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May 14, 2019 | Locomotives

RZD plans order for 1000 locomotives

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has announced plans to purchase up to 1000 new electric locomotives at a potential cost of around €2bn over the next three years.

May 9, 2019 | High-speed

JR East prepares for 275km/h operation on Joetsu Shinkansen

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) has announced plans to raise the maximum line speed on the Joetsu Shinkansen from 240km/h to 275km/h, reducing Tokyo - Niigata journey times less than 90 minutes.

May 7, 2019 | Asia

Turkey to join 1520mm-gauge network?

TURKEY is to study the viability of joining the 1520mm-gauge network in Russia and central Asia under a trilateral agreement signed in Ankara on May 6.

May 3, 2019 | Asia

Sri Lanka awards Northern Line upgrading contract

SRI LANKA’s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has awarded Ircon, India, a $US 91.3m contract to upgrade the 128.5km Maho - Omanthai section of the 339km Northern Line, which links Polgahawela with the port of Kankesanthurai.

May 2, 2019 | Asia

China Railway profit up 12.4% in 2018

CHINA Railway Corporation (CRC) achieved record profits in 2018 according to the company’s latest earnings report.

May 1, 2019 | High-speed

Financing agreed for Chinese PPP high-speed project

CHINA’s first high-speed line to be built through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) has secured Yuan 28.1bn ($US 4.2bn) in financing from a group of Chinese banks.

April 30, 2019 | Metros

Singapore LTA to build rolling stock testing centre

SINGAPORE Land Transport Authority has unveiled plans to construct a new Integrated Train Testing Centre (ITTC), which carry out electrical and mechanical tests on rolling stock for all new and existing MRT lines.

April 26, 2019 | Fleet

Xiamen orders 43 trains for metro Line 3

XIAMEN Rail Transit Group has awarded CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles a contract to supply 43 trains for the Chinese city’s third metro line.

April 26, 2019 | Metros

Fuzhou opens second metro line

FUZHOU, a city of 350,000 people and capital of China’s southeastern Fujian province, opened the first phase of its second metro line on April 26.

April 25, 2019 | Fleet

Siemens delivers trains for Bangkok Blue Line extension

THE first batch of Siemens metro cars for the extension of Bangkok’s MRT Blue Line was unloaded from the freight One Grus at the Thai port of Laem Chabang on April 24.

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