November 2006 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in November 2006.

Events

November 10

• The transportation officials of 17 Asian nations meet in Busan and sign the Trans-Asian Railway Network Agreement that authorizes the construction of a trans-Asian railway. Cosigners of the agreement include, in alphabetical order, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, China, South Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Twentyfour other nations also participated in the week-long conference.^[1][2][3]

November 13

• – 2006 Cape Town truck-train collision – 27 people are killed when a Metrorail train traveling at Faure near Somerset West, just outside Cape Town, South Africa, collides with a truck that had stalled on a barrierless level crossing. The truck, where all the fatalities were concentrated, was carrying at least thirty-three workers from a local vineyard.^[4]

November 20

• – 2006 West Bengal train disaster – A suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari in a remote part of West Bengal State, India kills five people.

November 21

• – Arnhem rail accident – A cargo train collides into a passenger train in Arnhem, Netherlands, injuring 31

November 30

• – Canadian National Railway (CN) extends the employment contract of E. Hunter Harrison, the railway's current CEO, for one year setting the new contract expiration date as December 31, 2009. His term as CN's CEO began on January 1, 2003.^[5]

References

1. ↑ "Countries sign agreement on Trans-Asian railway plan". VietNamNet. November 11, 2006. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2006. 
2. ↑ "Nepal signs deal to build trans-Asian railway network". The Rising Nepal. November 13, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2006. 
3. ↑ "Asia-Pacific states sign regional railroad agreement". RIA Novosti. November 11, 2006. Retrieved November 15, 2006. 
4. ↑ "SA train crash kills 27 farm workers". BBC. November 13, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2006. 
5. ↑ "CN Board of Directors approves one-year contract extension for company's president and chief executive officer" (Press release). Canadian National Railway. November 30, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2006.