All Country profile articles – Page 20
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Morocco - country profile
Experiencing high traffic growth, ONCF has launched major investment in a high speed network and upgrades of the legacy network to support a fledging logistics business.
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Mozambique - country profile
After decades of conflict and decline, the country’s rail network is being steadily rehabilitated and developed, in part through concessioning agreements.
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Myanmar - country profile
MR has built more than 2200 km of new lines between 2004 and 2013, in addition to upgrading many of its existing routes and double-tracking the Yangon – Mandalay main line.
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Netherlands - country profile
With a dense network of intensive passenger services and some of Europe’s largest ports, upgrading and extending the network is focussed on eliminating bottlenecks.
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Norway - country profile
Several major renewal and capacity upgrading projects are in hand, with the inter-city triangle around Oslo seeing the most investment; double-tracking of the 450 km network is planned by 2030.
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Panama - country profile
The sole railway, between Panamá City and Colón, was concessioned in 1998. Panamá City’s first metro line opened in 2014, with a second line added in 2019. A third line is under construction.
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Qatar - country profile
The first phase of the Doha metro opened on May 2019, and the Lusail City tramway is due to open in 2020. Further metro is due to open in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with main line railways planned.
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Russia - country profile
State-owned railway RZD is being reformed, with increased investment tackling a backlog of maintenance and renewals. Urban rail is dominated by Moskva’s extensive and growing metro.
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Slovakia - country profile
Restructuring to separate infrastructure management from operations during the 2000s has been followed by private sector and open access services; infrastructure modernisation has improved efficiency.
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Eswatini - country profile
Much of the network is moribund, leaving limited sugar exports through Mozambique and some imports via its Matsapha yard. The Swazilink project could bring significant investment.
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Country profileSweden - country profile
Sweden has focussed on raising capacity and speed with some new construction. State-owned, open access and contract operators provide passenger services, with freight open to full competition.
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Switzerland - country profile
Completion of Bahn 2000 infrastructure development in 2004 has raised passenger traffic, with follow-up Bahn 2030 launched in 2009. Alpine base tunnels aim at freight transit modal shift.
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Thailand - country profile
Network upgrades including double-tracking have aimed at increasing capacity and reducing freight transit times. High speed plans remain at the development stage. Bangkok’s urban network is expanding.
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Turkey - country profile
Renewal and expansion has included high speed lines from Ankara to Eskisehir in 2009, and to Konya in 2011. Istanbul’s metro has expanded greatly, and a dozen cities have built light rail lines.
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India - country profile
India is pushing ahead with network-wide electrification, together with construction of high-performance freight and passenger lines.
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United Kingdom - country profile
Since restructuring and privatisation in the 1990s, infrastructure has now returned to public ownership. An electrification programme has stalled, and a planned high-speed cut back to a single route. Renationalisation of passenger operations has begun.
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Poland - country profile
EU funding has been refocused on maintenance and renewals of the previously underfunded legacy network, with upgrading for higher speeds and some ETCS Level 1 signalling.
