CHENNAI International Airport joined the Indian city’s metro network on September 21, with the inauguration of the 8.6km second phase of Line 1 (Blue Line) from Little Mount.
MITSUBISHI Electric announced on September 28 that it has been awarded a contract by CRRC Qingdao Sifang to supply electrical equipment for 93 eight-car trains being built by the Chinese supplier for MTR Corporation, Hong Kong.
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) confirmed on September 28 that it will provide Bangladesh with a $US 1.5bn loan to help fund the construction of a 102km dual-gauge railway running south from the metre-gauge railhead at Dohazari to Ramu near the border with Myanmar and the coastal town of Cox's Bazar.
THE cabinet of the Indian state of Maharashtra gave the go-ahead on September 27 for two metro projects in Mumbai.
CHINA Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) and Bombardier Transportation have signed an agreement to expand and deepen their relationship for selected rail projects both in China and abroad.
THE 57km Gyeonggang Line commuter line opened on September 24 in the south-eastern area of the Korean capital Seoul.
AFTER 92 years, India's cabinet decided on September 21 to abandon the British era legacy of annually presenting a separate railway budget in parliament.
IRJ at InoTrans 2016: Stadler and Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) jointly presented a new fleet of sleeper coaches for the Kars – Tbilisi – Baku railway at InnoTrans on September 22.
INDIAN Railways (IR) has shortlisted four bidders for contract to build a factory to manufacture EMU cars at at a new Rs 10bn ($US 149m) production facility at Kachrapara in West Bengal.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: ALL of China's new metro line projects are now required to utilise long term evolution (LTE) as the basis for their communications network, with many set to host CBTC for metro train operation over the platform.
