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October 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Five bids received for PNR Clark Phase 2 section of Manila of NSCR

PHILIPPINES Department of Transport (DOTr) has received five bids for Contract Packages 4 and 5 of the PNR Clark Phase 2, which forms part of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Project in Manila.

October 16, 2019 | Metros

Bangladesh approves two additional MRT lines

BANGLADESH’S Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved two large Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) projects in Dhaka worth Taka 940bn ($US 11bn), which it says will radically transform the capital’s transport system.

October 15, 2019 | Asia

Stadler nets first Asian locomotive order

TAIWAN Railway Administration (TRA) has selected Stadler as the preferred bidder for a €165m contract to supply a fleet of 34 diesel-electric locomotives. The tender is part of a larger fleet renewal programme.

October 14, 2019 | Asia

Typhoon Hagibis causes major rail disruption in Japan

TRAIN services have been severely disrupted on the main Japanese island of Honshu by Typhoon Hagibis which struck on October 12 causing widespread flooding.

October 14, 2019 | Light Rail

Colombo light metro tender set for April 2020

TENDERS to construct a new light metro line in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo are expected to take place in April with contracts set to be awarded by the end of the 2020 or early 2021.

October 14, 2019 | Infrastructure

Indian Railways to tender construction of new freight lines

INDIAN Railways (IR) is due to release two global tenders worth Rs 170bn ($US 2.4bn) to build 550km of freight lines under a public-private partnership (PPP) along the planned 1856km Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), which is being part-funded by the World Bank.

October 11, 2019 | Asia

KTM launches business class on KL - Padang Besar service

SULTAN Nazrin Shah of Malaysia officially launched a new business class service on October 11 which Malayan Railway (KTM) has introduced on an ETS2 EMU linking Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Padang Besar

October 10, 2019 | Financial

EBRD arranges loans for new Istanbul metro line

THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a €97.5m syndicated loan for the construction of a new 13km north-south metro line in the Asian part of Istanbul.

October 10, 2019 | Signalling

JR East to introduce ATO on Joban Line next year

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) announced plans on October 8 to introduce automatic train operation (ATO) on the Joban Line commuter rail line in Tokyo by the end of 2020.

October 9, 2019 | Financial

RZD sells stake in Wagon Repair Company-3

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has sold 100% minus one share of its stake in Wagon Repair Company-3 (VRK-3).

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