News About Advanced Train Technology 05-NOV-09 en-us 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.]]> Moscow (AFP) Oct 11, 2009 - Moscow 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.]]> Berlin (AFP) Sept 28, 2009 - The 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.]]> Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2009 - France 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.]]> Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2009 - China 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.]]> Madrid (AFP) Aug 11, 2009 - Train 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.]]> Shanghai (AFP) Aug 7, 2009 - Bank of China plans to spend nearly 10 billion yuan (1.5 billion dollars) to buy an eight percent stake in the operator of a high-speed railway linking Beijing and Shanghai, state media said Friday.]]> Algiers (AFP) July 20, 2009 - The Chinese civil engineering group CCECC has won three contracts worth a total of 146 billion dinars (1.46 billion euros) to build railways in Algeria, a Ministry of Transport agency told AFP on Monday.]]> Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2009 - China is considering a stock market listing for its valuable Beijing-Shanghai railway line to raise funds for the nation's massive rail construction plans, state media said Thursday.]]> San Francisco (AFP) June 11, 2009 - IBM on Thursday opened a Global Rail Innovation Center in China where industry leaders, researchers, and universities can collaborate on new railroad technologies.]]>