World’s Tallest Railway Bridge Opens With Trains 1,178ft Above the Ground
Trains have begun operating across the world’s tallest railway arch bridge, the Chenab Rail Bridge, which towers 1,178 feet above the Chenab River in India. The bridge, located in the Reasi district, officially opened on Friday, June 6, after an inauguration ceremony led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Jammu and Kashmir region […]
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Transforming a Struggling Japanese Rural Railway Line into a Hotel
Recognizing that the shift to sustainability will depend not only on high-tech solutions and tentpole projects, the Newsweek Japan SDGs Awards (aligned with the United Nations‘ Sustainable Development Goals) were launched in 2023, aiming to shine a light on Japanese companies working in this space. Ensen Marugoto Hotel Project, an innovative take on regional revitalization, […]
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Ukrainian Resistance Blows Up Railway in Occupied Territory
Pro-Ukrainian partisans said on Sunday they had “destroyed” equipment along a railway running through the eastern Ukrainian Luhansk region, in the latest of claimed attacks by Kyiv-aligned operatives against Russia. Why It Matters Russia annexed Luhansk, along with the neighboring Donetsk region and southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts, in fall 2022. Luhansk and Donetsk collectively […]
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