All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 10
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China - country profile
The world’s largest high-speed network continues to grow, and China is now creating an ‘8x8’ grid of routes. It has also opened more than 40 new metros since 2000.
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Denmark - country profile
Fixed links across the Great Belt and Øresund have had considerable investment, with the Fehmarn Belt now following. There are ambitious plans for electrification, network and metro expansion.
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Finland - country profile
Rolling programmes of electrification and incremental mainline upgrades have improved inter-city passenger services, with most of the network now fit for use by Pendolino and double-deck inter-city trains.
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France - country profile
One of the pioneers of high-speed railways, France has invested heavily in developing its Paris-centred long-distance railway network by building new high-speed lines.
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Germany - country profile
Since reunification much investment has been channeled into ‘unity projects’ meant to integrate east and west, into other high-speed railway projects, rolling stock and station modernisation.
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Indonesia - country profile
Having seen decades of under investment, Indonesia is now seeing a resurgece in rail investment covering the existing main line network as well as new high speed projects and metro corridors in Jakarta.
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Italy - country profile
Italian network investment has focused on constructing the high speed and high capacity network Alta Velocità/Alta Capacità between the main cities.
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Japan - country profile
There has been slow, but steady expansion of the Shinkansen network, with a government programme of extensions to the network until at least 2035.
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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.
