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July 28, 2020 | Fleet

CRRC completes first Istanbul automated metro train

CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive has completed production of the first driverless metro train for Turkey, six months after it was awarded the contract.

July 27, 2020 | Infrastructure

India increases rail connections with Bangladesh

INDIA is increasing the number of cross-border ties with neighbouring Bangladesh, in a bid to balance China’s efforts to increase rail connectivity with its Southeast Asian neighbours.

July 27, 2020 | News

Covid-19 offers ‘best opportunity for decades’ to reshape public transport - study

THE Covid-19 pandemic is an opportunity to shape more sustainable, resilient and human-centric urban mobility systems with many cities and transit authorities primed and ready to embrace the challenge, a new study presented by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and consultancy Arthur D Little has found.

July 24, 2020 | Financial

Kazakhstan Railways to sell Tulpar plant while expanding night train fleet

KAZAKHSTAN Railways (KTZ) has launched a tender to sell the Tulpar Wagon Building Plant, with the winning bidder expected to supply and maintain overnight trains for KTZ.

July 21, 2020 | Metros

LTA announces new contracts for Jurong Region metro line

SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced contracts worth $S 682.5m ($US 491.4m) for work on the Phase 2 of its Jurong Region metro line (JRL).

July 21, 2020 | Infrastructure

Confusion over India’s role in Iran’s Chabahar - Zahedan line

IRAN and India have moved to allay concerns that India has been excluded from the construction of Iran’s 628km line connecting Chabahar and Zahedan.

July 16, 2020 | Technology

Indian Railways targets net zero emissions by 2030

INDIA’s Ministry of Railways has announced plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2030, due to Indian Railways’ (IR) extensive environmental initiatives.

July 15, 2020 | Fleet

India’s 160km/h EMU procurement plan falters

INDIAN Railways’ (IR) Rs 15bn ($US 208m) tender for the manufacture and supply of propulsion systems for 44 16-car 160km/h trains is in trouble after major international players including Alstom, Bombardier and Siemens stayed away from the bidding process.

July 15, 2020 | Fleet

CRRC completes first train for Harbin metro Line 2

CRRC Nanjing Puzhen has completed the first train for phase 1 of the Harbin metro Line 2.

July 15, 2020 | Infrastructure

9.2km tunnel on China-Laos railway completed

CHINA Railway Guangzhou Engineering Group (CRECGZ) completed drilling for the 9.2km Ban Nakok tunnel, the second longest tunnel on the China-Laos railway, last month.

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