A rough map showing, with no claim to accuracy, the approximate routes of some past railway schemes proposed for Afghanistan. Please note this is shows historic proposals, not the current plans! Click to enlarge
An unofficial website about railways in Afghanistan, past, present and future.
CANADA: Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail announced on February 3 that it was closing the Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive assembly plant at London, Ontario, with immediate effect. Approximately 450 employees represented by the Canadian Auto Workers union will be affected, along with non-union management grades. Staff at Electro-Motive Canada had been loc […]
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded a contract to Funkwerk IT for resignalling its Bremen – Bremerhaven line using electronic interlockings. Partly double-track, the 63 km mixed traffic line with a maximum speed of 160 km/h is being upgraded to accommodate a projected doubling of traffic by 2015. Valued at around €5m, the deal announced by Funkwerk IT on Febr […]
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority has awarded a €240m contract to Alstom covering the supply of 34 driverless Metropolis trainsets for the Circle and North East lines, as well as signalling upgrades for both routes.NEL will receive 18 six-car trainsets and another 16 three-car sets will be supplied to CCL. They will be updated versions of the Metropoli […]