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NewsHong Kong high speed line opening date confirmed
CHINA: Passenger services on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong high speed line will begin on September 23, the Special Administrative Region government confirmed following the signing of two operating agreements on August 23. ‘High speed rail will open a new page in rail ...
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NewsSeven bids for 378-car Mumbai metro contract
INDIA: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority announced on August 21 that it had received seven bids for the supply of rolling stock for metro lines 2A and 7: Hyundai RotemBombardierCRRCBEMLAlstomCAFA consortium of Titagarh Wagons and TitagarhFirema The winning bidder will supply 63 six-car sets equipped with air-conditioning, regenerative braking, ...
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Metro Report InternationalZhengzhou to test hydrogen fuel cell buses
CHINA: Zhengzhou Public Transportation Corp is to put 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses into commercial demonstration operation. The buses that Yutong is supplying are equipped with a kneeling function for easier boarding, as well as a ramp. The supplier says that the buses have a range of 500 ...
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Metro Report InternationalHyundai Rotem wins Seoul metro driverless train contract
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem has been awarded a 361·5bn won contract to supply driverless rolling stock and railway systems for a metro line being developed in Seoul. Rotem is to supply 50 two-car trainsets to operate the 13·4 km underground line connecting Seongdong-gu and Nowon-gu in northeast Seoul. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore data analysis contract awarded
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded a consortium of Siemens and ST Engineering Electronics an S$18·8m contract to develop a rail enterprise asset management system. The core functions are expected to be operational by mid-2020 on the Downtown Line, with the other lines due to be added in phases. ...
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NewsExpert team to review MTR Corp project management
CHINA: Following the discovery of problems with construction methods and documentation on the Shatin – Central Link project, Hong Kong’s Transport & Housing Bureau has appointed three retired senior government officers to review MTR Corp’s project management system and recommend additional management and monitoring measures. The expert adviser team team ...
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NewsEast Japan Railway studies driverless operation
JAPAN: East Japan Railway Co has set up a team to develop plans for driverless operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reports. Trains would initially run with an onboard supervisor able to intervene in the event of an emergency, but in the longer term unattended operation is planned. JR East envisages ...
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Rail Business UKWorld rail freight news round-up
Nurminen Logistics plans to launch a regular container train service from the port of Helsinki to China via Russia and Kazakhstan in the final quarter of this year. The company reports that demand for Finnish railway transport services grew considerably in H1 2018, boosted by container transport from Finland to ...
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NewsGreenbrier invests in Turkish wagon manufacturer
TURKEY: The Greenbrier Companies’ European business Greenbrier-AstraRail has agreed to acquire a 68% stake in Adana-based wagon, bogie and component manufacturing and maintenance company Rayvag Vagon Sanayi ve Ticaret. Rayvag was founded in 2007 by Asim Suzen, who will retain a 32% equity interest and continue as Managing Director. ...
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NewsNext phase of Delhi metro Line 7 opens
INDIA: The next phase of Delhi metro Line 7 was inaugurated on August 6. The 8·1 km extension from Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus to Lajpat Nagar adds six stations, including interchanges with lines 2 and 6. The first 21·6 km phase of Line 7, also known as the Pink ...
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NewsMTR Corp management shake-up after construction scandal
CHINA: The Hong Kong government announced on August 7 that it would deploy a team of experts to ensure quality and safety assurance on the Shatin – Central Link, following an MTR Corp special board meeting to discuss issues associated with the faulty construction of a platform slab at Hung ...
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NewsKim Jong Un inspects North Korean tram and trolleybus
NORTH KOREA: Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Jong Un has inspected what the official news agency described as a locally-made tram and trolleybus. The three-section tram with AC traction motors was made at the Bus Repair Factory, the news agency said. It is stabled at Mangyongdae ...
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NewsThai government approves 323 km railway project
THAILAND: Funding of 85·3bn baht for the construction of a 323 km railway from Den Chai in northern Thailand to Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong on the border with Laos was approved by the government on July 31. Three construction contracts are to be let, with work expected to begin ...
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NewsTest running begins on whole of first Hanoi metro line
VIETNAM: Test running on Hanoi metro Line 2A was extended to the southern terminus of Yen Nghia on August 1, meaning that testing is now taking place on the whole line. Test running between the northern terminus of Cat Linh and Ha Dong had started in July. Passenger services ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney light rail depot energised
AUSTRALIA: Randwick Stabling Yard, the depot for Sydney’s CBD & South East Light Rail line, has been energised. Daytime testing of trams on the route is expected to begin in the coming months; night testing started in February. As well as facilities for light maintenance and tram washing, the ...
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NewsBombardier to supply 396 metro cars to Singapore
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has ordered 66 six-car trainsets for the North-South and East-West lines from Bombardier. The contract announced on July 25 is worth S$827m. The value would rise to S$1·2bn if an option is exercised for service support for their design life of 30 years. ...
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NewsVictoria orders more Alstom EMUs
AUSTRALIA: Transport for Victoria has awarded Alstom a €60m contract to supply a further five X’Trapolis electric multiple-units to increase capacity on Melbourne’s 1 600 mm gauge suburban network. Each of the 145 m long six-car 1·5 kV DC EMUs will have a capacity of 1 238 passengers, with ‘enhanced’ ...
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NewsHigh-capacity container wagon certified
KAZAKHSTAN: Wagon manufacturer Ziksto has obtained certification enabling the start of series production of its Type 13-6922 high-capacity container wagon. The four-axle wagon has been developed to carry heavy containers including tank-containers carrying hazardous goods. ‘The increased carrying capacity will allow the train operator and the owner of the ...
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NewsEurasian freight co-operation agreement
INTERNATIONAL: An agreement for co-operation between logistics hubs to promote the development of Eurasian rail freight has been signed by rail freight association FERRMED, the International Union of Railways and the government of Zhengzhou. The agreement was signed during the Eurasian Connectivity & Industrial Co-operation Forum held in the Chinese ...
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NewsAlstom to supply 31 driverless trains to Mumbai
INDIA: Project promoter Mumbai Metro Rail Corp awarded the rolling stock contract for Line 3 to a consortium of Alstom Transport India and Alstom Transport on July 19. Alstom is to supply 31 eight-car driverless trainsets, all of which are to be assembled in India. The stainless steel-bodied trains ...