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January 2, 2019 | Metros

Delhi opens Pink Line extension

DELHI Metro Rail Corporation opened the final major section of the automated Pink Line on December 31, a 9.7km stretch from Lajpat Nagar to Mayur Vihar Pocket-1.

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.

January 2, 2019 | Asia

Chinese cities open urban rail lines

CHINA marked the end of 2018 with a flurry of urban rail project openings in cities across the country.

January 2, 2019 | Europe

Six dead in Danish train accident - updated

SIX passengers on a Danish State Railways (DSB) Aarhus - Copenhagen inter-city train were killed in the early morning of January 2 when the train was hit by an object while crossing the Great Belt fixed link between Funen and Zealand at around 07.45.

January 2, 2019 | Central/South America

São Paulo targets rail expansion

The state of São Paulo is investing more to expand the urban rail network in the São Paulo metropolitan area, build light rail lines and introduce a two-line inter-city network in the state. Renata Passos reports on the progress made so far and the challenges facing the expansion.

December 31, 2018 | Europe

Great Western electric operation extends west

BRITISH train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) extended electric train operation west from Swindon to Bristol Parkway and from Reading to Newbury on December 31 following the completion of electrification at 25kV ac by infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR).

December 28, 2018 | Light Rail

Nuremberg launches LRV tender

NUREMBERG Transport (VAG) has issued a call for tender for 12 LRVs with options for up to 75 more vehicles. Closing date for bids is January 28.

December 28, 2018 | Asia

China adds 2254km to its rail network as nine new lines open

CHINA added 1372km to its high-speed network at the end of December with the opening of four new lines, bringing the country a step closer to completing its ambitious ‘Four Vertical and Four Horizontal’ high-speed system. Five conventional lines totalling 1182km also opened in the final week of December.

December 28, 2018 | Infrastructure

India opens Brahmaputra road-rail bridge

INDIA’s prime minister Mr Narendra Modi officially opened the 4.94km Bogibeel road-rail bridge on December 25 which crosses the Brahmaputra river and plugs a gap in the Northeast Frontier Railway network in Assam between Dibrugarh with Dhemaji.

December 27, 2018 | Fleet

Battery trains sought for Saarland regional line

THE Ministry of Economy, Labour, Energy and Transport in the German state of Saarland has published a tender for the operation of regional services on the Saarbrücken - Lebach-Jabach with a requirement for the use of battery-electric rolling stock.

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