Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wants to see more private investors involved in railways, the central government's website reported on Sunday.
A former railway official in south China's Kunming City was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over corruption charges in Beijing on Wednesday.
China Railway Construction, one of China's largest construction companies, finished building a massive railway line in Angola on Wednesday and plans to put into operation this year.
Asian and the Central European railway giants are trying to explore new opportunities in railway construction, and discussed the ongoing Euro-Asia railroad project at Railworld Summit here on Wednesday.
The Chinese government on Tuesday unveiled a guideline on management of a fledgling railway development fund to attract private investment into the railway sector.
Taiwan's railway authority on Thursday conducted its first anti-riot exercise in Banqiao station, a move to prepare emergency services for violent attacks on public transportation.
The trial run for the first high-speed railway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region started on Tuesday, marking a countdown to formal operations by the end of the year and a confidence boost to the region.
Chinese authorities will launch special operations against terrorism, said a senior security official here Tuesday.
Six people injured in a knife attack at a railway station in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou on Tuesday morning are all out of danger, local police said late Tuesday night.
Tax breaks for the small and micro firms will be extended till the end of 2016, China's cabinet, the State Council, announced on Wednesday
Chinese railway police have begun a nationwide inspection on high-speed rails to ensure safety during one of the busiest travel seasons next month.
A female suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at a railway station in southern Russia, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said Sunday.
A high-speed railway linking the Chinese capital of Beijing with Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, is expected to kick off construction in the first half of 2014.
The Osaka Prefectural Assembly rejected Monday a controversial plan to sell a private railway company to a U.S. investment firm after local residents shared concerns that the plan puts too much emphasis on the bidding price rather than maintaining stable local transportation, officials said.
The major railway operator on Japan ' s southwestern island of Kyushu launched railway sightseeing tours on Tuesday with the newly-constructed sleeper train, the " Seven Stars in Kyushu." The new service is an attempt to carry more tourists from all over the world to the island's countryside, with the aim of stimulating the local economy.
The major railway operator on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu launched the country's most "luxurious" cruise train on Friday, which will run on rail networks in seven prefectures, railway officials said.
China's State Council published a plan earlier this week to innovate railway funding and speed up construction. Experts said this was "appropriate" in the backdrop of economic structuring as railway development meets high transportation demands, narrows the regional economic gap, and helps social capital grow.
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