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In the aftermath of the Wenzhou crash, where two Chinese high speed trains collided after a lighting strike caused a signal to fail, the Chinese high speed rail system has been coming under intense domestic scrutiny for its perceived safety lapses. In response to public pressure, the Chinese government this week announced it is dropping [...]
The crash of two high speed trains in Wenzhou, China on Saturday, killing 39, is beginning to raise questions about China’s plans to export its HSR technology: Trainmakers CSR Corp. and China CNR Corp., builders including China Railway Construction Corp. and parts makers such as Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co., have targeted markets including the [...]
Via Grist comes this video produced in Japan to celebrate a new bullet train line. The video was made shortly before the March earthquake and tsunami, and so it was never aired, but it shows the enthusiasm around Japan for the bullet trains – people there fully understand the trains’ value, and are rightly excited [...]
Hope everyone is staying warm out there! Here are some stories for the weekend: • Metro bought Union Station this week from Catellus, the development company founded by Southern Pacific, for $75 million. This will help clear the path to bring high speed rail to Union Station, and should give Metro more flexibility in how [...]
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