TruemorsStrike to hit Scotland's railways
Union officials have failed to reach a deal, and strikes are set to go ahead on Scotland's rail network. 450 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union will walk out today on the first of two 24-hour strikes. The next strike will start at noon on Thursday. "Commuters...
Lalu enjoys Indian Railways while fooders got jail for fodder scam
"Ranchi (ABC Live): New Delhi on Tuesday When Indian Railways Minister Lalu Prasad was delivering his fifth consecutive railways and luring common Indian with his management skills in New Delhi the CBI special court hearing the case of Lalu’s Famed fodder scam delivering... 
Hundreds of Britons hit by flood risk
"Britain was yesterday gripped by more floods as heavy rain and winds sparked chaos on roads and railways and left householders washed out again. "
King of Tracks to make railways run on time
After the debacle that was holiday rail travel this winter it's about time someone got to grips with the UK train service."If you get on an early-morning train somewhere on the Oxford line and notice a crop-haired... 
Indian railways travel can be a nightmare experience
Indian railways are the life line and an integral part of the
economic surge that India has been witnessing over the years. The
extended network of the rail link ferries cheap human labor form one
state to another.... 
Slovenia floods kill five
"LJUBLJANA, , 19 (UPI) -- At least five people were killed when strong rainstorms swept Slovenia, damaging houses and isolating towns and villages from the rest of the country.
Heavy rains driven by high winds were... 
UK Conservatives Desperate for Direction UPDATE
Update: BBC Radio 4 Today Programme confirm Redwood not on the rails when it comes to trains. You can go to this link and listen to Richard Hope, Consultant Editor, Railway Gazette International... 
Homeowners to Foot £2.5bn Flood Bill
"Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will be hit with higher household insurance premiums as a second wave of flash floods gives insurers their biggest ever claims bill. As a summer of appalling weather brought another day of travel chaos yesterday, analysts said that...
Local trains in Mumbai - A daily death trap?
There used to be a time, not too long ago, when the local trains of Mumbai, or
Bombay as it was called back then, had acquired a cult status, thanks to them
being made popular thanks to Indian... 
Network Rail bosses back down on bonuses
"Network Rail executives were forced to freeze their bonuses yesterday, hours after a public outcry over plans to defer payouts for maintenance workers over the fatal west coast train crash at Grayrigg.Executive directors...
German Krankheit: Kyrill and the German Federal Railways Deutsche Bahn. They ...
In the aftermath of storm Kyrill, there has been harsh criticism over the federal railways' management of the crisis. A report about the aftermath shows why the German government should as well consider selling off the remaining shares in its ailing railway company to private...
India: rail and unreal
A new luxury train taking in many of the best known sights sounds the perfect introduction to the subcontinent. But what view of India do you have from its tinted windows? Nigel Richardson reports.Indian Railways looks at its large land bank for real estate development
The Indian Railways is looking to exploit its large land bank for commercial development and as a source of new revenues. The Railways has 43,000 hectares of land available for development, estimated to be one tenth of the total land available with the Railways. See article...
Time to Nationalize CN
CN has reported a record number of accidents, Duh Oh, this past year.As I have reported here, it's because CN our once national railway was privatised. Its time to put CN back under workers and community control to...
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