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January 29, 2019 | Metros

LTA announces Cross Island Line phase 1 alignment

SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has released details of the alignment and station locations for the 29km phase 1 of the Cross Island Line (CIL), which is scheduled to open in 2029.

January 27, 2019 | Asia

Indian Railways takes two steps forward, one step back

THE ghastly deaths of 59 festival-goers in a freak accident near the northern Indian city of Amritsar in October cast a pale of shadow over Indian Railways’ (IR) recent safety improvements.

January 26, 2019 | Asia

New government shakes up Malaysia’s rail investment priorities

MALAYSIA’s rail infrastructure development programme took a dramatic turn in May 2018 following the election of a new government committed to reducing the national debt.

January 25, 2019 | Metros

First car bodies for Klang Valley Line 2 delivered to Malaysia

THE car bodies of the first two four-car trains for Kuala Lumpur’s Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT) Klang Valley Line 2 arrived in Westport, Port Klang, on January 23.

January 25, 2019 | Metros

Noida metro Aqua Line inaugurated

THE first phase of the Noida - Greater Noida metro Aqua Line was inaugurated on January 25 by Mr Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

January 25, 2019 | Asia

Myanmar celebrates completion of rolling stock assembly plants

MYANMAR Railways (MR) and CRRC marked the completion of the Naypyidaw locomotive manufacturing plant and the Mandalay passenger coach manufacturing plant on December 31 with the delivery of the first locomotive and coaches at a ceremony in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northern Myanmar.

January 22, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Japan and Philippines sign loan agreement for north-south commuter railway

MANILA’s north-south commuter railway (NSCR) extension project is set to proceed after the governments of the Philippines and Japan, through the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), signed the first tranche of a loan agreement during a ceremony held on January 21.

January 17, 2019 | Metros

First Hohhot metro train revealed

THE first train for the inaugural metro line in the Inner Mongolian capital Hohhot was officially presented to local government and transit officials at a ceremony at the CRRC Changke Railway Vehicles plant on January 13.

January 16, 2019 | Asia

PT Inka and Stadler to build Indonesian rolling stock plant

INDONESIAN rolling stock manufacturer PT Inka and Stadler Rail have unveiled plans to build a joint production facility at Secang near Banyuwangi in eastern Java.

January 15, 2019 | Asia

Taiwan Railway Administration orders 50 EMUs from Hitachi

TAIWAN Railway Administration (TRA) and its procurement agent the Bank of Taiwan signed a $NT 44.3bn ($US 1.6bn) contract with Hitachi on January 15 for 50 12-car inter-city EMUs.

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