THE Korean Ministry for Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Molit) announced on January 6 that non-stop trains between Seoul and Busan would be making a comeback in June or July this year.
ANKARA’s fourth metro line was inaugurated on January 5 by the president of Turkey Mr Recep Erdoğan, prime minister Mr Binali Yildirim, minister of transport, maritime affairs and communications Mr Ahmet Arslan, and the city’s mayor Mr Melih Gökçek.
JAPAN’s coalition government agreed on December 20 to adopt a route via Obama for the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tsuruga to Kyoto.
BOMBARDIER announced on December 29 that the first of 14 driverless Innovia Metro 300 trains ordered by Prasarana to expand the fleets on the Kelana Jaya Line on the Kuala Lumpur light metro network had entered service.
JOURNEY times between three major cities in China’s central Hunan province were reduced significantly on December 26 with the opening of the Changsha - Zhuzhou - Xiangtan Intercity Railway.
TOKYO Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) has awarded Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-Trec) a contract to supply 27 eight-car Sustina S13 EMUs for the Toei Asakusa Line from Nishi-Magome to Oshiage.
CHINA Railway (CRC), the state-owned national operator, has been appropriated a Yuan 800bn ($US 115.13bn) budget for 2017 as it pushes ahead with network and service expansion following a record-breaking 2016.
THE Donghae Line in Busan, Korea, opened on January 3, bringing the total number of lines on Busan’s metro network to six.
A flurry of new metro lines and line extensions opened in cities across China in the final week of 2016.
CONSTRUCTION of the China - Laos railway officially got underway on January 1 following a ceremony held in the northern Lao city of Luang Prabang and attended by the prime minister of Laos, Mr Thongloun Sisoulith.
