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Stop light rail, and here's how we pay
Minneapolis Star Tribune
David Osmek's commentary ("Stop the light-rail obsession," Feb. 2) was misleading, because he conveniently ignored the staggering costs of business as usual -- which seems to be his preference. Let's address some of those costs.

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Los Angeles Times

SCAG adopts high-speed rail agreement
Pasadena Star-News
(Courtesy California High-Speed Rail Authority) No matter what happens to the controversial high speed rail program in the state, local governments in Southern California are negotiating for some of the early cash associated with the project.
High-speed rail ... or fail?Los Angeles Times
High-speed rail's coming battle: Powerful land ownersOCRegister
Thomas Sowell: Going nowhere, very fastAppeal-Democrat
San Francisco Chronicle -San Jose Mercury News
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Washington Times

Road, rail bill hailed, scorned
Washington Times
(Associated Press) A House Republican's transportation bill aimed at dealing with the nation's crumbling road, bridge and rail systems has been attacked not only by Democrats but some conservatives and government watchdogs who say it amounts to another ...

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Daily Mail

Minister seeks to block £20m rail bonuses for six Network Rail bosses
Daily Mail
By Jason Groves The Transport Secretary yesterday made a dramatic personal attempt to halt plans for a controversial £20million bonus package for six executives at Network Rail. Justine Greening said she would take the unprecedented step of attending ...
Transport secretary to vote against Network Rail £20m bonusThe Guardian
UK 'took holiday on renewing our tracks'Financial Times
UK's Greening to Vote Against Bonuses for Network Rail ChiefsBloomberg
Scotsman
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BigPond News

Downer EDI Surges to Six-Month High on Reliance Rail Restructure
BusinessWeek
6 (Bloomberg) -- Downer EDI Ltd., an Australian contractor, jumped to the highest in six months after the New South Wales state government reached an agreement to restructure the financing of Reliance Rail, of which the company owns 49 percent.
Downer welcomes Reliance Rail bailoutSydney Morning Herald
NSW govt bails out Reliance RailBigPond News
Socialising the losses on another botched projectWA today
4-traders (press release)
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French railroad hands over WWII-era archives
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(JTA) -- SNCF, the French national railroad, has handed over digital copies of hits World War II–era archives. The documents were transferred to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and the Shoah Memorial in Paris, ...

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Citizens inconvenienced by Western Railway mega block
Times of India
The Western Railway (WR) mega block was from 10.30am to 3.45pm and was enforced to carry out conversion work from DC to AC traction on this stretch. While railway officials claimed there was minimal inconvenience to commuters, platforms were packed ...
Last direct current train on Western Railway bids goodbyeDaily News & Analysis
WR completes conversion projectIndian Express
6-hr shutdown today as WR shifts to zippier AC powerHindustan Times
Daily Pioneer
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IBNLive.com

Israel approves key rail link of 'interest' to India
IBNLive.com
PTI Jerusalem: Israel on Sunday approved the construction of the first rail link between its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, offering a new Asia-Europe trade route to compete with the Suez Canal, a project in which India is also said to have evinced ...
Cabinet approves Red-Med rail linkJerusalem Post
Israel approves first rail linking Asia to EuropeAl-Arabiya
Cabinet unanimously approves Eilat railwayGlobes
Haaretz -Arutz Sheva
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Railway football tourney opens
Times of India
PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) GM, Varun Bharthuar, on Sunday inaugurated the 68th Inter-Railway Football Tournament (men) at the Moin-ul Haque stadium here. Altogether 23 teams from different railway zones are participating in this tournament.

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John R. Pulliam: Railroad spending big money; why no Culver's?
Galesburg Register-Mail
By JOHN R. PULLIAM "Business Notebook" -- BNSF Railway announced Wednesday a planned capital commitment program of about $3.9 billion for 2012. The news is good, in that the 2012 amount is a $400 million increase compared to the year before.

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