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Reopened Baghdad-Fallujah railway a tentative sign of progress in Iraq
The newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and collapsed buildings. For the last month, Capt. Imed Hassun has taken pride in once again driving the route between the capital and ...
Cambodia on 'Wednesday reopened the final stretch of a railway running from the capital Phnom Penh to the border with neighboring Thailand, the first time the line has been operational in 45 years. The Asian Development Bank provided $13 million in 2009 to rebuild the ...
Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) called on Sunday for public financial assistance for some loss-making rail lines that the company is finding difficult to maintain on its own. The company said it needs financial assistance from the central government and the prefectural government of Hokkaido ...
Only three of 59 dangerous railroad crossings set to be fixed
Only three of 59 underequipped railroad crossings where accidents resulting in death or injury occurred over a five-year period are expected to be fixed.
22 detached carriages of train carrying 1,000 passengers roll for 12 km in India
India's Railway Ministry said Sunday a "ghastly" accident was narrowly avoided after 22 train coaches carrying some 1,000 passengers became detached from the engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped. The runaway carriages in the eastern state of Odisha rolled for 12 km ...
Tokyo train departs with visually impaired man's guide cane caught between doors
A white guide cane of a visually impaired man walking on a station platform was caught between the doors of a departing train in Tokyo earlier this month and remained unnoticed until it arrived at the next station, officials of railway operator Tokyu Corp. ...
Japanese railway services are famous for their world-beating punctuality.
JR West derailment case has victims calling for legal reforms
The acquittal of former presidents of JR West over a tragic 2005 train derailment has prompted calls for legal reforms that would enable prosecutors to hold corporations criminally liable for causing large-scale accidents.
Section of East Japan Railways' Joban Line, suspended since 2011 quake, partially reopens
A 23-km-long section of East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line reopened Saturday, some five years and nine months after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami struck. The reopened section runs between Soma Station in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, and Hamayoshida Station in Watari, ...
Kyoto lobbies to be destination on Hokuriku Shinkansen Line
Kyoto officials pressed their case this week for routing the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line via Maizuru on the Sea of Japan Coast, a decision that would take the train through Kyoto as well as all Fukui Prefecture towns that host nuclear power plants. About 200 local ...
Japan intensified its shinkansen sales pitch in Singapore on Friday, hoping to acquire an edge in its bid for the Malaysia-Singapore high speed rail project. Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii discussed the bullet train system at a meeting with Singapore Senior Minister ...
