According to The Man in Seat 61 train travel website: “Indonesian trains are cheap, comfortable and air-conditioned. They run on narrow-gauge 3′6″ (106-centimetre) tracks, but are fast and usually punctual”.
Years of neglect and a lack of funding have left many of southern Africa’s rail lines limping along despite growing demand for trade routes for critical materials used to produce electric vehicles.
Leading road safety researchers are calling on state and territory governments to lower default speed limits across Australia amid a horrific year on the roads.
A surge in passenger numbers has heaped pressure on Victoria’s regional rail network but an 18-month delay for additional trains is set to tighten the squeeze.
