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Railway plan of around R$ 3.3 trillion aims to connect European capitals with high-speed trains by 2040 and compete with short flights, but it depends on governments and investors to finance new lines, tunnels, and incompatible systems.
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (1589+ words) High-speed trains have returned to the center of the European Union’s transport strategy with a proposal to expand connections between countries and reduce travel time between certain capitals to two to four hours. The goal is to transform rail routes…...
A $200 billion underwater train promises to cross the sea at 300 km/h in less than an hour, but it may exceed the budget, create a new tax on salaries, guarantee profits to investors, and leave taxpayers paying for a line aimed at executives and luxury tourists.
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1125+ words) There is no reliable evidence of the existence of a railway project that encompasses all the presented characteristics, including cost of 200 billion euros, speed of 300 km/h, maritime crossing under one hour, tax on salaries, and guaranteed profitability for investors....
R$ 50 billion bullet train between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro will have 417 km of railway, speed of up to 350 km/h, 1h30 travel time, but delay postpones operation.
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (1155+ words) Planned to connect São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, the high-speed train is expected to start operating in 2033, a year later than the previous estimate, due to delays in preparing the necessary guidelines for the environmental licensing of the project....
'Maria Fumaça' returns to the tracks after the restoration of a 1926 locomotive that transported troops in the 1932 Revolution; the machine crossed the strategic Mantiqueira Tunnel and may return to operate on a tourist railway in the interior of SP.
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (1022+ words) The Locomotive 522, a steam engine manufactured in 1926 and linked to the railway movement of the Constitutional Revolution of 1932, is undergoing restoration at the workshops of the Brazilian Association of Railway Preservation in Cruzeiro, in the São Paulo Paraíba Valley. The…...
The longest train in the world is 7.3 km long, has 682 wagons, and carries 99,732 tons of iron ore: the Australian giant set the record in 2001 and remains unbeaten to this day, even with India trying to surpass it.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (411+ words) To give scale to the number, the source itself offers the measure. The 7.353 kilometers of the longest train in the world are equivalent to lining up 22 Eiffel Towers, reports the Gazeta de São Paulo. One after the other, laid on…...
Japan will have a bullet train that levitates at 500 km/h and will cross 90% of the route through tunnels; the project promises trips in just 67 minutes but faces billion-dollar challenges and unprecedented environmental obstacles.
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1065+ words) Japan has advanced in its attempt to unlock the Linear Chuo Shinkansen, a magnetic levitation railway designed to operate at up to 500 kilometers per hour and connect Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka through a route built almost entirely in tunnels. After…...
Latin America's Largest Port Invests $400 Million in Rail System with Trains Up to 2.4 Kilometers Long
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (629+ words) The centerpiece of this turnaround is the Integrated Operational Control Center, the CCOI, inaugurated at the end of June to bring together in one place the planning of all the railways that reach the port. Instead of each operator running…...
Water Tunnel to Cut Through Andes: 14 km Underground Passage at Over 4,000 Meters Could Transform Atlantic-Pacific Trade Routes
3+ week, 6+ day ago (566+ words) The Agua Negra tunnel, designed to connect San Juan in Argentina to the Coquimbo region in Chile, will be 14 kilometers long and will be located at more than 4,000 meters altitude. The construction aims to ensure a crossing through the Andes…...
An old telephone booth was removed during construction at an English station and ended up revealing tunnels under platform 4, with hidden rooms connected to the railway logistics of another era.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (892+ words) The tunnels discovered under platform 4 contained several rooms, suggesting that they were once used for various purposes. These hidden spaces are a reminder of the station’s rich history and the complex logistics that once took place away from the passengers…...
Madrid and Barcelona could be less than 2 hours apart by high-speed train: Spain invests €112 million in aerodynamic sleepers to reach 350 km/h, but vibrations, stones thrown by the tracks, and delays still challenge the country's most strategic line.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1643+ words) The bullet train between Madrid and Barcelona has entered a new stage after Spain advanced in contracting aerodynamic sleepers for the high-speed line connecting the country’s two largest cities. The Spanish government’s goal is to allow trains to reach 350 km…...