CRRC Corporation more than doubled orders from outside China in the first half of this year, according to a financial release filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on August 23.
CHINA’s first driverless subway line, the Yanfang line in Beijing will begin operations at the end of 2017 according to a report on August 29.
MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najib Razak visited Semantan MRT station west of Kuala Lumpur on September 1 for his first ride on the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh - Kajang Line.
TOKYO Metro plans to conduct a trial this autumn to transport parcels on part of the metro network in cooperation with freight forwarders Yamato Transport, Japan Post, and Sagawa Express.
STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) launched its first new passenger vehicles for more than 20 years on August 29, when a rake of inter-city coaches supplied by CRRC Corporation, China, made an inaugural run from Bangkok Hua Lamphong to Nakhon Pathom.
THE first train for Taipei’s metro Circular Line emerged from Hitachi Rail Italy’s Reggio Calabria plant on August 30.
JAPAN’s Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) announced on August 24 that its pre-series Dual Energy Charge Train (Dencha) battery-assisted EMU will enter revenue service on the 11km Orio - Wakamatsu section of the Chikuho Line on October 19.
MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najab Razak officially launched construction on Kuala Lumpur metro Line LRT3 in a ceremony at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam on August 24.
INDIA’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) granted approval on August 24 for nine projects representing an investment of around Rs 243.5bn ($US 3.6bn) to increase rail capacity in nine states.
INDIAN Railways (IR) is exploring options to extricate itself from a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) precondition that binds it to acquire rolling stock and systems equipment from Japanese companies, after talks with a Kawasaki-led consortium over the acquisition of 200 freight locomotives broke down.
