FOLLOWING the retirement of Mr Vinay Mittal on July 1, current member, mechanical, Mr Arunendra Kumar (pictured right) has also temporarily assumed the position of chairman of Indian Railways' board.
KOREA's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has dropped plans announced earlier this month to allow a private company to operate high-speed services from the new Suseo station is southeastern Seoul which is due to open in 2015.
India waved goodbye to its fifth railway minister in four years last month following allegations of corruption that shook the nation. Raghav Thakur considers the prospects for Indian Railway following the cash for jobs scandal.
THE budget for the construction of the new HS2 high-speed line linking London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds has been increased by the British government from £33bn to £42.6bn. This increases the so-called contingency fund for the project to £14.4bn.
A strained climate continues to persist in the global rail industry as the abundance of new orders expected to spur a turnaround have not yet materialised.
THE European Commission (EC) has issued a formal request to the French and British governments to enforce European regulations on track access charging for freight and passenger trains in the Channel Tunnel, which have been branded "excessive" by transport commissioner Mr Siim Kallas.
INDIA's seventh railway minister in four years Mr Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge took office on June 18, succeeding Mr Pawan Bansal, who resigned on May 10 amid corruption allegations.
THE Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has unveiled plans to reform Korail over the next four years, which will create new business units under a holding company structure.
THE Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) has voted unanimously in favour of implementing new crashworthiness standards for high-speed trains that will operate in the United States.
AFTER three years of studies, the Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) has granted German Rail (DB) a 'Certificate B' operating licence to run passenger trains between France and Britain.