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News about train, tram and rail construction and renovation projects and contracts in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan & Central Asia
INSTC Corridor to get own logistics operator
INSTC: Russian Railways is in talks with its counterparts in Iran, India and Azerbaijan about the…
Riyadh and Tehran draw up new ‘soft power’ battle lines at Basra
More than a quarter of a century after the road to Basra briefly became short hand…
Branson brings hyperloop to India
The journey time between Mumbai and the university town of Pune could be slashed from three…
Russia and Kazakhstan agree route for high-speed EurAsia Land Bridge
Plans for a 300km per hour high-speed EurAsia Land Bridge rail link running from China to…
Baku helps Tehran out with loan for INSTC transport corridor
Work on the construction of the 144-km Rasht-Astara rail leg of Iran’s section of the International…
BTK rail line opens intermodal Silk Road route through Turkey
BTK: A train pulling thirty 20-foot containers of wheat has arrived in the Turkish city of Mersin…
Work starts on India’s high-speed bullet train as rail network crumbles
India’s dream of enjoying the benefits of high-speed bullet transportation came one step closer to reality…
Jiangxi freight service strengthens Tashkent’s links with New Silk Road
Another piece in the New Silk Road jigsaw puzzle slotted into place last Friday when a…
First train leaves UK on New Silk Road
The first ‘Silk Road’ rail freight service from Britain to China pulled out of the DP…
Indian Railways gives new push to North-South Transport Corridor
State-owned Indian Railways is to host a meeting of the heads of its fellow South Asian railway…
EU investigates Chinese plans for Belgrade to Budapest rail link
China’s plans to build a 350km, $2.89m high-speed railway between Belgrade and Budapest are under investigation by…
London joins New Silk Road
New Silk Road: London is set to become the latest and 15th European city to feel the…
German consortium ready to fund Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway
Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway: The German Initiative consortium, whose members include Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bahn is getting…
Deutsche Bahn agrees to test drive new South West transport corridor to Iran
Deutsche Bahn, one of the world’s largest transport companies, has agreed to test drive the new…
Dhaka hoping for $40bn infrastructure boost from Xi visit to Bangladesh
Xi visit to Bangladesh: As President Xi Jinping prepares to become the first Chinese head of state…
Japan looking to hook Hokkaido up with Trans-Siberian Railway
Japan is considering joining forces with Russia to build an extension to the Trans-Siberian railway to the islands…
Chinese Silk Road investment up 20% to $15bn, claims President Xi
Silk Road investment: Chinese companies invested nearly US$15bn in countries along the new Silk Road last year,…
Presidents Xi and Karimov bless opening of 19km Qamchiq rail tunnel
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Uzbek President Islam Karimov this week used a video link to…
North-South International Transport Corridor scheduled to link Mumbai to Moscow via Azerbaijan by August
Mumbai to Moscow: The first cargo train to make the journey from India to Russia via Azerbaijan on the new North-South…
Putin keeps South Stream pipeline on agenda ahead of Athens visit
South Stream: Russia is still interested in working out a way of building a pipeline along…
Iran and Azerbaijan agree new Caucasus transit route around Turkey
Caucasus transit route: The authorities in Tehran and Baku are working on the creation of a new transit…
Siemens in trilateral talks to provide rolling stock for Moscow-Kazan line
Moscow-Kazan: Siemens, the German engineering multinational with headquarters in Berlin and Munich, is in talks with the…
North South Corridor progresses as work begins on Astara rail bridge
Astara rail bridge: Linking Iran’s and Azerbaijan’s railway networks together will cut nearly four weeks off…