Road tests encouraged for self-driving vehicles China issued a proposed regulation on Thursday making road tests of self-driving vehicles legal nationwide. It allows local governments to open public roads for self-driving vehicles tests and approve and issue road test car plates. The regulation, issued by the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Industry and Information…
DetailsChina is planning to develop a new Fuxing bullet train that can reach 250 kilometers per hour by the end of this year. The technical plan for the new train was recently approved by a review committee, and technicians can now move on to the design and trial manufacturing stages, China Railway Corp, the…
DetailsBERLIN – For centuries, river steamers have plied the Rhine River, and the sound of their whistles has been a symbol of the prosperity of the German city of Duisburg. Today, the sound of those whistles converges here with the sirens of trains coming from thousands of miles away. Like a cheerful symphony, new…
DetailsVisitors look at the latest models of urban rail trains shown at the International Urban Rail Exhibition in Beijing.[Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – A total of 34 cities on the Chinese mainland had rail-based transit systems in operation by the end of last year, the China Association of Metros said Tuesday. A total of 165…
DetailsTraffic is widely disrupted for 4.5m daily train passengers PARIS – French rail workers kicked off three months of rolling strikes on Tuesday, part of a wave of industrial action that will test President Emmanuel Macron’s resolve to reshape France with reforms. The strike caused major disruption for France’s 4.5 million daily train…
DetailsA stock photo of a PKP train. Photo: Phil Richards. Nokia and its local partners Herkules, Pozbud and Wasko have signed a contract with Poland’s state-owned rail operator PKP to design, deliver and deploy GSM-R nationwide, as well as the necessary backhaul network. Nokia has previously deployed four GSM-R turnkey projects in Poland over the…
DetailsChina will operate more “Fuxing” bullet trains everyday as a new train diagram will be put into operation beginning April 10. According to China Railway Corp, the national railway operator, China will begin carrying out the new train diagram with adjustments to routes, speeds and train numbers. The diagram shows that eight pairs…
DetailsProRail has officially opened the Netherlands’ most northerly stretch of railway between Roodeschool and Eemshaven. It is the first addition to the Dutch railway network since the Hanze line opened in 2012. ProRail said the line was unique, as part of it runs over the dike on an embankment to the harbour, allowing…
DetailsPhoto: Rail Baltica. EDZL, the state-owned organisation established to implement Rail Baltica in Latvia, has awarded the construction design and supervision contract for Riga International Airport’s new railway station and related infrastructure. The winning party of the international tender was the PROSIV consortium, which is comprised of consultants Sintagma, of Italy, designers Prodex, of Slovakia and engineering firm…
DetailsImage: California High-Speed Rail Authority. The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has released a revised business plan for building the nation’s first high-speed railway, with cost estimates rising by $13 billion (∼€10.5 billion). Plans detailed in 2016 stated that Phase 1 of the route between San Francisco and Los Angeles would cost around $64.2 billion (∼€52.1…
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