SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem presented a prototype of its latest metro car at its Changwon factory on January 18.
In December 2015 Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp — which operates metro lines 5, 6, 7 and 8 — awarded Hyundai Rotem a contract to supply 32 metro cars for use on the first phase of the Line 5 extension. The eastern extension from Sangil-dong to Deokpung, scheduled to open in 2018, is the first phase of a planned 7·7 km extension to Hanam.
SOUTH KOREA: The Seoul Metropolitan Government has awarded Hyundai Rotem a 44bn won contract for the supply of 32 metro cars for use on Line 9 of the city’s metro. To be built at Hyundai Rotem’s Changwon plant, the cars are to be delivered to Seoul by December 2018. ...
SOUTH KOREA: The Seoul metropolitan government announced on November 23 that it plans to merge the two city-owned metro operators next year. This follows the approval of both operators’ unions, with almost three-quarters of members voting in favour of the merger. Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corp operates lines 1, 2, ...
INDONESIA: Operator MRT Jakarta has awarded a 4·2tr rupiah contract to Japan’s Sojitz Corp on April 17 to design and install the railway systems on the phase 2A extension of the Jakarta MRT North–South Line. The 5·8 km underground phase 2A is under construction between Bundaran ...
