News Tanzania buys Chinese freight wagons as standard gauge railway gets off to flying start Tanzania is to receive 264 freight wagons to improve cargo flows on its booming standard gauge railway (SGR).
News Rail Baltica in deep trouble as costs quadruple to €19bn, auditors warn The planned Rail Baltica high-speed rail corridor connecting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Poland and the European rail network could end up costing €19bn more than planned, state auditors in the three countries warned on Wednesday.
News ‘Eight Intelligent Systems’ used on China’s deepest rail tunnel China Railway Tunnel Group (CRTG) says it used “Eight Intelligent Systems” to build China’s deepest and highest-water-pressure tunnel under the Pearl (Zhujiang) River Estuary.
News Local complaints delay Thailand’s high-speed China link by two years Thailand’s project to build a high-speed railway between Bangkok and China through Laos will be delayed by at least two years after State Railway of Thailand agreed to elevate an 8km section of it following complaints by locals, broadcaster Thai PBS World reports.
News Russia starts building Crimea railway through Ukraine Russia has started to build a railway over annexed Ukrainian territory between the Russian border city of Rostov-on-Don and Crimea, Newsweek reports.
News Philippines drops application for $5bn Chinese loan The Philippines has abandoned plans to seek Chinese loans for three railway projects, together valued at more than $5bn, Bloomberg reports.
