Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, Catapult, The Common, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, JMWW, River Teeth, Literal Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.
Work on a high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area began on Monday April 22nd. Officials involved with the $12 billion […]
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A Swiss train company has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop journey by a hydrogen-powered passenger train. A 2,803-kilometer journey The record-breaking train […]
Founded in 2021, the European Sleeper rail service has been growing, from connecting Brussels and Berlin, gradually expanding to Dresden and now Prague. The maiden voyage […]
In an effort to provide a more affordable train service between Brussels and Paris, Belgian national rail operator SNCB is launching a new connection between the […]
A train running between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany has been in planning for a few years. It was supposed to fully launch, between the cities […]
In April 2023, Germany initiated what officials have dubbed the “biggest public transport reform in German history”. The so called Deutschlandticket allows public transport users to […]
Saudi Arabia’s first luxury train should start operations by the end of 2025, state-owned railway company Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has announced. SAR and Italian hospitality […]
Amid the Global Gateway Investors Forum for EU-Central Asia Transport Connectivity, taking place in Brussels on 29-30 January, European and international financial institutions committed to €10 […]
Eurostar is celebrating over 20% growth in passenger numbers in 2023, with a total of 18.6 million people welcomed aboard over the year across the five […]
Mexico’s new “Tren Maya” (or Maya Train), is set to open its second phase in February 2024. In total, the 1,500-kilometre infrastructure project (932 miles), hailed […]