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May 29, 2019 | Metros

Changsha metro Line 4 opens

TRIAL operation of Changsha metro Line 4 began on May 26 with 361,500 passengers using the 33.5km line, the city’s third metro line, during the first two days of operation.

May 28, 2019 | Metros

Shenyang opens third metro line

TRIAL operation on Line 9 of the Shenyang Metro started on May 25. The 29km L-shaped line runs from Nujianggongyuan south to Hunhe and then east to Shenyang Jianzhudaxu University.

May 27, 2019 | Asia

ADB finances Uzbekistan Railways locomotive order

THE Asian Development Bank has agreed to lend Uzbekistan $US 170m to finance the modernisation of Uzbekistan Railways’ (UTY) locomotive fleet and maintenance facilities.

May 24, 2019 | Infrastructure

Asian Development Bank finances Indian electrification programme

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to provide Rs 10.7bn ($US 750m) in long-term financing to Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) to fund the Railways Track Electrification Project, the largest single non-sovereign loan ever committed by ADB.

May 22, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Philippines launches new tenders for Malolos - Clark line

THE Philippines Department of Transportation has issued a call for tender for three contracts for PNR Clark Phase 2 of the North-South Commuter Railway project, which will extend the line by 53km from Malolos to Clark.

May 20, 2019 | Main line

India completes Sambalpur - Angul electrification

ELECTRIC operation began on the Jharsuguda - Sambalpur - Angul line in Odisha, eastern India, on May 18.

May 17, 2019 | Asia

JR Hokkaido plans 320km/h operation to Sapporo

HOKKAIDO Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) has submitted an application to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport seeking to raise the maximum line speed on the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto - Sapporo extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen from 260km/h to 320km/h.

May 16, 2019 | Commuter Rail

New CRRC DMU on test in Malaysia

TESTING and commissioning of the first of 13 new class 61 DMUs built by CRRC Zhuzhou for Malayan Railways (KTMB) is underway in Malaysia.

May 15, 2019 | High-speed

JR East Alfa-X Shinkansen train begins tests

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) unveiled its Alfa-X Shinkansen test train at the railway’s maintenance centre in Rifu, Miyagi prefecture, on May 10, ahead of the start of testing the following day.

May 15, 2019 | Asia

Thailand selects contractors to build 220km/h line between three airports

THE government of Thailand has selected a group of 13 companies led by the Chareon Pokphand Group (CP) conglomerate for a public-private partnership to develop a $US 6.8bn 220km/h railway between three of the country’s most important airports.

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