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Train travel to boom in 21st century Asia
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Train buffs of the world, get ready for some extraordinary rides: Seoul to Moscow, for example, or tropical Singapore to the highlands of southern China. The Associated Press reports that plans are also chugging along for high-speed trains in...
See Europe — at 217 Miles an Hour
PARIS -- European business travelers are getting some welcome relief from chronic headaches caused by the region's overcrowded airspace and congested roads. No, they haven't found a magic cure for flight delays and traffic jams. But train travel across the Continent...
Bombardier receives $108-million Cdn order for diesel multiple units in Australia
MONTREAL -- Bombardier Transportation announced in a press release that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $108 million Cdn ($125 million Australian) from the Victorian State Government and V/Line to provide passenger rolling stock for regional...
TWU rolls out a rally for dignity
NEW YORK -- Banging drums, blowing whistles and chanting slogans, thousands of transit workers rallied in midtown yesterday to let the Metropolitan Transportation Authority know they want more R-E-S-P-E-C-T as well as more M-O-N-E-Y, the New York Daily News reported....
Hefty bill stymies efforts to silence train horns
OGDEN DUNES, Ind. -- State officials will allow the town to impose a ban on nighttime train horns on the tracks near Lake Michigan if it pays for about $1 million in crossing improvements, the Henderson (Ky.) Gleaner reported. The hefty costs of such work has town...
End of the line for BC Rail train
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Under high fog and dim pre-dawn light, the last B.C. Rail passenger train left here Thursday with 72 passengers, the Canadian Press reported. B.C. Rail is derailing the North Vancouver to Prince George passenger service to cut costs. Prince...
Enjoy VIA Rail’s Renaissance
TORONTO -- Since they were introduced earlier this summer VIA Rail Canada Renaissance passenger cars have proven to be a big success, the Toronto Town Crier reported. The new overnight train that is running between Montreal and Toronto, has become popular with...
Rail intermodal rebounds
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rail intermodal volume continued to recover from the effects of the West Coast port shutdown during the week ended October 26, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on October 31. Intermodal volume totaled 199,700 trailers and...
Often-fatal NJT crossing to be fenced off
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- The Associated Press reports that an illegal railroad crossing in Rockland County where 10 people have died since the mid-1980s will be fenced off by the end of winter, Sen. Charles Schumer said Thursday. NJ Transit will erect an 8-foot,...
Kansas City Southern net aided by Mexico holdings
KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- Rail group Kansas City Southern on Thursday posted higher quarterly profits, with better earnings from a Mexican rail stake offsetting costs from a new computer system that had disrupted the company's domestic operations, Reuters reports. The...
