China has started a pilot program for a high-speed rail freight line. The pilot programme runs between the cities of Chongqing and Zhengzhou in central China. The line reportedly saves a day in transport times...Read more
The Korean National Railway (KNR) and Dohwa Engineering, also from South Korea, won the CPK tender to design the new high-speed railway line that will link Katowice in Poland with Ostrava in Czechia. The contract...Read more
Today, China opened a railway loop around its largest desert, the Taklimakan, in the country’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The railway line is 2,712-km long and allows for speeds up to 120 km per...Read more
The UK Parliament has given the go-ahead to the next phases of Britain’s high-speed railway network, HS2. This will ensure the building of Phase 2A north from the West Midlands to Crewe. Here, it will...Read more
After almost five months of service the Mercitalia Fast can be considered a success. The first-high-speed freight train of the world achieved a 96 per cent punctuality, with the remaining 4 per cent delayed by...Read more
On 7 November the first high-speed railway service in Italy will become operative. Mercitalia Fast will connect the terminal of Maddaloni-Marcianise in Caserta, the natural logistic gateway to Southern Italy, with the Bologna Interport, one...Read more