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Salisbury train crash carriages to be removed

Belfast Telegraph 04 Nov 2021
They will be lifted from the track by a large crane ... The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said this led to it travelling 220 metres past the signal before smashing into the side of a Great Western Railway train at the point where the tracks they were on merged.
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Salisbury train crash: Line to stay closed for 10 days

BBC News 04 Nov 2021
As well as the investigation work, track needs to be replaced and repairs carried out around the crash site. Cranes have been brought in to remove the two damaged trains from the tracks. Great Western Railway (GWR) said the repair work would take some time to complete and people have been urged to avoid all but essential travel in the area.
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NA body not satisfied with progress on KCR, ML-1 projects

Dawn 04 Nov 2021
The observation came from members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways on the second leg of its three-day visit of travel and inspection of the KCR route ... “We visited from Orangi Town to City Station [one of the KCR routes] on tracks and it was not a very good experience.
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VOX POPULI: Diary reveals hidden altruism of assassinated prime minister

Asahi News 04 Nov 2021
Its variant, "gaden intetsu," the last kanji of which stands for "iron," implies pork barrel politics practiced by politicians who promised to lay railway tracks in their electorates to secure local votes.
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East China's Wuhu opens its first monorail line

China Daily 04 Nov 2021
HEFEI -- The city of Wuhu in East China's Anhui province officially unveiled its first monorail line on Wednesday amid efforts to build a green transportation system in the city ... Monorail is a railway system in which trains travel along a track consisting of one rail ... Photo ... .
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Beardstown police urge parents not to stop on railroad tracks near school

Journal Courier 04 Nov 2021
... school drop off and pick up times not to park and wait on railway tracks.
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East China's Wuhu opens first monorail line

Xinhua 04 Nov 2021
dollars), according to local authorities. Monorail is a railway system in which trains travel along a track consisting of one rail ... .
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Egypt: rights activists slam expansion of army powers

Middle East Monitor 04 Nov 2021
... protecting public infrastructure, essentially handing them control of facilities including gas pipelines, oil fields, power stations, roads, bridges and railway tracks.
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Railways to transport over 20 percent of freight business after completion of ML-I

Urdu Point 03 Nov 2021
Pakistan Railways is expecting to transport over 20 percent of the country's freight business after the completion of Main Line-I (ML-I) under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) ... He said railway line would be upgraded from Karachi to Peshawar and Taxila to Havelian while a new track would be laid with improved sub grade for 160km per hour.
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Thane railway cops return lost bag with Diwali goodies worth Rs 8,000

The Times of India 03 Nov 2021
Thane railway cops return lost bag with Diwali goodies worth Rs 8,000 ... The railway police staff from Thane ensured a Nashik resident could celebrate his ... As soon as he realised it, he immediately alerted the railway police helpline that tracked the train he had been in.
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Injured Salisbury tunnel train crash driver unable to brake a railway veteran who 'acted impeccably'

ITV 03 Nov 2021
Crash investigators say Robin Tandy, 74, applied his brakes when he saw a red signal but slippery rails meant his train slid along the track and crashed into another service in front of him on Sunday, October 31 ... South Western Railway ... Operator South Western Railway said.
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Building railroads in Africa

China Daily 03 Nov 2021
So far, more than 6,000 kilometers of railways have been built in the continent within the China-Africa cooperation framework, injecting new impetus into local economic and social development ... According to the AU, Africa has an average of 2.5-km of railway track for every 1,000 square kilometers, lagging far behind the world average of 23 km.
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Kazakh food exports to China plummet

EurasiaNet 03 Nov 2021
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) had endowed Kazakhstan with new train tracks and highways that could carry Kazakh wheat, cooking oil and beef to a large and hungry neighbor ... Karabanov believes that China is using coronavirus as a pretext to free space on railroad tracks for transit cargoes to Europe, a major component of the BRI.
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Dilemma of Nigerian travelers as roads, rails become riskier

Business Day Online 03 Nov 2021
We recommend a concerted effort towards improving the state of roads, reducing the stress of vehicle importation, guaranteeing safety on the highways and railway, revamping mass transit schemes, developing the inland waterways and fast-tracking the completion of all railway projects across the country.
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