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January 2008 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in January 2008.
Events
January 1 - January 6
- January 6
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 – Officials in China hold groundbreaking ceremonies in Chao'an County, Guangdong Province, to begin construction of a new railway line to connect Xiamen in Fujian Province to Shenzhen, just over 500 kilometers (311 mi). The Xiemen-Shenzhen railway, which will serve both freight and passenger trains, is expected to be completed in 2011, with train speeds expected to reach 200 km/h (124 mph) in regular service.[1]
January 7 - January 13
- January 9
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 – Officials in Belgium express their concern that the dismantling of the Vennbahn, which ran across the High Fens (Hautes Fagnes) to the south of Aachen, would require Belgium to cede some of the land that carries the right-of-way to Germany. Some of the line crossed the border between the two nations, but the land under the railway remained Belgian territory, creating five small exclaves of Germany on its western side.[2]
January 14 - January 20
- January 16
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- January 19
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January 21 - January 27
- January 21
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 – RZD, the Russian national railway, announces that it has been awarded a contract by the government of Saudi Arabia to build a new line between the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Al Zabirah, a distance of 520 kilometers (323 mi). The contract is valued at $800 million; construction is expected to be completed by 2011. When completed, the entire project is estimated to cost nearly $2 billion.[6][7]
- January 25
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January 28 - January 31
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