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South Asia
Scores killed, injured as passenger train catches fire in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: More than 70 people were killed and several injured when a train caught fire near Liaquatpur town of Punjab province on Thursday morning. The train, named ‘Tezgam’, which means ‘Fast-moving’, was on its way from Karachi, capital of Sindh province, to Rawalpindi, Punjab when a…
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Politics
Train trip to promote next month’s South Korea-ASEAN summit ends
Seoul: A three-day train journey program aimed at promoting next month’s special summit between South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ended Friday, with participants hoping the summit’s success will further cement bilateral ties. The ASEAN-Korea Center, an intergovernmental body for cooperation between South Korea and the…
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East Asia
China to run driverless maglev train at 200 kph in 2020
China will roll off its first self-developed driverless commercial maglev train with a designed speed of 200 km per hour in early 2020, said Zhou Qinghe, chairman of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd, developer of the train. The new train, known as the commercial maglev 3.0, will be the world’s…
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East Asia
China develops conceptual model of double-decker high-speed train
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a conceptual model for future Chinese double-decker high-speed trains, which could be able to run at speeds as high as 350 kilometers per hour (kph), official WeChat account of Science and Technology Daily reported on Feb.19. The conceptual model of future double-decker…
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East Asia
(2nd LD) (US-NK summit) Kim’s train runs in inland China for summit with Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s special train arrived in the central Chinese town of Changsha on Monday on its way to Vietnam for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump later this week, a source said. The train arrived in Changsha of Hunan Province around 1:10 p.m. after passing through…
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East Asia
Korail under fire after yet another accident
Saturday’s derailment of a Seoul-bound KTX train from Gangneung has brought state-owned railroad operator KORAIL under heavy public scrutiny, as it was the 10th accident on Korail tracks in three weeks. The accident, which left 15 injured, came just three days after Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid a special visit…
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Argentina Train Derailed, 49 Dead
A rescuer carries a wounded passenger at the site of train derailling in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, Feb. 22, 2012. The derailment of an inter-city train has resulted in the death of at least 49 people and the injury of at least 600 people in Buenos Aires early Wednesday.…
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South Asia
India Train Derailed, 3 Dead
Indian disaster response personnel search as onlookers gather around derailed cars of a passenger train following an accident at Sathi Sarapa village near Gauhati, India, Feb. 3, 2012. At least three people are confirmed dead while more others are feared killed and over 50 were injured in a train mishap…
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