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Christmas travellers face chaos as flooding hits UK roads & rail

There is more misery for Christmas commuters today as flooding continues to hamper parts of the road and rail network. People trying to get home to friends and family for the festive period will face a series of...

Rail scheme linking Wales directly to Heathrow airport

Wales is the home of railway archaeology with more independently owned railways than anywhere else in the world, it is fitting that the British government are making plans for a £500m rail scheme linking Wales...

Budapest Railway Station

Image of the day: Budapest main railway station. Hungary.Source: http://www.schahryar.com/photoblog/474

Tanjong Pagar Railway

Tanjong Pagar railway station ceased operations on 1st of July 2011. This station has been around for about 80 years (From 1932 to 2011).Source: Image of the day

Unique Travel Experience to End after Agreement on Land Deal

For a train journey found only in Singapore, take the slow Malaysian KTM at Tanjung Pagar and enter Malaysian territory in a deliciously unusual way. While deep in the heart of Singapore, you get on the train...

New hope for mass transit system in Islamabad

A new hope has emerged about revival of the mass transit rail system between Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad and its twin Rawalpindi city."ISLAMABAD: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has proposed to own the ambitious mass transit rail system project...

Three Train Accidents in UP, India

New Delhi: Three train accident happened in northern Indian state Utter Pradesh and ten people were killed and 79 injured, 15 of them seriously, in three accidents involving five passenger trains in Uttar Pradesh...

Groping on Tokyo Trains: Growing Groper Problem & Amazing Stats

Japanese railway gropers or "chikan" are still an increasing problem despite police attempts to decrease the occurrences of groping.  In the past decade reports of men groping women on busy Japanese trains have...

Wuhan-Guangzhou high speed railway to open

New Delhi: China has start high speed railway from Wuhan-Guangzhou. The  high speed railway will go into operation Saturday with 28 passenger trains carrying an estimated 1,300 people. Travel time between Wuhan,...

Terrorist opens fire at rly station, one killed, 2 hurt-just in

"Terrorist nabbed in Ludhiana firing" " LUDHIANA: It was a throwback to the dark days of terrorism at the crowded Ludhiana railway station early Tuesday morning when a terror suspect, travelling with his...

Mumbai on high alert!!!

People of Mumbai have still not overcome the horror and pain of the mumbai terror attacks and are burdened with another high alert. there have been reports and photographs suggesting that there is a possibility of another attack,security forces  are trying their best to...

What has the world come to????? 12th and 13th july 2009

Is this the India You and I DREAM off???? this is how it's all going to end??? these are just a few to name..in a span of two days there is so much of hate and violence in one corner of the....Can You Imagine...If we sum up similar issues that have happened all over the world...

A story of the "Yal Devi" Train

A glimpse into the rebuilding of the Yal Devi rail-track.... A once vital link between the North and South of Sri Lanka. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izh0lX9-FOc

Delhi shame: Girl in search of job sold, raped

A teenage girl from from northern Indian state of Haryana, seeking job in Delhi, was lured by a woman and allegedly sold  to two persons who along with three others repeatedly raped her. Two persons had been arrested on charges of purchasing and repeatedly raping the...

China's railways carried 75 million passengers between Jan. 11-27

Hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens packed planes, trains and buses to visit family during the 2009 New Year holiday, a 17% increase from last year. " China's railways carried 75.05 million passengers...
 

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