An unmanned aircraft has hit the roof of the central railway station in the city of Kursk, shattering several windows and causing a small fire, the governor of the border Kursk Region, Roman Starovoyt, said on Sunday morning. “Ukrainian drone attack in Kursk. According to preliminary information, it crashed into …
Read More »World’s longest high-speed railway network gets longer
China put 581km (361 miles) of new railway lines into service in the first four months of the year, Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing data from China State Railway Group. This includes 358km of high-speed railway, data shows. The country saw 157.46 billion yuan (over $23.21 billion) in fixed asset …
Read More »Death toll in Kramatorsk railway station attack rises
Around 50 people, including five children, were killed on Friday in an attack on a railway station in eastern Ukraine, the Kiev-appointed authorities claim in their latest statement. Both Russia and Ukraine have been trading accusations about the deadly incident On Friday morning, a rocket hit the railway station in …
Read More »‘The country that bombed you is your friend. The one that built your new railway is your enemy’
Thursday was National Day in Laos, a celebration marking 46 years since the landlocked Southeast Asian nation deposed its monarchy and became a revolutionary communist state, an effort which was supported by Vietnam. This year, the anniversary had added significance, as it saw the opening of a major new project, an …
Read More »Knife-wielding attacker shot by Paris railway security after shouting ‘France is ruled by the Islamic State’ – media reports
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Read More »North Korea says it successfully tested ‘RAILWAY-borne missile’ in latest launch – state media
“The railway-borne missile system serves as an efficient counter-strike means capable of dealing a harsh multi-concurrent blow to the threat-posing forces,” said Marshal Pak Jong Chon, who also serves as a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea and oversaw Wednesday’s missile launch test, …
Read More »US diplomat at center of railway sign theft scandal was flown back by Washington to avoid facing charges in Russia, Moscow claims
Speaking as part of an interview with a news program broadcast on YouTube on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova explained that the Russian government had issued a protest to Washington over the incident, which took place last spring. The Foreign Ministry had announced the day before that the authorities …
Read More »Start-up of new railway routes to the Crimea
The company “Grand Service Express” (the GSE), which trains with the end of 2019 go from Moscow and St. Petersburg to the Crimea via a bridge across the Kerch Strait, in April 2020, will launch new routes from cities in mainland Russia to the Peninsula. In April of the train …
Read More »The fruits of Russophobia ripe: Russia finishes the Latvian railway
The Russian government stipulates with entrepreneurs specific terms of the transfer of their cargo from Latvian ports to domestic ones. It is declared by the Director of the State railway administration of Latvia Juris Iesalnieks. The consequences of this policy of the Baltic Republic feels today. Transit volumes are rapidly …
Read More »As a die thrown at the Ural railway village and why they do not settle
“Before the cuckoo was singing, and now these not — die all” As a die thrown at the Ural railway village and why they do not settle Villages die in Russia — it is not a sensation and not even the news, especially in the context of rosy statements about …
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