rail tracks

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Infrastructure

Pandemic derails Akhaura-Agartala rail link work

The project has progressed only 10% despite receiving two time extensions to its tenure

A bullet train pulls into Yurakucho station. Japan’s first elevated rail was completed nearby in 1910, and the first restaurant owner set up shop below the rail a decade later. Photographer: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg
Analysis

What the world can learn from life under Tokyo’s rail tracks