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May 18, 2020 | Freight

Turkey inaugurates domestic freight services through Marmaray tunnel

TURKEY’s minister of transport and infrastructure, Mr Adil Karaismailoğlu, has inaugurated the start of domestic freight services through the Marmaray tunnel under the Bosporus in Istanbul.

May 14, 2020 | Metros

MTR and contractor heavily criticised but Sha Tin - Central Link safe to complete

A report from a Hong Kong government-appointed inquiry released on May 12 has heavily criticised MTR and contractor Leighton Asia for “serious deficiencies” in their supervision of the Sha Tin - Central Link metro project but concluded that structures at and near Hung Hom station, the status of which prompted the review, are safe and fit for purpose.

May 14, 2020 | Metros

Bangkok Gold Line peoplemover to have Tetra system

TELTRONIC, Spain, has won a contact to install Tetra on the Gold Line peoplemover under construction in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

May 7, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier to supply trains for Delhi - Meerut project

INDIA’s National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has awarded Bombardier a Rs 25.77bn ($US 340m) contract for 40 trains for the Delhi - Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project.

May 6, 2020 | Financial

Loan agreed for $US 1.78bn Budapest - Belgrade upgrade

THE Hungarian government signed a loan agreement with the Chinese Exim Bank on May 4 to finance 85% of the Forints 578bn ($US 1.78bn) cost of upgrading the Budapest - Belgrade main line, with the remaining 15% to be financed by the Hungarian government.

May 6, 2020 | Infrastructure

Singapore Circle Line ATO support agreement signed

SMRT Trains, Singapore, has awarded Alstom a 16-year contract to guarantee the reliability of the Circle Line driverless train control system.

May 5, 2020 | Main line

Chinese passenger rail hit hard by coronavirus pandemic

CHINA National Railway (CR) made a loss of Yuan 611.8bn ($US 86.6bn) in the first quarter of 2020 due to a huge drop in passenger traffic as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

May 4, 2020 | Light Rail

Tianshui City tram line opens

THE first phase of the Tianshui City Tram Line 1 opened on May 1, running from Tianshui railway station to Wulipu.

May 1, 2020 | Metros

Shenyang Metro opens Line 10

THE first phase of Shenyang Metro Line 10, which runs from Dingxianghu to Zhangshabu, opened on April 29.

April 30, 2020 | Commuter Rail

Delhi commuter rail network takes shape

Vinay Kumar Singh, managing director of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation, talks to Srinand Jha about the project to build a 349km network of 160km/h commuter rail lines connecting Delhi with cities in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

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