INDIA’s minister of urban development Mr Venkaiah Naidu and the chief minister of Delhi Mr Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 5.2km northern extension of the Delhi metro Violet Line from ITO to Kashmere Gate on May 28.

SOUTH Korea’s national train operator Korail unveiled a full-size mock-up of a driving vehicle from its forthcoming EMU-250 high-speed train at Yongsan station in Seoul on May 24.

THE first six-car train for Chongqing metro Line 5 was delivered by China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) Qingdao Sifang on May 27.

AN intermodal train loaded with 82 ISO tank containers left Korla in northwest China on May 26, representing the latest move in China’s push toward developing a One Belt, One Road policy in international trade.

THE Board of Indian Railways (IR) has invited bids for a fleet of freight wagons of eight different types.

SPAIN’s Exni Railway officially opened a factory in Selangor, Malaysia, on May 26 to manufacture rolling stock maintenance equipment, track construction machinery spare parts, and freight wagons.

DHL Global Forwarding launched a new rail freight service between Shenzhen, China, and Minsk, Belarus, on May 22 with a transit time of less than 12 days.

KOREAN national train operator Korail successfully tested a 1.2km-long 80-wagon freight train between Busan New Port and Jillye station on May 18.

INDIAN Railways (IR) launched its new Tejas Express premium long-distance service on May 22, when railways minister Mr Suresh Prabhu flagged off the inaugural train from Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Karmali in Goa.

CHINA Railway says construction has begun on the 78.2km Beijing - Bazhou high-speed line, which will serve the city's new international airport at Daxing, 46km south of the capital.