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The Cinque Terre Express One of Italy’s loveliest rail routes is the coast-hugging track along the Cinque Terre in Liguria. Called an express, it’s more of a gentle pootle above all five of the Unesco-listed seaside villages in this celebrated national park. Setting off from La Spezia, the route ends …

Kenya has been fined Ksh1. 312 billion by the Chinese government for defaulting on payment of loans used to build the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in the financial year ending June 2021.   Documents released by Kenya’s National treasury revealed that the fine relates to the cost of default on interest at 1% …

The Gannet, St Ives, Cornwall Take the overnight train from Paddington to arrive at Carbis Bay station in time for breakfast and a stroll along the sands, before checking into the Gannet – a chic inn with a cosy fire-lit bar, and sleek, cream-walled rooms (book a “Spot the Gannet” …

The train steams across the Cob embankment: on the right are the peaks of Snowdonia and on the left glitter the waters of Tremadoc bay. The smartly painted locomotive, Merddin Emrys, built in 1879, puffs towards the undisputed European capital of scenic railway journeys: Porthmadog. “It’s a stunning panorama,” says …

The attack took place in eastern Ukraine as the country celebrated its Independence Day.

The Special Adviser to the Governor of Nasarawa State on Infrastructure, Yusuf Abubakar Musa, a.k.a. Yusuf Mada, has clinched the ticket of the All Progressives Congress to contest for Nasarawa-Eggon West Constituency in the state House of Assembly for 2023 general elections   Yusuf was arrested in 2021 alongside other suspects including Marra Thai, a Chinese national and …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the resumption of train services on the Abuja-Kaduna route.   This comes amidst threats by members of the over 50 Nigerians kidnapped by terrorists during the March 38 train attack who vowed to occupy the train tracks if the Federal government resumes the train …