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January 22, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Japan and Philippines sign loan agreement for north-south commuter railway

MANILA’s north-south commuter railway (NSCR) extension project is set to proceed after the governments of the Philippines and Japan, through the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), signed the first tranche of a loan agreement during a ceremony held on January 21.

January 18, 2019 | Europe

Spain to ramp up rail spending in 2019

SPAIN’s minister of public works Mr José Luis Ábalos unveiled details of the Ministry of Development’s €9.97bn 2019 budget on January 14, confirming a significant increase in public spending in the rail sector.

January 15, 2019 | Africa

President of Senegal attends Dakar TER handover

THE president of Senegal Mr Macky Sall attended a ceremony at Dakar station on January 14 to mark the official handover of the first phase of the Dakar TER.

January 14, 2019 | Commuter Rail

CAF to refurbish Paris RER double-deck EMUs

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded CAF a €121.3m contract to refurbish its fleet of 43 five-car MI2N Altéo (class Z 1500) double-deck EMUs.

January 11, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Bengaluru suburban railway project approved

THE cabinet of the Indian state of Karnataka has approved a feasibility study for a 161km suburban rail network in the state capital Bengaluru.

January 11, 2019 | Africa

KRC to order new DMUs for Nairobi Commuter Rail network

KENYA Railways Corporation (KRC) confirmed in a tweet on January 10 that it will place an order this year for 11 new metre-gauge DMUs as part of the rehabilitation of the Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR) network.

January 10, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Fort Worth Tex Rail inaugurated

DIRECT passenger rail services began operating between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Grapevine and central Fort Worth on January 10 with the inauguration of the 43.5km Tex Rail line.

January 7, 2019 | Main line

19 rail projects to watch in 2019

IRJ Pro market analyst Oscar Sinclair picks out the projects set to make the headlines in the year ahead

January 3, 2019 | Signalling

JR East starts ATO trials in Tokyo

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) started trials with automatic train operation (ATO) on the 34.5km circular Yamanote Line in Tokyo on December 29 as part of its plan to introduce driverless train operation under JR East’s Change 2027 initiative.

January 2, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Construction starts on first GTX line in Seoul

KOREA’s minister of land transport and tourism Mr Kim Hyun-mi officially launched construction of Line A of the planned three-line GTX high-speed regional rail network at a ceremony at Kintex in Seoul on December 27.

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