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NewsCtrip Group to sell South Korean rail tickets
SOUTH KOREA: Accommodation, ticketing, package tour and corporate travel booking company Ctrip Group has begun offering Korean rail tickets in its customers’ local languages, starting with sales through Trip.com in 13 languages. This is Korail’s first partnership with a third-party booking website, according to Ahn Byeong Ho, Senior Executive Director, ...
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NewsMetrowagonmash metro trains ordered for Baku
AZERBAIJAN: Baku Metropoliten signed a contract with Metrowagonmash on February 16 for the supply of two five-car metro trainsets. Each Moskva trainset will be composed of two end trailers and three powered intermediate cars. They will have asynchronous traction motors, open gangways, air-conditioning, and bicycle and pushchair spaces. ...
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NewsFinal Singapore metro lines transferred to new concession model
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority announced on February 14 that it had concluded discussions with SBS Transit for implementation of the government’s New Rail Financing Framework model on the North East Line and the Sengkang and Punggol peoplemovers. This completes the 10-year transition of the island’s entire rail network to the ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC unveils new-generation monorail train
CHINA: CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co presented its ‘new generation’ straddle monorail vehicle for low- and medium-capacity routes on February 1. CRRC Changchun has drawn on its experience of supplying 770 monorail sets since 2004. The manufacturer says that the use of carbon fibre composite for some components makes ...
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NewsInternational consortium formed to bid for Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail project
ASIA: The formation of a consortium to bid for work on the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail project was announced by Malaysian construction company George Kent, Alstom, Siemens, Italian state railway FS Group and track contractor Porr on February 12. The companies said the consortium was ‘a powerful ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore metro upgrade contracts awarded
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded three contracts for the upgrade of power supply and track circuits on the North-South and East-West metro lines. Meiden Singapore has won two contracts totalling S$500m to upgrade the power supply, and a separate S$73m contract has gone to a consortium of Siemens ...
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NewsSingapore – Malaysia metro joint venture
ASIA: Malaysia’s Prasarana and Singapore’s SMRT have accepted a Letter of Offer jointly issued by Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s Department and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority for the two companies to form a joint venture to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System Link cross-border ...
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NewsSecond tram route opens in Samarkand
UZBEKISTAN: Trial operation began on the second tram route in Samarkand on February 3. Route 2 runs from the main railway station to Siab Bazaar on a 5·1 km partly segregated alignment, of which 250 m is shared with Route 1, which opened on March 29 last year. ...
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NewsIndian budget trebles railway investment
INDIA: A major increase in Indian Railways’ capital expenditure to Rs1 485bn in the 2018-19 financial year was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as part of the national budget unveiled on February 1. This is almost three times the Rs540m allocated for capital works in 2013-14. Jaitley said improvements ...
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NewsYeongdeok – Pohang line opens
SOUTH KOREA: The 44·1 km Pohang – Yeongdeok section of the Donghae Line which is being developed to run from south to north parallel to the east coast was opened with a ceremony on January 25. The single-track extension is designed for 150 km/h operation. It is initially being used ...
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Metro Report InternationalShanghai driverless metro contract awarded
CHINA: Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co has awarded the signalling contract for metro Line 14 to the Thales SEC Transport joint venture of Thales and Shanghai Electric. Scheduled to open at the end of 2020, the driverless east-west line would run 38·5 km underground, serving 31 stations.
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NewsTrial shipment from Russia to Vietnam by rail
INTERNATIONAL: Russian Railways’ RZD Logistics and Ratraco have completed a trial delivery of a container by rail from the Vorsino terminal south of Moscow to Hanoi. Delivery of the container carrying cosmetic products for Russian company Red Line took 20 days, around half the time required by sea. TransContainer ...
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NewsChongqing – Guiyang line opens
CHINA: A more direct Chongqing – Guiyang line which is suitable for 200 km/h operation opened on January 25, reducing the journey time between the cities from 10½ h to 2 h. Construction of the 347 km line had been launched on December 22 2010. The total cost of the ...
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NewsPNR orders Indonesian DMUs
PHILIPPINES: State railway PNR has ordered two diesel-electric multiple-units from Indonesian rolling stock manufacturer PT Inka to boost its Manila suburban service between Tutuban and Alabang. The 485m pesos deal was signed on January 22 by PNR General Manager Junn Magno and PT Inka President Budi Noviantoro, at a ceremony ...
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Metro Report InternationalWuhan opens Optics Valley light rail network
CHINA: A two-line light rail network in Wuhan opened on January 18. The Optics Valley tram network, also known as Guanggu tram, is focused to the Donghu New Technology Development Zone in the southeast of the city. Construction was approved in March 2014 and test running started on December ...
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NewsIncheon Airport Terminal 2 rail link opens
SOUTH KOREA: The AREX airport rail link was extended by 5·8 km on January 13 to serve Incheon International Airport Terminal 2. Terminal 2 opened on January 18 ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in PyeongChang in February. AREX is now 63·8 km long, ...
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NewsGE Transportation signs Kazakh shunting loco contract
KAZAKHSTAN: Contracts for the supply of 300 shunting locomotives and the provision of 18 years of support for 175 TEP33A passenger locomotives were signed by national railway KTZ and GE Transportation during Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to the USA on January 17. The two contracts are worth more than ...
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NewsCubic expands in India after US contract wins
INDIA: Cubic Transportation Systems expects to double the number of staff at its Hyderabad-based CTS India software design, development and testing business this year, after winning contracts to provide fare collection systems for New York and Boston. ‘Asia-Pacific region continues to be a market of opportunity across our three business ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore – Malaysia metro agreement signed
ASIA: A bilateral agreement setting out how the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System Link cross-border metro project is to be undertaken was signed by the governments of Singapore and Malaysia on January 16. The agreement covers technical, safety and security requirements; the commercial, financing, procurement and regulatory frameworks; ...
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NewsTest running begins on Noida metro
INDIA: Noida Metro Rail Corp Managing Director Alok Tandon and Delhi Metro Rail Corp Managing Director Dr Mangu Singh officially inaugurated the start of test running on the Noida metro on January 2. The first of 19 four-car trains that CRRC is supplying to operate the line arrived at ...