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Big Boys Toys Trip Far From Boring
Mayor Len Brown leaves for Shanghai on Thursday for a trip that has the potential to push the much-wanted Auckland City Rail Link project one step further. He’s...
Shanghai Subway Crash Injures 260
Another bad train crash in China. Two subway trains collided in a tunnel in downtown Shanghai, injuring more than 260 passengers. Chinese news reports from its state...
China’s Train Safety Concerns
China’s high-speed train accident, which comes only days after complaints of what’s described as constant malfunctioning of the Beijing-Shanghai bullet...
Bad Timing
Talk about cruel. Just hours after Dunedin KiwiRail workers will this afternoon find out the fate of their jobs, the first shipload of rail wagons that is causing...
Oil Price’s New “Dangerous Zone”
The price of oil is again climbing steadily upwards, and has reached US$95 dollars a barrel. Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency,...
China Scores Another Rail Contract
China has won another NZ rail contract and KiwiRail CEO Jim Quinn says on price, the Hillside bid was about 25% more expensive than the China CNR tender. It’s...
Videos: China Train Test Run 486kph
A Chinese high-speed train has broken a world record for the fastest unmodified commercial train. According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, the new-generation...
Chinese Interest In CBD Loop
There have already been approaches from Chinese interests about being involved in the CBD rail loop project. That was revealed today during the Auckland Council’s...
Video: Chinese Train Falls In River
Dramatic video on board a Chinese train in southwest China’s Sichuan province - just before two carriages fell into a river after floods destroyed the...
First Locos For 20 Years
They’re the first new locomotives for 20 odd years. The last order was made during the Muldoon government era. Last year, the government ordered new DL 2700kW...
China May Build NZ Highways
Increasing speculation about China doing construction work for the Waikato Expressway and Wellington’s Transmission Gully projects. Engineers from the China...
Video: Train Never Has To Stop
Check out this video of a Chinese concept. This bullet train wouldn’t actually stop at any of the 30 stations on the route. Passengers waiting to board...
GM Unveils Its Car Of Future - A Segway For Dorks!
GM today unveiled its car for the future - and as one motoring commentator quickly dubbed it, it’s a car for dorks! Would you honestly be seen driving...
London To Beijing By Rail In 2 Days!
It sounds like fantasy but it’s a nice dream, if it never actually happens. And you never know. China has come up with a plan to run its 320kph high speed trains...
China Launches World’s Fastest Train - Video
The world’s fastest express train link has started service in China, cutting a 9 hour trip to just three hours. Travelling an average speed of 380k, the train...
This Week’s World Rail Report Incl. High Speed Rail for UK (+Video)
It’s been a record week for Aucklandtrains traffic here with healthy monthly increases - as always thanks everyone for your contributions and for passing...
