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January 13, 2020 | Metros

Singapore opens first Thomson-East Coast Line stations

SINGAPORE opened three metro stations on the first section of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) on January 10, ahead of the launch of full operation on January 31.

January 10, 2020 | Fleet

Iran focuses on domestic fleet production

IRANIAN transport and urban development minister, Mr Mohammad Eslami, says Iran Railways (RAI) expects to receive “300 new domestically-manufactured wagons and locomotives” by March 19, the end of the Iranian calendar year.

January 10, 2020 | Main line

Indian RRTS corridor extended

THE Haryana government has approved plans to extend the Delhi - Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor north to Karnal.

January 10, 2020 | Main line

Chengdu - Kunming main line section opens

RESIDENTS of China’s Sichuan Province celebrated the opening of the Panzhihua - Yongren section of the under-construction Chengdu - Kunming main line on January 9.

January 9, 2020 | Asia

Taiwan approves $NT 4.18bn branch line and upgrade package

TAIWAN has approved a $NT 4.18bn ($US 139.5m) project to construct a 3km line to connect Changhua County high speed station with Tianjhong station and upgrade the Jiji branch line in neighbouring Nantou County.

January 9, 2020 | Asia

Indian Railways expands passenger privatisation plans

INDIAN Railways (IR) is expected to float tenders for the operation of 100 private services on 150 routes at the end of January, up from the 25 routes initially planned.

January 9, 2020 | Technology

RTRI prepares Research 2025 strategy

Dr Norimichi Kumagai, president, Railway Technical Research Institute, talks to Kevin Smith.

January 8, 2020 | Fleet

Indian railways to purchase 44 T-18 EMUs

INDIAN Railways (IR) has published global bids to procure 44 locally-built T-18 EMUs.

January 8, 2020 | Infrastructure

Design contract awarded for section of trans-Nepal railway

THE Nepalese government has awarded a contract to a multi-national consortium to carry out detailed engineering design and prepare a detailed project report for the construction of the 136km Bharatpur - Nijgadh section of the 946km Mahakali - Mechi trans-Nepal railway.

January 3, 2020 | Metros

LTA reports good progress with line upgrades

SINGAPORE’s Land Transit Authority (LTA) says it is making good progress with renewal of the six core systems on the North-South and East-West lines, completing sleeper and third-rail replacement work and resignalling on the lines by the end of 2019.

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