CHINA: Construction work on the Chengdu - Lanzhou railway officially began on February 21 and is expected to last for six years.
As the route runs through the country’s protected corridor for giant pandas, parts of the line will be built in tunnel, and extra bridges will be provided to minimise the impact on the animals’ lifestyle.
Chinese Railways has also suggested that it will aim to timetable trains through the so-called ‘core area’ in the evenings as far as possible.
CHINA: A groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai on February 26 marked the formal start of construction works on a 160 km passenger dedicated line which will halve journey times between Shanghai and Hangzhou to 38 min from 2011. The line forms one side of a triangular high speed network which ...
ALGERIA: Work has started on construction of a Heavy haul railway in the southwest of the country which will extend the national network by 575 km. On April 9, lead contractor China Railway Construction Corp and local partner Cosider Travaux Publics began civil works on the ...
USA: Project promoter Brightline West held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 22 in Las Vegas to launch its project to build a high speed line from the city to southern California.
