China’s SOEs see revenue up 4.3% in first 7 months

An employee carries out maintenance work on trains at Wenzhounan Railway Station in Zhejiang province in June. A new depot for high-speed trains is being built by China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp Ltd to enhance its operating capacity as a key transportation hub on the Hangzhou-Wenzhou High-speed Railway. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s State-owned enterprises…

RIA acquires Rail Business Daily assets: Rail Business Daily, Rail Director, and RBD Community

Simon Taylor, RBD’s CEO (l) with Darren Caplan, RIA’s CEO. The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the UK rail supply community, has today announced that it has completed an acquisitions purchase agreement with the owners of well-known media business and profile-raising platformRail Business Daily (RBD), to acquire a number of RBD assets, including…

A decade of economic partnership

Freight trains are seen at Nairobi station of Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, Nov 17, 2021.  MOMBASA — The Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), which helps boost the mobility of people, goods and services, will contribute to the long-term growth, peace and stability of the Horn of Africa region,…

Rail Business Daily Launches The UK Rail Report

Insider’s guide to unlocking new opportunities in rail explores how the industry is organised, governed, operated and who’s who in rail Rail Business Daily has launched The UK Rail Report – an insider’s guide to unlocking new opportunities in rail, which explores how the industry is organised, governed, operated and unearths who’s who in rail. The in-depth report…

China Focus: A road of prosperity — China-Laos Railway promotes common development

Railway workers on the China-Laos Railway maintain rail lines in Luang Prabang, Laos on  last Thursday. The China-Laos Railway has become a model of regional connectivity and a symbol of the close ties between the two countries. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — Speeding through mountains and valleys, trains are carrying a rising volume of freight and passengers…

CRRC nets contract for Chilean rail routes

The sketch design of electric multiple units for Chilean State Railways by CRRC Sifang, a unit of China Railway Rolling Stock. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] CRRC Sifang, a unit of China Railway Rolling Stock — the country’s largest rolling stock manufacturer by production volume — was officially awarded the contract to build multiple electric units…

China Focus: 10 years on, China-Europe freight trains deliver booming e-commerce trade

This aerial photo taken on July 29, 2022 shows a China-Europe freight train leaving the Xi’an International Port in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen) XI’AN, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — When Juan Carlos in Malaga, Spain, ordered a made-in-China ceiling light using the cross-border e-commerce platform AliExpress, he never imagined he would receive the…