Tag: railway
Is this VR robot the future of Japan’s railway labour force?
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube This part-Gundam, part-crane robot can lift heavy objects up to 10 metres into the air. The prototype can repair overhead railway lines that are hard to reach. By replacing humans in the dangerous task, it also helps workers avoid the risk of falling and electrocution. West Japan Railway, which developed the VR robot with two other…
Volodymyr Zelensky blames Russia for deadly attack on Ukrainian railway station – BBC News
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants a tough global response after a deadly missile strike on a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Ukrainian officials said that at least 50 people died, including children, and dozens were injured after rockets hit the station on Friday morning. Russia denied it was to blame for the attack and said there were no missions…
Dozens dead after Ukraine railway station hit by rockets – BBC News
Ukraine says at least 50 people are dead and dozens wounded after rockets hit a train station in the city of Kramatorsk in the east of the country. Thousands of people were at the station at the time as they fled Russian attacks, the Donetsk regional governor says. Russia denies involvement in the strike, with a Kremlin spokesman saying it had no scheduled missions in…
Beijing Railway Station empties as China battles its largest Covid-19 outbreak
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube More than 82,000 people across mainland China are now reported to be infected with Covid-19 as of March 31, 2022. Officials say the new Omicron BA.2 variant is to blame for the latest and most serious outbreak in the country since early 2020. In China’s capital, the Beijing Railway Station is eerily deserted after people have…
Nigeria plans to spend tens of billions to modernise railway network
Nigeria is planning to spend tens of billions of US dollars to modernise its railway network. The overhaul could give remote parts of the country a huge economic boost. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Lagos. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Nigeria
Holidaymakers pack Shanghai railway station as Lunar New Year travel rush gets under way in China
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Crowds of travellers packed Shanghai’s Hongqiao railway station to travel home in time for the Lunar New Year celebration, which starts on February 1, 2022. The festival is celebrated across China with family reunions and dinners and typically brings the biggest annual human migration on Earth. But until this year many passengers have not been allowed…