CHINA: Children up to 1500 mm tall can now travel on half-fare tickets, the Ministry of Railways has announced. The previous height limit was 1400 mm, but this has had to be changed to reflect the increase in the average height of children as standards of living improve.
According to the Ministry of Health, the average height of six-year-old boys in China has increased from 1123 mm in 1975 to 1187 mm in 2005, and girls from 1115 mm to 1177 mm.
IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has awarded AtkinsRéalis a contract to provide design services for the DART+ West and South West projects, which are part of the DART+ programme to expand the Dublin Area Rapid Transit network of electrified commuter rail services. The Phase 5a contracts involve reviewing previous ...
USA: New York MTA has unveiled the first of the Siemens Mobility SC42-DM Charger electro-diesel locomotives which will enable it to increase the use of electric traction on Metro-North Railroad commuter services. The operator’s existing batch of GE P32AC-DM locos use electric power only in the ...
EUROPE: Direct trains between Amsterdam Centraal and London will be reinstated from February 10 2025, with the opening of a higher capacity departure terminal for passengers on Eurostar’s cross-Channel service. Through services were suspended from June 15 because remodelling works meant there was no space for ...
