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Metro Report InternationalNingbo opens metro Line 4
CHINA: A fourth metro line serving the coastal city of Ningbo was opened for revenue service on December 23, following an inauguration ceremony attended by mayor Qiu Dongyao.
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Metro Report InternationalNorth Korean tram loop completed
NORTH KOREA: Construction of a tram line in the city of Wŏnsan was completed in late November, according to local media reports. The single track line forming a clockwise loop of around 8·5 km is situated in the resort area of the city, between Wonsan Kalma International ...
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NewsMagnetic wedges to boost motor efficiency
JAPAN: A low-cost enhancement to improve the efficiency of three-phase traction motors has been developed by Toshiba Corp.
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NewsBeijing – Xiong’an inter-city railway completed
CHINA: The high speed line linking Beijing with the Xiong’an New Area in Hebei province was completed on December 27 with the opening of a 91 km extension from Beijing Daxing International Airport.
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NewsCRRC Tangshan unveils high speed freight train
CHINA: Rolling stock builder CRRC Tangshan has unveiled a prototype 350 km/h trainset aimed at the premium logistics market, derived from its China Standard passenger EMUs.
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Metro Report InternationalCBTC gains Chinese certification
CHINA: The TSTCBTC 2.0 signalling system developed by the Thales SEC Transport joint venture has received China Urban Rail Certification from the National Development & Reform Commission and the National Certification & Accreditation Administration. ‘Thales is proud that our innovative TSTCBTC 2.0 signaling system was granted the ...
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Metro Report InternationalChengdu metro tops 500 km as first driverless line inaugurated
CHINA: Chengdu now has the country’s fourth largest urban rail network, following the inauguration of five routes totalling more than 160 km. The start of revenue service on four new metro lines and one express metro extension on December 18 has taken the total length of Chengdu’s ...
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NewsSouth Link goes electric
TAIWAN: Electrification of Taiwan Railways Administration’s 1 067 mm gauge main line network was completed on December 20, when electric trains began running over the South Link between Fangliao and Taitung. Opened in 1992, the 98·2 km line completed the rail loop ...
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NewsMerak-Jinxin certified to overhaul high speed train HVAC
CHINA: Merak-Jinxin’s Changchun branch has obtained certification from the China Academy of Railway Sciences to overhaul HVAC equipment on China’s CRH5G A4 high speed trains. This is the first time that Knorr-Bremse company Merak’s Service Centre in China has independently applied for certification. The award means that ...
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Metro Report InternationalStation vending machines provide Covid-19 specimen collection packs
CHINA: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has provided vending machines at 10 metro stations where people can collect Covid-19 specimen collection packs as part of the government’s enhanced laboratory surveillance programme. About 10 000 specimen collection packs supplied by a government contractor will be distributed each day. ...
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Metro Report InternationalTaichung postpones Green Line opening amid ‘malfunction’ concern
TAIWAN: Commercial operations on the first line of the Taichung metro will not begin as scheduled on December 19, Mayor Lu Shiow-yen confirmed on December 14. Under construction since 2009 at a cost of NT$59·3bn, the 16·7 km driverless metro line running from TRA’s Beitun station in ...
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NewsTwo presidents inaugurate Afghanistan – Iran railway
AFGHANISTAN: The country’s first standard gauge railway, which links Herat province with Khaf in eastern Iran, was formally inaugurated with a ceremony on December 10. Afghanistan’s President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani participated by video conference because of the coronavirus ...
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NewsMyanma Railways orders two train fleets
MYANMAR: National operator Myanma Railways has awarded a partnership of Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp and Spain’s CAF two contracts for the supply of a total of 246 diesel-electric multiple-unit cars in 2023-25 One contract covers 11 six-car high capacity metro-style cars for the project to modernise the 46 ...
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NewsSekisui to produce synthetic sleepers in Europe
NETHERLANDS: With more European infrastructure managers adopting synthetic wood for railway sleepers and bridge timbers, Japanese manufacturer Sekisui Chemical Co has announced plans to establish a local manufacturing facility in the Netherlands.
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Metro Report InternationalPenang pursues light rail project
MALAYSIA: The state of Penang is to continue developing plans for a light rail project despite the national finance ministry’s recent rejection an application for loans and guarantees worth 2bn ringgits. Envisaged as part of a broad transport infrastructure development programme for the state, the proposed ...
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul secures US$580m to complete stalled metro projects
TURKEY: Work on four stalled metro projects is set to resume after Istanbul municipality successfully raised US$580m to fund construction through its first international Eurobond sale.
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Metro Report InternationalMalaysia – Singapore Rapid Transit System civils contract awarded
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded the first of two civil works contracts for construction of the Singapore end of the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System cross-border shuttle to Bukit Chagar in Malaysia. The S$933m contract won by Penta-Ocean Construction covers the RTS Link Woodlands ...
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NewsMitsubishi Electric CBTC gets SIL4 certification
JAPAN: Testing, certification and auditing specialist TÜV Süd has issued SIL4 certification for the latest version of Mitsubishi Electric Corp’s communication-based train control system. Version 1.0 of the CBTC had been certified by TÜV Süd in 2014, and version 1.5 offers an improved design and additional ...
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Metro Report InternationalSmarter maintenance to support Chinese metro growth
CHINA: Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co has developed a condition-based maintenance planning platform for metro rolling stock which is to be expanded to cover all elements of urban rail networks. ZTEC said Foresee had been developed because of the difficulty of scaling-up traditional scheduled and fault-based maintenance ...
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NewsFirst Iran to Afghanistan freight train
AFGHANISTAN: A trial freight train delivered more than 400 tonnes of cement from Iran to Rosnak in Herat province on December 2, ahead of the ceremonial inauguration of the newly completed railway which is scheduled for this month. A passenger train also carried Iranian railway officials to ...