China expenses concerns over EU commission probes

China has expressed strong concerns following the recent announcement by the European Commission to launch a probe into a Chinese train manufacturer’s alleged subsidy issues in its bid for a project in Bulgaria, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. China calls on the European Union to strictly abide by the rules of the World…

China unveiled new dragon-themed drillers that it hopes will build the world’s ‘longest undersea high-speed railway tunnel’

China just showed off its second dragon-themed tunneller, which it said will drill an undersea railway. It’s touted by China as the world’s longest undersea high-speed railway tunnel. But that’s likely a matter for debate. A high-speed tunnel in Japan has a longer underwater section. China’s state-run railway giant on Monday revealed the second of…

China’s railway network sets new passenger trip record

As of Monday, China’s railway network has handled over 300 million passenger trips in the past 25 days during the on-going Spring Festival travel rush, and extra services have been operated to meet the surge demand for travel, the national railway operator China State Railway Group said on Tuesday. The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush,…

Resignalling completed on Feltham – Wokingham rail section

Network Rail and South Western Railway have completed the final phase of the installation of the signalling system on Feltham – Wokingham rail section delivering more reliable journeys to customers travelling between Reading, London and Guildford. GBP 375 million (EUR 439 million) is the value of the resignalling five-year project of work to bring the…

China wants to fund USD 1 billion Tanzania-Zambia railway

The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has unveiled a USD 1 billion plan to finance the Tanzania-Zambia railway in southern Africa. The proposal, which was submitted to Zambian Transport Minister Frank Tayali, comes after technical inspection work began last December. The CCECC was requested following a decision by the two countries last September to…

Safety advantage of China-Europe freight trains

The Red Sea crisis has caused container shipping costs between China and Europe to increase dramatically. As a result, demand for China-Europe freight trains has increased by 100 percent since the outbreak of the Red Sea crisis. The China-Europe freight train is an important channel for the transportation of goods between Asia and Europe, and…

Norfolk Southern first to join FRA’s C3RS whistleblower pilot programme

The railroad will take part in a year-long pilot following Secretary Buttigieg’s call for railroads to join the programme in early 2023. The US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has welcomed Norfolk Southern to a pilot programme testing its Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), allowing employees to confidentially report unsafe events. The programme is being enacted…