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If you find this kind of thing interesting, here's Poland's vice-minister responsible for railways bragging that #PKPIC is apparently running the world's heaviest and longest 200 km/h train in the world that isn't multiple units, at 877 tonnes and 390 m (EU200 + 13 cars):
xcancel.com/PiotrMalepszak/sta

VagonWeb entry: vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?ze

#rail#kolej#PKP

Quite intriguing thing I just discovered - there's a Pakistani broad-gauge railway line that reaches into Iran to terminate at a town called Zahedan.

I'm reading a history of India's railways and this line was a project of the Raj to enable British troops to be sent west in WWI to resist any Ottoman incursions. It wasn't finished until 1922, and didn't link up to Iran's railways until 2009! Obscure but interesting.

#rail #railway #pakistan #iran en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan_

en.wikipedia.orgZahedan railway station - Wikipedia

C’est intéressant de voir évoqué l’ancienne ligne d’Annemasse vers Sixt, même si les propositions sont surtout sur l’infrastructure existante en France, qui n’a pas tellement été modernisée malgré son utilisation par le Léman “express”. Et oui, plus de voies à Annemasse devraient accepter les rames suisses.

#rail #ferroviaire #geneve #transportpublics

ate.ch/sections/geneve/news/po

ATE Association transports et environnementPour un Grand Genève à la hauteur des besoins en transports publics

c2c nationalisation: a win for passengers, or just new branding?

From Sunday 20 July, c2c will be publicly owned again — part of Labour's Great British Railways plan.

But fares won’t drop yet, and challenges remain.

Read Vox Political’s take on what needs to happen next:

✅ Lower fares
✅ Real reinvestment
✅ Public service, not just public control

#Rail #c2c #Nationalisation #Labour #PublicOwnership #GreatBritishRailways #VoxPolitical
voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9914

Vox Political · Rachel Reeves’ weak speech has little to offer but social insecurityBy Mike Sivier