Transporting goods and people across Canada on the Canadian high-speed railway has become the norm for thousands of families, with companies like RailLink and Bombardier offering low-cost travel.Here’s what you need to know.Key points: Canada’s railways have a long history of service to rural communities, but the government is building a $1.6-billion network of high-frequency…
Kazakhstan has been forced to step up oil production to try to survive, but there’s a long way to go before the country can take on the threat posed by the Russian oil industry.The country’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has been promising the country would produce 30 billion cubic meters of oil a year by 2020.That’s…
Kazakhstan’s government has announced it will start collecting data on rail transport, a move aimed at improving its public transport system.According to Kazakhstan Railways, a new portal on its website will allow people to track, compare and understand how the country’s rail system works, as well as track progress towards the government’s goal of reducing…
With the cost of owning a car in Australia now set to rise to more than $100,000, the question is whether the Government will be able to come up with a sensible way of paying for the car in future.As we explore the options, we’ll examine whether the government has a realistic plan for paying…
Kazakhstan’s railways have changed the way we travel.It’s been 20 years since the country first opened its first rail link to the outside world.Now, more than a decade later, Kazakhstan’s rail system is poised to become the world’s largest.The government is building a $1.2 trillion rail network in order to expand capacity and provide better…
Railroads, like all other modern technology, have a finite lifespan.Their popularity wanes with every passing year.For decades the Tajomys have been on a slow-down cycle of modernization and modernization-induced decline.Tajomics leaders have been talking up the railways as a means to rebuild the country and improve their lives, but that is only half of the…