2010Eurostar on Monday said it would pay out some 10 million pounds (16 million dollars, 11 million euros) in compensation to passengers hit by a disastrous breakdown last month blamed on severe weather. Over 2,000 people were trapped for hours overnight in the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain on December 19, while tens of thousands more had to re-arrange travel as the service remained ... more Activists scuffle with police over Hong Kong rail project
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 16, 2010More than 1,000 protesters staged a sit-in outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council late Saturday after lawmakers approved a controversial 8.6-billion-dollar high-speed railway project. The group surrounded the council building and refused to let transport chief Eva Cheng and other government officials leave after lawmakers voted in favour of the project at the end of an eight-hour meeting. ... more Activists protest against costly Hong Kong-China railway 
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 7, 2010Hundreds of Hong Kong activists surrounded government offices Friday to protest against an 8.6 billion-dollar railway that would connect the city with neighbouring Guangzhou in mainland China. The protesters chanted "no railway" as lawmakers met transport officials to decide whether to approve funding for the project. The rail would form part of China's national high-speed rail network ... more |
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China unveils 'world's fastest train link'
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2009China on Saturday unveiled what it billed as the fastest rail link in the world -- a train connecting the modern cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan at an average speed of 350 kilometres (217 miles) an hour. The super-high-speed train reduces the 1,069 kilometre journey to a three hour ride and cuts the previous journey time by more than seven and a half hours, the official Xinhua news agency said ... more Christmas chaos as cold cripples Eurostar trains 
London (AFP) Dec 20, 2009Eurostar train services between Britain and Europe were suspended indefinitely Sunday due to the freezing weather, throwing the Christmas holiday plans of tens of thousands of people into chaos. More than 24,000 people have already been affected, but the operator of the Channel Tunnel passenger trains said there would be no services for a third day Monday. Eurostar sent test trains along ... more DLR And Bombardier Transportation Sign Agreement For The Trains Of The Future 
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2009The German Aerospace Center and Bombardier Transportation are pooling their expertise in the area of railway vehicle research. During a press conference at DLR's facility in Gottingen, Prof. Johann-Dietrich Worner, Chairman of the Executive Board of DLR, and Dr Klaus Baur, Chairman of the Management Board of Bombardier Transportation Germany, have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at ... more Nigeria signs 875 mln dlr railway deal with China 
Abuja (AFP) Oct 26, 2009Nigeria 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 ... more |
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