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January 15, 2019 | Asia

Bangladesh Railway orders Progress Rail locomotives

BANGLADESH Railway (BR) confirmed on January 14 that it has signed a Taka 11.23bn ($US 135m) contract with Progress Rail for 40 1676mm-gauge diesel locomotives, which are being procured as part of BR’s fleet modernisation programme.

January 11, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Bengaluru suburban railway project approved

THE cabinet of the Indian state of Karnataka has approved a feasibility study for a 161km suburban rail network in the state capital Bengaluru.

January 11, 2019 | Rolling stock

Takeover sparks improved performance at Škoda

Škoda Transportation CEO and chairman, Petr Brzezina, talks to David Burroughs.

January 10, 2019 | Rolling stock

Transmashholding targets further growth at home and abroad

Transmashholding CEO, Kirill Lipa, speaks with Kevin Smith about the Russian manufacturer's plans for international expansion.

January 9, 2019 | News

Contract awarded for Manila MRT-3 rehabilitation

THE Philippines Department of Transport has selected a joint venture of Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for a maintenance and rehabilitation project on Manila metro Line MRT-3.

January 8, 2019 | Metros

Jinan opens first metro line

THE first urban rail opening of 2019 took place on January 1, when Jinan, the capital of China’s eastern Shandong province, launched trial passenger operation on its first metro line.

January 8, 2019 | Infrastructure

Defining new approaches to efficient infrastructure

TC Chew, global rail business leader for Arup, talks to Keith Barrow

January 3, 2019 | Fleet

Hyundai Rotem delivers first Ahmedabad metro train

THE first of 32 three-car trains, which Hyundai Rotem is building for the new two-line Ahmedabad metro, arrived in the Indian port of Mundra on December 29. The second train should arrive in late March or early April.

January 3, 2019 | Fleet

MTR receives first of 40 new LRVs from CRRC

MTR received the first two of 40 LRVs on order from CRRC Nanjing Puzhen at its Tuen Mun depot on December 28.

January 3, 2019 | Signalling

JR East starts ATO trials in Tokyo

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) started trials with automatic train operation (ATO) on the 34.5km circular Yamanote Line in Tokyo on December 29 as part of its plan to introduce driverless train operation under JR East’s Change 2027 initiative.

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