Indian Railways has achieved 99.6% electrification! 🚆 With this milestone, India is now the world's 2nd-most electrified large railway network. A transformation that means cleaner transport, lower diesel dependence, reduced emissions, and efficient rail operations 🔥

Indian Railways is giving century-old stations a world-class makeover under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. 🚉 508 stations in the first phase 💰 ₹24,470 crore investment India’s railway stations are getting a new identity! 🇮🇳

China's railways carried a record 3.32 billion passenger trips in the first eight months of 2026, up 3.9% YoY. An average of 11,508 passenger trains ran each day, while foreign passenger trips jumped 33.3% to 16.68 million amid growing inbound travel and expanded #visafree# transit policies. #ChinaData# #Transportation#

China's railways handled a record 2.348 billion passenger trips in the first half of 2026, up 5% YoY, including 12.314 million trips made by international travelers, up 33.6% from the same period last year, official data showed Monday.

🚆 People killed on EU railways, 2015–2024 1. 🇵🇱 Poland: 1,703 2. 🇩🇪 Germany: 1,363 3. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 738 4. 🇷🇴 Romania: 736 5. 🇫🇷 France: 630 6. 🇮🇹 Italy: 594 7. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 320 8. 🇨🇿 Czechia: 301 9. 🇵🇹 Portugal: 209 10. 🇪🇸 Spain: 204 11. 🇦🇹 Austria: 187 12. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 175 13. 🇬🇷 Greece: 155 14. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 143 15. 🇭🇷 Croatia: 127 16. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 127 17. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 113 18. 🇱🇻 Latvia: 98 19. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 95 20. 🇩🇰 Denmark: 70 21. 🇫🇮 Finland: 61 22. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 32 23. 🇪🇪 Estonia: 24 24. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 12 25. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 7 8,224 people were killed in railway accidents across the EU between 2015 and 2024. Only 218 of them, about 3%, were train passengers. Most victims were people on the tracks: trespassers walking or crossing where they shouldn't, and drivers or pedestrians hit at level crossings. Trespassers are the largest group in most countries. Poland and Germany together account for more than a third of all deaths. Greece had the most passenger deaths, 51, most of them in the Tempi collision in 2023. Suicides are counted separately and not included. Cyprus and Malta have no railways. Source: Eurostat, data from the European Union Agency for Railways

🚆 People killed on EU railways, 2015–2024 1. 🇵🇱 Poland: 1,703 2. 🇩🇪 Germany: 1,363 3. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 738 4. 🇷🇴 Romania: 736 5. 🇫🇷 France: 630 6. 🇮🇹 Italy: 594 7. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 320 8. 🇨🇿 Czechia: 301 9. 🇵🇹 Portugal: 209 10. 🇪🇸 Spain: 204 11. 🇦🇹 Austria: 187 12. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 175 13. 🇬🇷 Greece: 155 14. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 143 15. 🇭🇷 Croatia: 127 16. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 127 17. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 113 18. 🇱🇻 Latvia: 98 19. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 95 20. 🇩🇰 Denmark: 70 21. 🇫🇮 Finland: 61 22. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 32 23. 🇪🇪 Estonia: 24 24. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 12 25. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 7 Source: Eurostat, data from the European Union Agency for Railways

MTR has built Hong Kong’s railways one of two ways: the government handed over land around new stations, or paid directly. The Northern Metropolis, two and a half times the size of San Francisco, is different. Read more: 📷️: Lam Yik/Bloomberg