Transport Canada has announced new rules for trains, saying they are to be more closely monitored, especially after a deadly derailment in the province’s northeast in October.The agency said the rule changes will “provide increased safety and security to train operations.”The new rules, announced on Wednesday, will require all trains to have collision warning lights,…
article Transport safety expert Professor David Aylward of the University of New South Wales has described the Great Australian Railway Disaster (GARD) as “one of the worst disasters in human history”.Professor Aylwards paper is titled The Great Australians Railway Disaster: the Australian rail disaster that changed the world.He has compiled a timeline of events in…
The Government has announced the New Zealand Railway will invest $2.2 billion over the next five years to upgrade its fleet of passenger trains, a move that will see the nation’s railway be among the busiest in the world.Key points:The Government says it wants the New England-based railways to be among its top international competitors…
The railway transport technology scam has been affecting Indian railways for quite some time.The scam involves rail travel companies, often using fake documents, to claim that they are offering a safe, hassle free, and cheap rail travel option.The scams can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.In recent years, there have been a number of cases…
From a story about the fog of war in Afghanistan, it’s a word we hear all too often: the fog.The term came up when reporters were on the ground in Afghanistan in 2002, when President George W. Bush’s administration began to use the term.It became the “fog” of war, according to a 2005 article in…
Transportation and shipping are becoming more of a priority for real-estate investors, but it may not be a wise investment if you don’t know the geography and history of the region you’re looking to buy.The maps below, created by Google Maps expert and former Google employee Dan Schulman, offer a helpful overview of major travel…
explains how to pay with bitcoin article A couple of weeks ago, I went to the train station and bought my ticket for a train to Kazakhstan.The train was running on time.And I thought it would be a good idea to buy some bitcoins for my wallet. But what if I don’t have any bitcoins?And what…
KAZAKHSTAN (AP) There’s a bit of an international rush to get to the northern part of the Kazakhstan capital, Astana, where the capital’s train system is already under construction.A couple dozen trucks of construction equipment and trailers have set off from Astana on a bus, and the first few passengers on the bus have left.But…
A new report has revealed that if you are going to go through a bidding process, it is advisable to secure a contract from a private company to deliver your rail traffic needs.A report by Mumbai-based Tata Consultant Services, which provides logistics and security services for public transport, also reveals that a private railway operator…
A new report finds that rail transport costs have risen as pollution increases.The study, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, finds that pollution on the rails is expected to cost an average of $10.5 billion a year.The cost of air pollution on a railroad has been rising since 1980, when an average…