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October 29, 2019 | Policy

RZD launches 2025 digital strategy

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has approved a digital transformation strategy up to 2025 which could produce an economic boost to RZD of Roubles 150bn ($US 2.35bn), and Roubles 400bn for the national economy.

October 25, 2019 | Metros

Hanoi metro lines could be extended

VIETNAM’s National Assembly has been presented with plans to extend metro lines 1 and 2, which are under construction.

October 25, 2019 | Fleet

IR to create locomotive and passenger coach subsidiaries

INDIAN Railways (IR) has revised plans announced in June to merge eight of its production units into one corporation and now says it will form two subsidiaries instead.

October 25, 2019 | High-speed

Japan resumes Hokuriku Shinkansen services to Kanazawa

JR East and JR West reopened the Nagano - Kanazawa section of the Hokuriku Shinkansan, which was damaged by Typhoon Hagibis earlier this month, on October 25, albeit with a reduced frequency.

October 24, 2019 | High-speed

Thailand signs three-airport high-speed rail link deal

STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) and a consortium led by the Charoen Pokphand Group signed a Baht 224.5bn ($US 7.4bn) public-private partnership (PPP) deal to build a high-speed line linking Thailand’s three main airports.

October 23, 2019 | High-speed

Testing underway as China prepares to open 13 high-speed lines

TEST running is underway on 13 new sections of high-speed railway in China as the country prepares to open the next batch of high-speed lines before the end of the year.

October 23, 2019 | Freight

China reports strong rail traffic growth up to September

CHINA State Railway Group (CR) says it achieved a 9.4% increase in passenger journeys and a 6.1% rise in freight tonnage for the first nine months of 2019.

October 21, 2019 | News

First Jabodebek LRT trains arrive in Jakarta

THE first of 31 six-car driverless EMUs being supplied by PT Inka, Indonesia, for the Jabodebek metro project has arrived in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

October 21, 2019 | Fleet

Toshiba to supply 68 electric locomotives to Taiwan

TOSHIBA Infrastructure Systems & Solutions has secured a contract worth Yen 40bn ($US 368m) from Bank of Taiwan to supply 68 electric locomotives to Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA).

October 18, 2019 | Metros

Kolkata Metro East West Line delayed again

THE scheduled start of commercial operation on the first 5.7km stretch of Kolkata’s East West metro Line 2 connecting Sector V with Salt Lake Stadium has again been delayed.

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