KTM seeks to shake off the shackles: Malayan Railway is fighting for the right to fix its own passenger fares and freight rates
Mike Knutt…
Category: International Railway Journal
PKP Cancels Pendolino Order – Brief Article
POLISH State Railways (PKP) has decided to cancel its $US 200 million order with Fiat Ferrovi…
Regionalisation Pays Off – Brief Article
GERMAN Rail (DB) considers it is on the right track as far as regional passenger transport is co…
Octopus Spreads Its Tentacles In HK
The introduction of the Octopus smart card in Hong Kong in September 1997 has been a great success fo…
Korea Opens First High-Speed Test Section – Brief Article
THE first 34.4km section of Korea’s Seoul–Pusan high-speed line was officially…
DB Makes Operating Profit – World Report
GERMAN Rail (DB) improved its financial performance by Euros 286 million ($US 255.5 million) las…
Ikea – Europe
Ikea has created a subsidiary, Ikea Rail, which will begin operating international freight services from September. Initial…
Manila’s Ambitious Plans To Expand Rail Network – Rapid Transit Review
David Briginshaw
Manila’s Ambitious Plans To Expand Rail Net…
Sudan Railways Corporation – Sudan
Sudan Railways Corporation has secured a loan worth $US 17.2 million from the Islamic Development Bank…
Open-access boosts freight traffic: the rapidly changing railfreight scene in the Netherlands, where the number of open access operators continu…