November 2006 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in November 2006.
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[edit] November 1 - November 4
[edit] November 5 - November 11
- November 10
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- 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, the People's Republic of China, South Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikstan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Twentyfour other nations also participated in the week-long conference.[1][2][3]
[edit] November 12 - November 18
- November 13
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- 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. See also: 2006 Cape Town truck-train collision.[4]
[edit] November 19 - November 25
[edit] November 26 - November 30
- November 30
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- 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]
[edit] References
- ^ "Countries sign agreement on Trans-Asian railway plan", VietNamNet, 2006-11-11. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
- ^ "Nepal signs deal to build trans-Asian railway network", The Rising Nepal, 2006-11-13. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
- ^ "Asia-Pacific states sign regional railroad agreement", RIA Novosti, 2006-11-11. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
- ^ "SA train crash kills 27 farm workers", BBC. Retrieved on 2006-11-18.
- ^ Canadian National Railway (2006-11-30). "CN Board of Directors approves one-year contract extension for company’s president and chief executive officer". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
