THE government of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Railway (BR) have agreed a memorandum of understanding with DP Rail, Britain, to design, finance, build, operate and maintain the new 240km Dhaka - Payra railway.
THE chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Mr Leung Chun-ying attended a ceremony at Ocean Park station on December 19 to mark the inauguration of the South Island Line.
THE Chinese city of Qingdao opened the second phase of its first metro line on December 18, when passenger operations began on the 13km 12-station southern section of Line 3 from Shuangshan to Qingdao Railway Station.
MALAYSIA’s first heavy metro line was inaugurated on December 15, when prime minister Mr Najib Razak officially opened the first Phase 1 of the Klang Valley MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line (Line MRT1) in a ceremony at Kwasa Damansara station.
IRANIAN Islamic Republic Railways (RAI) has awarded Italferr, the engineering subsidiary of Italian State Railways (FS), a contract worth around €12m to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for the development of Iran’s first high-speed line.
DAEGU City announced on December 13 that it had completed the basic design of the new Seodaegu KTX station to be built in western Daegu after it was approved by the Korean Ministry of Land Transportation.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) announced on December 13 that it has agreed a contract with Iranian Islamic Republic Railways (RAI) to electrify the 495km Garmsar - Inche Burun line in northern Iran.
MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najib Razak and his Singaporean counterpart Mr Lee Hsien Loong witnessed the signing of a bilateral agreement at the Malayisan prime minister’s retreat in Putrajaya on December 13, which commits the two countries to complete the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line within a decade.
GE Transportation says it has shipped the first batch of ES43 ACi Evolution Series diesel locomotives for Pakistan Railways (PR).
KORAIL subsidiary Supreme Railways launched commercial services on the Suseo high-speed line on December 9, providing a much-needed rail link for the south-eastern areas of Seoul and Gyeonggi province under the Super Rapid Train (SRT) brand.
