New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Auckland rail passengers are likely to face fare rises early next year and pensioners may have their free travel trimmed to meet a funding shortfall.The Auckland Regional Transport Authority will next month consider fare rises...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad once called Indian Railways a Jersey cow, metaphorically comparing the political mileage the behemoth can give with the animal's high milk yield. Mamata Banerjee, his successor and Union minister for railways, has been quick on the uptake.On Sunday, she will lay the foundation stone for a perishable cargo centre at Singur, a move aimed at paying back local farmers who...
Andy Reed MP (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
News that Loughborough stations long awaited platform lengthening looks likely to go ahead is welcome but long overdue said Loughborough MP Andy Reed. "Obviously I am pleased to see that the Network Rail Budget confirms their intentions to lengthen the platform at Loughborough. However, I have been campaigning for this and the regeneration of the Eastern Gateway for so long that...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The White paper on railways is likley to be tabled in the coming session of Parliament, bringing forth its financial position.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
If the exit of Nano was about the "bad M" and the "good M", the proposed railway locomotive component unit in Majherhat could be about "M and M" joining hands to keep the project in Bengal.
