ANGOLA: A step forward in the rehabilitation of the war-damaged railway network was made with the launch of a twice-weekly freight service on the 190 km Luanda – Dondo route...  More...

NEW ZEALAND: Rail services around Christchurch were restored three days after a magnitude 7·1 earthquake hit the Canterbury region at 04.35 on September 4. The earthquake caused a...  More...

USA: The Heartland Corridor gauge enhancement project to provide faster transit times between Virginia's ports and Chicago was officially completed when Norfolk Southern operated...  More...

EUROPE: Freight operator DB Schenker Rail expects to spend €410m on fleet modernisation throughout Europe this year, DB Mobility Logistics board memb er Dr Karl-Friedrich Rausch...  More...

CAMEROON: A memorandum of understanding to co-operate in establishing the scope, cost and delivery programme for a 490 km railway linking planned iron ore mines to the proposed...  More...