The Tazara Railway,also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway,is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province. The single-track railway is 1,860 km (1,160 mi) long and is operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA).
Ircon International,or Indian Railway Construction International Limited (IRCON),is an Indian engineering &construction corporation,specialized in transport infrastructure. The public sector undertaking was established in 1976,by the Indian Railways under the Indian Companies Act 1956. IRCON was registered as the Indian Railway Construction International Limited,a wholly owned entity of the Indian Railways. Its primary charter was the construction of railway projects in India and abroad. Ircon has since diversified into other transport and infrastructure segments and with its expanded scope of operations around the world,the name was changed to Indian Railway International Ltd. in October 1995.
The Fehmarn Belt fixed link or Fehmarn Belt tunnel is an under-construction immersed tunnel,which will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn,crossing the 18-kilometre-wide (11 mi) Fehmarn Belt in the Baltic Sea.
China State Railway Group Company,Ltd.,doing business as China Railway (CR),is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China.
Highway 23,more-commonly known as the "Carmel Tunnels",are a set of toll tunnels in Haifa,Israel. The tunnels' purpose is to reduce road congestion in the Haifa area and to provide an alternate route for reaching the eastern and central parts of the city,Haifa Bay and the Krayot area to and from Israel's central coastal plain without having to travel through traffic-congested downtown Haifa,having to drive up and across Mount Carmel,or bypassing Haifa from the east –along the edge of the Jezreel Valley. The tunnels cut the travel time from the Haifa South interchange in the west to the Checkpost interchange in the east from 30–50 minutes down to 6 minutes.
Railways in Nigeria consist of a 3,505 km Cape gauge national railway network and 669 km of standard gauge. The Cape gauge network is in poor condition due to lack of maintenance. In 2019,the single operational standard gauge line from Abuja to Kaduna generated as much revenue as the entire Cape gauge railway network combined. The Nigerian government plans to extend the standard gauge to replace most of the Western Line,while the Eastern Line will be rehabilitated as a Cape gauge line. All trains in Nigeria are operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation.
China Railway Construction Corporation Limited is a listed construction enterprise based in Beijing,China,that was the second largest construction and engineering company in the world by revenue in 2014.
The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway is a railway line in Israel connecting the city of Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. The line serves as the main rail link between the two cities,complementing the old Jaffa–Jerusalem railway. As such,the railway is often referred to in Israel as the high-speed railway to Jerusalem to distinguish it from the older,longer and slower line. In spite of that name,the line is not high-speed under the definition used by the International Union of Railways:both its design speed of 200 km/h (125 mph) and its current operational speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) are below the 250 km/h (155 mph) threshold used by the UIC to define high-speed railways,and it is traversed by IR's regular rolling stock instead of the UIC requirement for specially-designed high-speed trains.
The Red Line is the first section of a light rail system in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area,known as the Tel Aviv Light Rail. The line runs from Bat Yam in the south to Petah Tikva in the northeast with a significant portion of it underground. The total cost of the red line is estimated at NIS 11 billion or,approximately US$3 billion. Construction began in 2011,with the testing phase of the line beginning only a decade later,in 2021. After numerous delays concerning the security and safety of the line,it eventually opened on August 18,2023 with a 100,000+ daily ridership over just 8 hours of operation.
Continental Engineering Corporation is a large Taiwanese construction company.
In India,Civil Service is the collection of civil servants of the government who constitute the permanent executive branch of the country. These includes servants in the All India Services,the Central Civil Services,and various State Civil Services,who are recruited by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC),the Staff Selection Commission (SSC),and each state's Public Service Commissions.
The Liupanshui–Baiguo railway or Shuibai railway,is a single-track electrified railroad in western Guizhou province in Southwest China. The line runs 118 km (73 mi) from Baiguo in Pan County to Liupanshui municipality,and was built from 1998 to June 2002. The line cost the equivalent of US$392.6 million and was partially financed by a loan of US$140 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The rail line passes through impoverished areas in the mountains of western Guizhou and was built to promote regional economic development and poverty alleviation. Freight operations began in March 2004 and passenger followed in early 2005.
Shanghai Construction (Group) Corporation (SCG) is a Chinese construction and engineering company,ranked as the 16th largest construction company in the world based on 2011 revenues.
China–Tanzania relations are the foreign relations between China and Tanzania. China established diplomatic relations with Tanganyika and Zanzibar on December 9,1961,and December 11,1963,respectively. When Tanganyika and Zanzibar were united and became Tanzania on April 26,1964,China extended its diplomatic ties to it.
The Aqua Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro,also known as Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Line,is currently under construction in Mumbai,India. When completed,the 33.5 km (20.8 mi) long line will be the first underground metro line in Mumbai,with 27 underground stations and one at-grade station. The line will run from Navy Nagar in the far-south of Mumbai to Aarey Depot in the north-centre,and will include connections to other metro lines,monorail,suburban rail,inter-city rail,and Mumbai Airport. Line 3 is expected to reduce road congestion,and to reduce the load on the Western Line between Bandra and Churchgate.
China Railway Group Limited,known as CREC,is a Chinese construction company which floats in Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges. The major shareholder of the company is the state-owned China Railway Engineering Corporation (CRECG).
The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway is a standard gauge international railway that serves as the backbone of the new Ethiopian National Railway Network. The railway was inaugurated by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on January 1,2018. It provides landlocked Ethiopia with access to the sea,linking Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa with Djibouti and its Port of Doraleh. More than 95% of Ethiopia's trade passes through Djibouti,accounting for 70% of the activity at the Port of Djibouti.
The Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway is a 1,343 kilometres -long standard gauge railway under construction in Nigeria. Once complete,the railway will connect the Atlantic Ocean port city of Lagos to Kano,near the border with Niger,passing through the national capital of Abuja. The railway replaces the Cape gauge Western Line built by the British in 1896–1927,which has a lower design capacity and is in a deteriorated condition.
The Ujevwu–Itakpe Railway is a standard gauge railway in Nigeria that connects the port city of Warri to the inland town of Itakpe. Construction began in 1987 on an industrial railway to supply the Ajaokuta Steel Mill with iron ore and coal. After a protracted construction period of more than 30 years,the railway was finally inaugurated in 2020 as a mixed freight and passenger line. Construction is underway on an extension to Abuja,where it will connect to the Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway.
