All Asia-Pacific articles – Page 3
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Metro Report InternationalLahore tramway MoU signed
PAKISTAN: The Punjab Transport Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tong Hao Railway Vehicles Corp for the development of a tramway in Lahore. The department’s Lahore Transport Co would act as project promoter for the proposed PPP scheme that would see a route built along ...
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Metro Report InternationalUber adds public transport options in Delhi
INDIA: Uber has added public transport options to its app for users in Delhi as part of a partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corp. From October 22, app users receive information on public transport modes so that they can ‘make the smartest possible journey choices’, according to ...
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Metro Report InternationalBangkok Red Line suburban trains delivered
THAILAND: The first two electric multiple-units that Hitachi is supplying to operate on Bangkok’s Red Line suburban railway arrived at the Bang Sue depot on October 22. One four-car and one six-car trainset arrived at the port of Laem Chabang on October 12, having left Hitachi’s Kasado factory in Japan ...
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Metro Report InternationalBus drivers to be retrained for an autonomous vehicle future
SINGAPORE: A memorandum of understanding was signed on October 24 to retrain bus drivers in preparation for the expected deployment of autonomous buses in the city. The signatories are the Land Transport Authority, the National Transport Workers’ Union, ST Engineering, SBS Transit, SMRT Buses, Tower Transit Singapore, ...
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Metro Report InternationalJabodebek train delivered to Jakarta
INDONESIA: PT Inka delivered the first of 31 six-car trainsets that it is supplying to operate on Jakarta’s Jabodebek LRT network on October 13. The 1 435 mm gauge trainset has capacity for 1 308 passengers including 174 seated and a maximum speed of 100 km/h. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalVolocopter flies in Singapore
SINGAPORE: A test flight of a Volocopter air taxi took place in Singapore on October 22, during the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress. The manned flight of a 2X model over Marina Bay took 2 min to cover 1·5 km at an average cruising height of 40 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens Mobility to supply Singapore metro signalling digital twin
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to design and supply a ‘digital twin’ replicating the signalling system which the company has supplied for the 42 km Downtown Line. Located in the operations control centre at Gali Batu depot, the facility is intended to ...
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Metro Report InternationalHiroshima rubber-tyred light metro train delivered
JAPAN: Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co has taken delivery of the first of 11 six-car rubber-tyred Automated Guideway Transit light metro trainsets which Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering is supplying to replace the existing vehicles on New Transit Line 1, known as the Astram Line. Testing and commissioning of ...
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Metro Report InternationalTokyo’s Joban Line to get ATO
JAPAN: Automatic Train Operation is to be introduced on Tokyo’s Joban Line (Local) services next year, East Japan Railway announced on October 8.
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Metro Report InternationalIndian metro bogie test facility inaugurated
INDIA: BEML has inaugurated a bogie and traction motor testing facility at its metro car manufacturing plant at the BEML Bangalore Complex. The company said the indigenously- developed facility was ‘one of its kind’ in India, and would help it to improve metro train reliability and ride ...
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Metro Report InternationalDelhi Metro opens Grey Line 9
INDIA: Line 9 of the Delhi Metro network opened for revenue service on October 4, following a formal inauguration by Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and national Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri. Designated the Grey Line, ...
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Metro Report InternationalOkinawa Urban Monorail extended
Photo: Kazumiki Miura JAPAN: An extension of the Okinawa Urban Monorail serving Naha was inaugurated on September 29, with regular passenger services beginning on October 1. The 4·2 km northeastern extension from Shuri to Tedako-Uranishi adds four stations and brings the line, also known as Yui Rail, ...
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Metro Report InternationalFurther delay to Singapore – Johor Bahru metro
ASIA: The RTS Link international metro scheme that would link Singapore with Malaysia has been put on hold for a further month. In May the two countries announced that development work had been put on hold until September 30 at Malaysia’s request, and Malaysia has now requested ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless metro to Gimpo airport inaugurated
SOUTH KOREA: The Gimpo Gold Line in northwestern Seoul opened on September 28. The 23·7 km driverless metro line runs north-south from the Yangchon district to Gimpo International Airport. There are 10 stations, including an interchange at the airport with metro lines 5 and 9, as well ...
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Metro Report International‘Geographically largest’ contactless payment project completed
Sydney AUSTRALIA: The roll-out of contactless payment in greater Sydney has been completed, with passengers able to use contactless cards and mobile devices or smart cards on all bus services within the Opal ticketing network from September 23. This follows the introduction of contactless payment across the ...
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Metro Report InternationalWuhan metro extension opens
CHINA: A 16·3 km western extension of Wuhan metro Line 4 from Huangjinkou to Bolin opened on September 25, taking the line to 48·6 km and 37 stations. Also known as the Caidian Line, the extension runs underground for 13 km with seven stations and is elevated ...
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Metro Report InternationalAir rights deal included in Sydney Metro station contract
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has awarded a consortium of Oxford Properties, CPB Contractors and Grocon a A$463m contract to design and build the landmark Pitt Street station on the City & Southwest extension of the Sydney Metro. The 250 m long underground station will include ...
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Metro Report InternationalVictoria plans next-generation trams and trains
AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria has invited suppliers to participate in a ‘collaborative design process’ for Melbourne’s next generation of trams and trains, with workshops to be held in coming months. The Department of Transport is working with rolling stock manufacturers on an interactive process to develop ...
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Metro Report InternationalToshkent Metro receives new trains
UZBEKISTAN: Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash handed over five metro trainsets to Toshkent Metro on September 19. MWM’s contract signed in October 2018 includes spare parts and staff training. The order is being partly financed through a loan from Russian development bank VEB.RF and the National Bank of the ...