At least 15 people die in crowd crush at New Dehli railway station | India
At least 15 people died of unrequited love at a railway station in India's capital when crowds quickly scrambled to catch a train to the world's largest religious gathering, officials said. Kumbh Mela has a history of crowd-related disasters, with tens of millions of Hindus gathering faithfully in the northern city of Prayagraj every 12 […]
From dream to reality: Go-op, Britain’s first cooperative railway | Rail industry
The idea for the country's first shared rail service came to Alex Rowley in 2004 after another setback across Somerset. He moved to Yeovil with his young family four years ago and his job as a co-operative development manager involved daily travel across the South West to set up member-owned businesses. Reluctant to drive, he […]
US, Canadian labor chiefs huddle amid railway stoppage
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Canadian Labor Minister Steve McKinnon have been in communication about the rail closures north of the U.S. border that are already having far-reaching effects on both countries’ economies. “I spoke with my US colleagues about the rail sector strike and how important the rail sector and jobs are to […]
Canadian railway stoppages begin as companies lock out workers | Canada
Canada has entered into an unprecedented lockout at its major railway companies, a move that could bring various sectors of the economy to a halt amid a wave of worker complaints about poor working conditions. Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway Kansas City (CPKC) initiated a lockout of about 9,000 workers on Thursday […]
Edinburgh art festival review – haunting return of the railway that robbed Africa | Edinburgh festival 2024
Time is a round-trip ticket to Ibrahim Mahama’s ‘Songs About Roses’ exhibition at the Fruit Market Gallery – the best show of the year. Edinburgh Arts FestivalMahama’s detailed yet poetic charcoal drawings of rail-hauling youths leave one wondering: are they laying or removing track for the British Empire’s Gold Coast Railway? My attention was immediately […]