The deputy prime minister of #Vietnam, Ho Duc Phoc, has approved the restructuring of #VietnamRailways over the period from 2026 to 2030, including the adoption of an operating model based on a group structure of parent company and subsidiaries.
The parent company, Vietnam National Railways […]
A photo of the Puhung station in Pyongyang (North Korea). View is from the stairs, showing two trains on each platform with a group of students entering one of the carriages.
Puhung station of the #Pyongyang Metro. The pictured Type D rolling stock was bought second-hand from #Germany in the late 1990ies.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Mario Micklisch/CC BY 2.0 […]
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2/2 The SGR will then continue west for a further 107km to the border with Uganda at #Malaba where it will join the under-construction Ugandan SGR to Kampala.
www.railjournal.com/regions/africa/construct...
#RailwaySunday #Africa #Uganda #Kampala […]
Siemens Mobility has conducted the Nordic’s first-ever automated train operation on an ETCS-equipped mainline.
A demonstration was recently held on the 19-kilometre-long route between #Juurikorpi and #Hamina in #Finland, showcasing the integration of Automatic Train Operation with the European […]
A railway bridge crosses a gorge, and is itself crossed by a highway bridge in a 90 degree angle. The view is from inside the gorge, which shows the bridges high above.
An image from today's hike: a railway bridge crossing a gorge and a highway bridge crossing the railway bridge. Pretty wild.
#RailwaySunday #Switzerland #infrastructure #nature #hiking #photo #photography #train #railways
A tram from the 1930 turned into a Restaurant. It is nighttime and in the background is a hotel.
On Wednesday I was able to ride a tram from the 1930 while eating Treberwurst, a local specialty. The vehicle was used in Bern from 1935 until 1973, and was eventually turned into a mobile restaurant. Definitely a great experience! […]
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The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,000 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian […]
A RABDe 500 of the Swiss Federal Railways in front of vineyards and a hill.
I was able to take a photo of a SBB RABDe 500 passing right next to me while I was hiking today. Turned out pretty OK I think 😊
#RailwaySunday #SBB #ICN #train #railway #Switzerland #Seeland #photography
The Bernina Express ready to depart from Tirano (IT).
#RailwaySunday #BerninaExpress #BeX #Tirano #Italy #train #railway #travel #alps
SNIM iron ore train at Nouadhibou station, Mauritania.
SNIM iron ore train at #Nouadhibou station, #Mauritania.
Emesik/CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SNIM_ore_train...
#RailwaySunday #Africa #train #railway #iron #transport #photo
Alexandria Tramways car number 218 approaching a station in Alexandria, Egypt. The Alexandria tramway network consists of 20 lines operating on 32 kilometers (20 miles) of the track, serving 140 stops. Car 218 is one of six double-decker cars (numbers 209, 212, 215, 218, 221, an 224) built by the Kinki Sharyo company of Japan. These double-decker cars don't have a pantograph, aren't motorized, and are used as control cars for the three-car set.
TIL that #Alexandria (EG) operates the oldest tramline in the #MiddleEast and #Africa. Operations started on January 8th, 1863.
It is also one of the very few networks that uses double-deck cars […]
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The European Commission has unveiled a new plan that aims to accelerate the development of high-speed rail across the European Union, offering passengers greatly reduced travel times. It is set to build on the trans-European transport network, and cut the duration of a number rail journeys […]
TIL that the railroad frog, which is the part of a switch that allows trains to move from one set of tracks to another, is called like that because its V-shape resembles the bottom of a horse hoof. The V-shaped part on the hoof is called "frog" […]
A steam locomotive pulling a passenger railway car on a bridge in front of a village and mountains.
Eritrean Railway, showing mountainous terrain traversed between Arbaroba and Asmara.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Voice of Clam/jjron/Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eritrean_Railw...
#RailwaySunday […]
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#NetworkRail has unveiled the first redesign of the railway’s national #clock design in over 50 years at London Bridge station.
The timepiece was designed by WPP agency Design Bridge and Partners, and was chosen from a list of more than 100 entrants […]
TIL that some train stations have a platform 0, e.g. #Aarau (CH), #Kyoto (JP) and #TanahAbang (ID). It is usually a result of constructing a new platform next to the existing platform 1, and the decision not to rename all other platforms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_0
#RailwaySunday […]
#India will finance and construct two cross-border rail links with #Bhutan worth Rs 46bn ($US 541m): the 69km Kokrajhar - Gelephu line and 20km of new line from Banarhat to Samtse.
[T]he new lines [will] serve as vital trade and passenger corridors, unlocking new economic opportunities for both […]
#Türkiye, #Syria and #Jordan have agreed to revive the historic #Hejaz railway line. [...] Originally constructed between 1900 and 1908 under Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, the Hejaz railway line stretched approximately 1,750 kilometers, linking Istanbul to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and […]
A high-speed electric multiple unit HT80101 in a curve, travelling through a snowy landcape in Ankara, Turkey.
High-speed electric multiple unit HT80101
Ankara, Turkey.
Photo credit: mikhail.krivyy/CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HT80101.jpg
#RailwaySunday #train #railways #HT80101 #Ankara #Turkey #Türkiye #Asia #PublicTransport #snow
A ČKD Tatra T3 tram in front of a tram depot. Praha, Tatra T3SUCS č. 7290. Praha, Tatra T3SUCS č. 7290/CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Praha,_Tatra_T3SUCS_%C4%8D._7290.jpg
With almost 14,000 produced units between 1960 and 1999, the ČKD Tatra T3 tram car is still the most widespread of its type in the world (2022).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_T3
Photo credit: Praha, Tatra T3SUCS č. 7290. Praha, Tatra T3SUCS č […]
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With up to 116m below the ground, the #Hongyancun station of the Chongqing Rail Transit in #Chongqing, #China is the deepest metro station in the world. It was opened on January 25th, 2022. Prior to that, the #kyiv Metro's #Arsenalna station held the record […]
#Paris is fully automating its busy #Metro Line 13, allowing driverless operation. #Siemens Mobility has received the contract, which includes an automation system, a new operations control centre, and equipment for 66 trains. The project should be finished in late 2032. Line 13 is 24km long […]
Ferrocarril La Trochita. Juan Macri/CC BY-SA 3.0
La Trochita on the Chico River, Río Negro Province.
Photo credit: Ferrocarril La Trochita. Juan Macri/CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trochita_puent...
#RailwaySunday #Trochita #LaTrochita #OldPatagonianExpress […]
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#Austria laid the first tracks produced with green hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, making them the first net zero CO₂ emission tracks in the world. The new tracks were used at the western exit from #Linz main station. #ÖBB CEO, Andreas Matthä, stated, the ÖBB wants to produce all its steel […]
Tram and traffic on San Martín y Viamonte, downtown Buenos Aires. The Pontiac in the middle indicates that this photo was taken no earlier than 1947. Photo credit: Asociación Amigos del Tranvía/Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Mart%C3%ADn_y_Viamonte.jpg
Tram and traffic on San Martín y Viamonte, downtown Buenos Aires. The Pontiac in the middle indicates that this photo was taken no earlier than 1947.
Photo credit: Asociación Amigos del Tranvía/Public Domain […]
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The #EuropeanUnion's draft budget, unveiled last week, includes "unprecedented financial commitment to #rail #infrastructure and #sustainable #transport initiatives." The funds for the #HorizonEurope and #CEF are doubled to € 175 billion and € 50 billion respectively, boosting infrastructure […]
A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) in the history of rail transport.
While some heritage railways are profitable […]
Tbilisi Metro departing train 81-717m/714m on the State University station. Credit: Tbilisi Transport Company, CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Metro_departing_train_on_State_University_station.jpg
The #TbilisiMetro opened on 11 January 1966, making it the fourth metro system in the former #SovietUnion. It consists two lines, serving 23 stations. Most of its stations are deeply built and vividly decorated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi_Metro […]
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#Stadler unveiled #RSZero in the #CzechRepublic, a fully decarbonised #locomotive. It offers a green alternative to the country's ageing diesel vehicles. Only 35% of Czechia's rail network is electrified. It is the second country, after #Germany, to introduce the RS Zero. It has a range of up to […]
In the Lac-Mégantic #rail #disaster on July 6, 2013, an unattended 73-car #MMA freight train carrying crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade and derailed in the Canadian town Lac-Mégantic. Multiple tank cars exploded, killing 47 people and destroying roughly half of all buildings in the town centre […]
