南インドに高速貨物鉄道

繋がるマレーシアとシンガポール

マレーシアのナジブ首相とシンガポールのリー・シェンロン首相は５日、クアラルンプール郊外で会談し、両国官民が連携してマレーシア南端ジョホール州の開発計画を推進することで合意した。同州とシンガポールを結ぶ通勤鉄道を２０１８年メドに開業する。両国の補完関係を深めて中国やインドネシアの発展に対抗する。日経より。

モスクワーパリ間、３８時間の直行列車が運行開始

ロシア鉄道は１２日、モスクワとパリをベルリン経由で結ぶ直行列車の運行を開始した。欧州を貫く路線としては２番目に長く、ベラルーシ、ポーランド、ドイツを含む５カ国にまたがる計３１７７キロを３８時間前後で走る。日経より。

"Rail ministry rallies to Hu after chief sacked" from South China Morning Post

"A British railway executive who asked not to be named said one positive aspect of Liu's dismissal was that Beijing may now make the rail sector more market-driven, by further privatising state-owned railway companies and making them more independent of the ministry's control."

"Azerbaijan to increase rates on Georgea's credit for Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway construction." from ABC.AZ

"Bejing-Wuhan rail line construction on track" from South China Morning Post

"Construction on the high-speed rail line between Beijing and Wuhan, Hubei, will finish and trains will begin running by the end of this year, the Ministry of Railways said in Beijing, the Wuhan Evening News reports. The 1,113-kilometre line will shorten the travel time between the two cities to just four hours, and will connect with the existing Wuhan-Guangzhou line to reduce the total Beijing-to-Guangzhou travel time to eight hours."

"Railway benefits economy" from South China Morning Post

"TIBET - The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has generated 1.87 billion yuan in economic benefits through reduced transport costs in the past four years, Tibet party secretary Zhang Qingli told China National Radio on Monday. At that rate, the railway will take more than 120 years to justify its construction cost on an economic basis."

"Emirates' next ambition:Lay down railway in desert" from Reuters

"Canadian Pacific Railway shows upbeat mood with $1 billion in spending" from Montreal Gazette

"The strength in demand is coming mainly from hauling commodities from lumber, grain and autos to sulphur and other industrial materials."

"Kazakhstan's Railway Monopoly Says Net Income Tripled Last Year" from Bloomberg

"The Train services launched at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand aimed at shortening the distances between the airport's terminals is expected to benefit more travelers in 2011 in comparison to last year." from TRAVELIO.net

"Minister for Transport Omary Nundu has directed railway experts in his ministry to collaborate with other institutions to prepare a Tanzania Railway Master Plan, insisting that its preparation must envisage long-term plans." from IPP Media

"The directive was given by the minister when touring Morogoro region recently where he inspected the central railway line and observed the construction of river banks from Kilosa station in Morogoro to Gulwe station in Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region."

"24-hr hot-line for railway commuters" from SUNDAY OBSERVER

"Sri Lanka Railways has introduced four telephone hot-lines for the convenience of train commuters to seek assistance and to be used during difficulties, said the Sri Lanka Railways Planning Director Vijaya Samarasinghe."

"A high-speed railway opened Thursday in Hainan, China's southernmost province, greatly cutting travel time along the island's eastern coast." from Global Times

"Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Wins $585 Million Macau Light Railway Contract" from Bloomberg

"China CNR, CSR Surge in Shanghai on $106 Billion Railway Investment Plan" from Bloomberg

"China CNR Corp. and CSR Corp., the nation's two largest trainmakers, surged in Shanghai trading after the government said it would spend 700 billion yuan ($106 billion) on rail construction this year."

"China Information Technology to supply GIS to Shuohuang Railway" from Technology Marketing Corpotation

"Railway linking major Silk Road towns opens in NW China" from Xinhua

"A railway linking Kashi and Hotan in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened Thursday for cargo transportation, and passenger transport is expected to begin in June, according to a local official."

"Pakistan Railways gets money to keep it running" from Sify

"Qatar to Complete Passenger Railway Network in Time for World Cup in 2022" from Bloomberg

"Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co., a unit of the country's sovereign wealth fund, and German state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG last year announced that they formed Qatar Railways Development Co. to build the network in three phases by 2026."