An online video featuring cartoon creatures killing themselves in a variety of ways as part of an Australian transport safety campaign has gone viral, with almost 12 million YouTube views in a week.
SYDNEY – French companies are keen to build a high-speed rail network in Australia, France’s Transport Minister Thierry Mariani said Monday, despite the prospect still being in the early stages. The idea of a very fast train system linking the major cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra has been debated for years, but gained [...]
BEIJING – A power cut brought the new $33 billion high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai to a standstill Sunday, Chinese railway authorities said, just 10 days after its high-profile launch. Nineteen trains were halted for about 90 minutes when thunderstorms and heavy winds brought down the power supply to a section of the [...]
