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October 6, 2020 | Technology

JR East, Hitachi and Toyota to develop hydrogen-electric train

EAST Japan Railway (JR East), Hitachi and Toyota have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of a prototype rail vehicle which employs a hydrogen-electric traction system.

October 6, 2020 | Metros

Guiyang Metro receives first train for Line 2

GUIYANG Metro has accepted delivery of the first six-car type B train from CRRC Nanjing Puzhen for the Chinese city’s metro Line 2, which is due to open later this year.

October 5, 2020 | Infrastructure

Two new Chinese urban transport lines open

THE Chinese cities of Mengzi and Hohhot have opened two new lines of their public transport networks.

October 3, 2020 | Fleet

First Bombardier monorail trains handed over in Bangkok

BOMBARDIER officially handed over the first of 72 Innovia 300 monorail trains to Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) in Bangkok.

October 2, 2020 | Infrastructure

Thailand to increase budget for high-speed project

THE Thai cabinet has authorised the Ministry of Transport to increase the budget for the 252.2km Bangkok - Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed project by Baht 12bn ($US 380m).

October 2, 2020 | Fleet

First design for India’s Regional Rapid Transit System EMUs released

BOMBARDIER Transportation and India’s National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) have unveiled the design for the new 180km/h EMUs that will operate on the Delhi - Ghaziabad - Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).

October 1, 2020 | Metros

New metro lines open in two Chinese cities

CHENGDU Metro and Ningbo Rapid Transit opened new metro lines on September 27. Chengdu opened the 48.2km initial section of Line 18, while Ningbo inaugurated an extension to Line 3.

October 1, 2020 | Fleet

Singapore orders 40 additional Movia metro trains from Bombardier

SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has ordered another 40 six-car Movia metro trains from Bombardier for $S 337.8m ($US 247.7m) to replace second and third generation trains as part of the long-term fleet renewal programme for the North-South and East-West lines (NSEWL).

September 30, 2020 | Financial

MTR revenue falls, Ebitda rises for first half of year

HONG Kong rail operator MTR has reported an overall fall in revenue for its business operations of 23%, to $HK 21.59bn ($US 2.79bn) for the first half of the year, compared with $HK 28.27bn for the same period in 2019.

September 29, 2020 | Rolling stock

Nepal Railways receives two trains from Konkan Railway

NEPAL Railways has received delivery of two new 1190kW DEMUs from India’s Konkan Railway for operation on the 34km route between Jaynagar, India, and Kurtha, northeast of Janakpur, Nepal.

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