SOUTH AFRICA: A second healthcare train was launched last month.
Built by Transnet Rail Engineering at cost of R82m, 'Phelophepa II' has 20 permanent staff and 40 students providing health, dental, optometry and psychological treatment and education services.
It will travel 15 000 km a year, serving 100 000 patients.
SPAIN: Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya hosted this year’s UIMC conference in Barcelona. UIMC is the medical division of UIC, and it holds an annual event gathering together medical professionals working in the railway industry globally. UIMC 2011 took place on October 5-7 and saw around 50 delegates attend ...
CHINA: A fourth Health Express trainset was rolled out by CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co last month. The mobile hospital will provide free cataract operations and other ophthalmic treatments for patients in Sichuan province. The double-deck vehicles in the train include a generator car, a diagnosis ...
EUROPE: The EU Agency for Railways has launched ERA Railway Factsheets, giving what it calls ‘a comprehensive overview of the rail sector across European countries with one-click access’. Covering aspects such as transport statistics, railway organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework, ...
