All Asia-Pacific articles – Page 11
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NewsNine bids for Almaty light rail project
KAZAKHSTAN: Almaty municipality has received nine bids for the 26-year PPP contract to design, build and operate a light rail line. The bidders are: CMC China National Machinery Import & Export Corp and CRCC16 China Railway 16th Bureau Group Co;China Machinery Engineering Corp, China High Speed Railway Technology Co ...
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NewsNagpur Metro’s first train unveiled
INDIA: CRRC Dalian has rolled out the first of 23 three-car trainsets it is building for the Nagpur Metro. Formed of stainless steel bodied cars with a 16 tonne axleload, the trains have a design speed of 80 km/h and can carry a crush load of 974 passengers. The trainsets ...
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NewsBEML to supply 378 metro cars to Mumbai
INDIA: BEML has been selected to supply 63 six-car driverless trainsets to operate on Mumbai metro lines 2A, 2B and 7, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs announced on November 22. The state-owned company’s bid of Rs30·15bn was the lowest, beating bids from Alstom, Bombardier, a consortium of ...
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Metro Report InternationalSix more metro projects launched in Guangzhou
CHINA: A ceremony at Higher Education Mega Center South station on November 19 marked the launch of six metro construction projects in Guangzhou. The projects will add 111·7 km and 67 stations to the network and are cumulatively worth 100bn yuan. The network is currently 391·7 route-km, and 15 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney metro southwest fit-out contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has awarded the Sydney Metro City & Southwest tunnel fit-out contract to the Systems Connect joint venture of CPB Contractors and UGL. The value of the contract awarded on November 21 is around A$1·38bn, with the final value subject to adjustment. Law firm ...
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NewsDelhi metro Violet Line extension inaugurated
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 3·2 km southern extension of the Delhi metro Violet Line on November 19. The extension adds two stations at Sant Surdas (Sihi) and Raja Nahar Singh in the Ballabhgarh district of Faridabad, serving the part of the National Capital Region that lies the ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous vehicle research centre to be set up in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Continental and EasyMile have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a research and development team based in Singapore to work on autonomous vehicles. The team’s work would focus on developing perception and deep learning technology, with the eventual aim of testing an autonomous vehicle in the city. ...
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Metro Report InternationalManila metro Line 3 upgrade financing agreed
PHILIPPINES: The government signed a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency on November 8 for the metro Line 3 rehabilitation project. The 40-year, ¥38·1bn loan will fund the overhaul of infrastructure and rolling stock on Line 3 with the aim of returning it to its design capacity, as ...
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Metro Report InternationalAustralian automated transport inquiry begins
AUSTRALIA: The Infrastructure, Transport & Cities Committee of the House of Representatives has commenced an inquiry into automated mass transit. Submissions are open until December 7. The inquiry focuses on developments in automation and new energy sources such as electricity and hydrogen. ‘International experience of automated metro systems ...
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Metro Report InternationalMelbourne High Capacity Metro Trains on test
AUSTRALIA: Testing has started of the High Capacity Metro Trains that Evolution Rail is supplying to operate Melbourne’s suburban network. The Evolution Rail consortium of Plenary, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles and Downer Group has a PPP contract to supply 65 electric multiple-units for use on the 1 600 mm ...
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Metro Report InternationalGold Coast LRT Stage 3A funding pledged
AUSTRALIA: The federal government has agreed to contribute A$112m towards the next phase of the Gold Coast light rail project in South East Queensland, Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure & Population Alan Tudge announced on November 5. Provisionally costed at A$670m, the 6·4 km Stage 3A extension from Broadbeach South ...
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NewsBhopal and Indore metros approved
INDIA: The state government of Madhya Pradesh has reached agreement with the national government for the construction of metro networks in the cities of Bhopal and Indore, at an estimated total cost of Rs145bn. Approved by the national cabinet in October, the two schemes are to be taken forward by ...
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NewsNext phase of Delhi metro Line 7 inaugurated
INDIA: The next phase of Delhi metro Line 7 was inaugurated on October 31. The elevated 17·9 km section between Shiv Vihar and Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake has 15 stations including three interchanges and a depot at Vinod Nagar. The Shiv Vihar – Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake section is not yet connected ...
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NewsLoan agreement signed for second phase of Jakarta metro
INDONESIA: The government has signed an agreement for a 40-year, ¥70bn loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency for the second phase of the Jakarta metro. The agreement signed on October 24 specifies Japanese rolling stock and signalling suppliers. Letters of invitation for consulting services are due to be issued ...
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Metro Report InternationalChangchun adds light rail line
CHINA: The third line of Changchun’s light rail network opened on October 30. Line 8 runs north from the northern terminus of metro Line 1 at North Ring Road to Guangtong Road. Services on the elevated 13·3 km route with 12 stops run every 10 min from 06.00 to 21.00, ...
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NewsKomsomolsk-na-Amure tram network formally closed
RUSSIA: Komsomolsk-na-Amure Mayor Andrei Klimov issued an order on October 26 to close the municipal tram operator. Services on the 11 km three-route network had been suspended since September 30, officially because of the poor condition of the branch serving the depot. This followed the closure in May 2018 ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem to supply trains for Almaty metro extension
KAZAKHSTAN: Hyundai Rotem has signed an 80·8bn won contract to supply 32 metro cars for the Almaty metro, the manufacturer announced on October 25. Rotem is to deliver the vehicles from its Changwon plant in South Korea by 2020, in time for the opening of the line’s extension. The ...
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NewsSingapore orders 60 electric buses
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded three contracts for the supply of battery electric buses, it announced on October 24. BYD and ST Engineering Land Systems are each to supply 20 single-deck buses under contracts worth S$17m and S$15m, respectively. A consortium of Yutong and NARI is to supply ...
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Metro Report InternationalAir taxi trials to take place in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Aerial vehicle developer Volocopter is to test its ‘multicopter’ taxis in Singapore next year. A series of tests in the second half of 2019 would validate and verify the ability of the company’s eVTOL vehicles to operate in the city’s urban environment. The tests would include passenger-carrying flights. ...
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Metro Report InternationalNewcastle tram testing begins
AUSTRALIA: Powered testing started on the tram route in Newcastle on the night of October 22-23. Daytime testing is expected to commence in the coming weeks, with opening of the 2·6 km route between Wickham and Pacific Park scheduled for early 2019. The first tram arrived last month. ...