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Railway stocks surged up to 4% on Monday after the Railway Ministry announced a Rs 16 lakh crore plan for new bullet train corridors, including Delhi-Varanasi and Varanasi-Siliguri. The Delhi-Siliguri travel time could be cut to six hours. The Ahmedabad-Mumbai corridor is already under construction.
Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu announced a railway project linking Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria, bypassing Israel. The railway will initially transport goods, oil, natural gas, and people, with Gulf states possibly added later. Completion is expected in 3-4 years, based on a recent Turkey-Saudi memorandum of understanding.
Engineers plugged the sinkholes near a railway bridge, allowing trains to resume between Purley and East Croydon, though disruption was expected to continue into the night. Gatwick Express and Southern Railway had advised customers not to travel; unused tickets will be accepted on Monday.
Train services to Gatwick Airport and Brighton were suspended on Sunday after sinkholes were discovered near a railway bridge in Purley, south London. Network Rail closed all lines between Purley and East Croydon pending a structural engineer inspection, with disruption expected at least until Monday morning.
The Lobito Atlantic Railway received its first copper shipment from the Democratic Republic of Congo after reopening a flood-damaged section of the corridor. The corridor is a key export route for central African minerals.
Czech private rail company Leo Express will launch an 807-mile direct train service on June 25, 2026, connecting Przemysl, Poland to Frankfurt, Germany via major cities. The once-daily service takes up to 18.5 hours with tickets from €10.
Rail operators SNCB, SNCF Voyageurs and Swiss Federal Railways plan to test a new TGV INOUI service connecting Brussels, Strasbourg and Basel from July 2027. The trial will run one return journey on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, offering a direct rail option between Belgium and Switzerland and enabling connections to London via Lille.
A man was struck by a train at Atlanta's Civic Center station around 11 a.m. Saturday, disrupting MARTA service at several stations. The incident occurred as locals and tourists used the transit for FIFA World Cup events downtown.