Asia rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from across Asia, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
RTS Link rolling stock and railway systems contracts awarded
ASIA: RTS Operations has confirmed the award of railway systems contracts totalling 1bn ringgits for the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System shuttle between Malaysia and Singapore.
Sotetsu orders Hitachi EMUs to work Tokyo through services
JAPAN: As part of its ¥15∙7bn capital investment plan for the 2021 financial year, Yokohama-based Sagami Railway is to order four eight-car Series 21000 EMUs from Hitachi.
VTG sees ‘huge potential’ in Turkish freight market
TURKEY: VTG has announced a ‘sharp expansion’ in the Turkish market, bundling the activities of VTG Rail Europe, VTG Rail Logistics and VTG Tanktainer under local subsidiary VTG Nakliyat.
Kyrgyzstan Railways ‘keeping pace with the times’ at modern wagon servicing centre
KYRGYZSTAN: Russian company United Wagon Co has opened an authorised service centre in Bishkek to provide warranty and post-warranty maintenance for modern wagons it has supplied.
Second metro line opens in Guiyang
CHINA: The second metro line in Guiyang was opened for revenue service on April 28.
Jakarta metro construction contract awarded
INDONESIA: Operator MRT Jakarta has awarded a joint venture of Hutama Karya and Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Construction a 4.6tr rupiah contract to build section CP203 of MRT Phase 2, which comprises a 1·4 km tunnel from Mangga Besar to Kota Tua with two stations at Kota and Glodok.
Taiwan Railway Administration Class 900 EMUs enter service
Taichung MRT Green Line opens
Keikyu banks on rotating seats
JR Central sets out ¥722bn spending plan to stimulate post-Covid recovery
JR East’s mobile maintenance unit takes to the rails
TÜV SÜD awarded Klang Valley LRT3 contract
Turkey’s first private passenger service to target Japanese visitors
First metro line opens in Luoyang
Toshkent metro orders more trains
Shijiazhuang metro Line 3 extension opens
Intelligent train control R&D lab opens
Guangzhou Metro trials high speed running on Line 18
Seikan tunnel Shinkansen speed-up saves 3 min
Malaysia reimburses Singapore for cancelled high speed rail project
Istanbul: Metro expansion forges ahead
NSAR to support Malaysian skills development
Third metro line opens in Jinan
Interlocking lab opens