Asia – Page 9
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Metro Report InternationalPenang Island LRT railway systems procurement launched
MALAYSIA: Tenders have been invited for a turnkey contract to supply and maintain the railway systems for the Mutiara (Pearl) light rail project on Penang Island. The planned 29 km ‘medium capacity’ line with 21 stations would run from Silicon Island in the south of Penang ...
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NewsCambodia’s Royal Railway expands fleet
CAMBODIA: Railway concessionaire Royal Railway has taken delivery of additional locomotives and wagons, and has put into service a fleet of diesel multiple-units acquired from Japan. Two YDM-4 metre-gauge diesel locos which arrived from India in November ‘will greatly improve our ability to ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau opens Hengqin Line
CHINA: Macau Light Rail Transit’s Hengqin Line opened on December 2, its second new line in a month. The 2·2 km shuttle links Macau with Hengqin in Zhuhai in mainland China, where there is interchange with the Zhuhai Airport Intercity Railway Trains run every 6 min ...
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NewsTaiwan high speed rail depot expansion contract
TAIWAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract to design, supply and install trackwork, overhead electrification, power supplies and signalling for an expansion of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp’s Zuoying depot. Annual ridership on the high speed line has increased from around 15 million passengers ...
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NewsWork starts on Hunan inter-city maglev
CHINA: Construction has begun of a 48·7 km maglev line from Changsha Dong to Liuyang. This would be the first maglev in China to run between urban areas. Branching from the existing 18·6 km Maglev Express Line S2 from Changsha Nan station just west of the ...
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NewsSanya – Ledong tourist railway inaugurated
CHINA: The first part of the 108·8 km long Sanya – Jianfeng Bei railway line running from Sanya to Yazhou was inaugurated on November 16. Leisure-oriented services are operated over a combination of the West Ring conventional line and sections of the Hainan Western Ring high ...
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Metro Report InternationalOne Singapore metro operator selected but decision postponed on the second
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority has awarded a contract for the operation of the future Jurong Region Line automated metro, but has postponed a decision on the Cross Island Line. The Singapore One Rail joint venture of SBS Transit and RATP Dev has been selected to ...
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NewsEastbound freight runs on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
ASIA: A ceremony in Baku on November 24 marked the departure of what Kazakh national railway KTZ said is the first container train to run eastbound between Azerbaijan and China on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. The ferry and rail service from Baku to Xi’an via ...
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Metro Report InternationalDigital twin helps optimise Hong Kong passenger flows
CHINA: The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology-MTR Joint Research Laboratory has used artificial intelligence and big data to predict changes to travel patterns and assist MTR Corp’s operations team in implementing appropriate plans. The dynamic simulation digital twin uses daily operational data from metro, ...
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NewsCRRC rolls out main line locomotive for Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN: The first TE36A main line diesel locomotive for national railway KTZ has been rolled out at CRRC Dalian’s factory in China. In October 2023 KTZ and CRRC signed a US$1·3bn framework agreement covering the supply of up to 100 main line and 100 shunting locomotives. ...
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NewsIstanbul’s Marmaray service to be extended west to Çerkezköy
TURKEY: Plans to extend the Marmaray suburban rail service to Çerkezköy 75 km west of Istanbul have been announced by Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu. This would take the cross-city route to 152 km in length. Uraloğlu was speaking at a ceremony in early ...
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Metro Report InternationalManila opening gives commuters ‘the gift of more moments spent with their loved ones’
PHILIPPINES: Passenger services on the Manila LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Phase 1 began on November 16, following an official inauguration by President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr the previous day. ‘This extension will greatly reduce travel time, giving commuters the gift of more moments spent with ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous battery LRV tested in Indonesia
INDONESIA: Test running of a domestically developed, battery-powered, autonomous light rail vehicle began in Solo on November 6. The LRV was designed and built by PT Inka and its AI-enhanced control equipment was developed by the Bandung Institute of Technology in a project started in 2021 ...
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NewsAir Canada expands through ticketing to railways
INTERNATIONAL: Air Canada is to offer people purchasing flights to Italy, Spain, the UK and South Korea the option to book onward rail and road coach connections. The different geographical options include: Italy: Trenitalia services from Roma and Milano to 30 destinations; Spain: RENFE services ...
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Metro Report InternationalAdaray suburban rail service launched
TURKEY: Republic Day on October 29 was marked by launch of Adaray suburban services between the city of Adapazarı and Arifiye, over an 8·5 km branch from the Istanbul – Ankara main line. Trains call at seven stations including four new single-platform stations built for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst trainset delivered for Taipei’s Wanda Line
TAIWAN: Alstom has delivered the first medium-capacity automated metro trainset for the 22·8 km Wanda Line, also known as the Light Green Line and Line 7, which will provide a 30 min journey time between Taipei and New Taipei City. In 2018 the Taipei City Government’s ...
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NewsMount Fuji light rail study highlights steep challenges
JAPAN: An interim report by Yamanashi Prefecture into a proposal to build a light rail line serving Mount Fuji has raised a series of questions about the infrastructure and rolling stock needed for a railway with gradients likely to be as steep as 8∙8%. Published in ...
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NewsAlstom to build new type of loco in Astana
KAZAKHSTAN: An agreement for the production of KZ6A electric freight locomotives at the EKZ factory in Astana was signed by Alstom and national railway KTZ during Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s official visit to France on November 5. Alstom and KTZ also signed an amendment to a ...
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Metro Report InternationalPavlodar to order battery trams
KAZAKHSTAN: The city of Pavlodar is planning to acquire up to 25 energy-efficient trams with traction batteries to help renew its fleet. The order will be financed with a €10m loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and a €4m loan from the Clean ...
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Metro Report InternationalSeac Pai Van opening marks a new stage for Macau’s light metro network
CHINA: Macau’s Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng presided over the opening of the Light Rapid Transit network’s Seac Pai Van Line on November 1. The line, which uses Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Automated Guideway Transit rubber-tyred light metro technology, runs 1·6 km from Seac Pai Van to ...