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Illustration ©tengrinews Kazakhstan ratifies treaty with Uzbekistan on strategic partnership President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the law ratifying the Strategic Cooperation Treaty between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
16 May 2014
Six wounded in knife attack at Chinese train station: police Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a Chinese train station Tuesday, police said, after a string of violent episodes at transport hubs authorities blame on "terrorists" from the restive region of Xinjiang.
06 May 2014
20 years on, British fears over Channel Tunnel lost at sea Fearing an invasion of rabid animals, terrorists, immigrants and the loss of their cherished island isolation, many Britons were highly suspicious of the Channel Tunnel.
05 May 2014
Photo courtesy of RIA Novosti New Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty railway: Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev suggested constructing a Minsk-Moscow-Astana-Almaty railway line,
29 April 2014
A view shows a car of the Orient Express train. ©Reuters/Charles Platiau Step aboard Orient Express for journey back in time The Orient Express lets out a whistle and a chug, just as it did 130 years ago when it pulled out of Paris's Gare de Strasbourg on its inaugural journey to Istanbul.
22 April 2014
Pakistan bus crash kills 42 A speeding passenger bus smashed into a tractor-trailer in southern Pakistan Sunday, killing 42 people including 14 children and injuring more than a dozen others with many in critical condition, police said.
21 April 2014
Photo courtesy of Turar Kazangapov Two municipal bus depots to open in Astana Astana Akimat aims to improve the quality of the public transportation and announced opening of two new municipal bus depots.
16 April 2014
©tengrinews.kz Astana to get new bus depot Astana city is planning to construct a new bus depot this year.
31 March 2014
New gadgets hope to hush Mumbai's incessant honking A handful of fed-up residents in one of the world's noisiest cities have taken on a daunting challenge: persuading Indian drivers to stop honking their car horns.
30 March 2014
©Yaroslav Radlovsky Almaty commuters pay broken keys for bus fare Cunning commuters would use anything but money to pay for a bus fare in Almaty.
29 March 2014
Polluted Paris forces thousands of cars off the road Thousands of cars will be banned from Parisian roads on Monday as the city tries to curb dangerous pollution levels by introducing alternate driving days for the first time in nearly two decades.
17 March 2014
Paris makes public transport free to tackle severe pollution Paris authorities said Thursday they would make public transport free for three days to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles behind due to severe pollution caused by unusually warm weather.
14 March 2014
Photo courtesy of nur.kz Astana to start constructing BRT system in June 2014 Astana will start constructing its Bus Rapid Transport system in June 2014.
24 February 2014
Photo courtesy of  vulcanpost.com Philippine capital braces for traffic nightmare Residents of the Philippine capital got the first taste Monday of a traffic nightmare that will likely worsen and drag on for four years.
17 February 2014
48-hour strike begins on London Underground Workers on London's Underground train system kicked off a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2100 GMT) on Tuesday, threatening chaos for commuters on Wednesday and Thursday.
05 February 2014
Photo © Marat Abilov Astana to reinvent transport infrastructure by 2017 In three years, a new train station and two bus stations will be completed and put into service in Astana.
30 January 2014
China's Baidu paints New Year travel map from mobiles Pale blue, fibre-optic-like lines linking dots in an outline of China emerging from darkness -- technology giant Baidu has launched an astronomical chart-style image of the country's New Year travels.
29 January 2014
©Reuters/Christinne Muschi Bombardier to expand into Kazakhstan market Bombardier, a Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company, plans to expand into the Kazakhstan market.
27 January 2014
Photo courtesy of sg.news.yahoo.com British expat leaves job after Singapore 'poor people' remark A Singapore-based British wealth adviser who set off a firestorm by publicly insulting Singaporeans who have to rely on public transport has "parted ways" with his former employer, the firm said Saturday.
25 January 2014
©Reuters Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure: IEA Executive Director Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure and take a hard stance of pricing talks in the region: Maria van der Hoeven.
21 January 2014

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