A high-speed train passing through a Spanish railway station has struck a group of people crossing the tracks, killing at least 12, officials say. The train was travelling through Castelldefels Playa station near Barcelona when the incident occurred, civil protection officials said.
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Midas unit wins $12m contract to supply aluminium fabricated parts
June 20th, 2010 |
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Mainboard-listed Midas Holdings announced today that its Aluminium Alloy Division, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., has clinched a RMB59 million ($11.9 million) contract to supply aluminium alloy extrusion profiles, including fabricated parts, to the inter-city high-speed train CRH5 EMU project in China. The contract was awarded by CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co.
China unveils fastest train link
December 27th, 2009 |
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China yesterday unveiled what it billed as the fastest rail link in the world – a train connecting the modern cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan at an average speed of 350 kilometres an hour. The super-high-speed train reduces the 1,069 kilometre journey to a three hour ride and cuts the previous
Train crash in Russia leaves 25 people dead
November 29th, 2009 |
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A train crash cause by a bomb attack in northwest Russia left 25 people dead and 26 are listed as missing, Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday. The attack occurred late on Friday near the border between the Novgorod and Tver regions, some 400 kilometers northwest of Moscow when three carriages of the Nevsky Express high-speed train derailed. The train was carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Eurostar passenger numbers fall
July 15th, 2009 |
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As number of business class travellers falls, train operator pins hopes on visitors from Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands
The cross-channel high-speed train company Eurostar today reported a 6% dip in passengers in the first part of this year.
The company carried 4.34 million passengers in the first three months of 2009, down from 4.63 million in January to March 2008.
Leisure passenger ticket sales rose 4% but a dip in business class travellers led to an overall fall of 7% to £342.2m in ticket sales for the first three months of this year.
The Eurostar chief executive, Richard Brown, said: “As with all businesses in the transport sector, we have long acknowledged that we would face challenging times this year. Also, for the first seven weeks of this year we operated a reduced service as a direct result of a fire on a shuttle in the Channel tunnel in September 2008.
“The fact is that some of our biggest business clients are from the financial and banking sectors. As they tighten their travel budgets, we, like the airlines, feel the effects. We continue to seek ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
“Despite market conditions, we still have good reason to be optimistic. We are benefiting from the strong euro and seeing substantial increases in travellers from Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands, which is also helping the UK economy.
“In addition, there is growing evidence of travellers switching from plane to high-speed train for longer, connecting journeys.”
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