CONSTRUCTION is expected to begin this month of a 220km railway in southern Laos from Savannakhet on the Thai border to Lao Bao on the border with Vietnam following a groundbreaking ceremony on December 18.
THE final four out of a total of 11 electric freight locomotives have been delivered to Uzbekistan Railways (UTY) by a consortium of CNR Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock together with China National Technical Import and Export Corporation (CNTIC).
TRAIN services started to return to normal in Korea today following the end of a 22-day strike by railway workers over the government's decision to grant a licence to a new affiliate operator to be set up by Korail to run the new Suseo KTX service.
THE Chinese city of Zhengzhou celebrated the opening of its first metro line on December 26, the 26.3km east-west Line 1 from Xiliuhu to City Sports Centre.
BEIJING's metro network reached 465km on December 28 with the start of public services on two new sections of Line 8, which links the city centre with the northern suburbs.
CHINA has marked the final days of 2013 by opening a number of high-speed lines in various parts of the country totalling 1501km.
A ground breaking ceremony was held in Shenzhen last week to mark the start of construction of MTR Corporation's first "rail-plus-property" project in mainland China.
MITSUBISHI Electric, Japan, has launched a 1.5kV dc traction inverter system which incorporates what it claims to be the world's first all-silicon carbide (SiC) power modules made with SiC transistors and SiC diodes.
RUSSIAN locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EMD to study potential opportunities for jointly developing a new range of diesel locomotives for 1520mm-gauge railways in Russia and the CIS region.
THE latest SCI Rail Business Index regarding the current and expected business environment, based on a survey of top managers from around 100 representative companies from the global rail industry, reveals a cautiously optimistic outlook for 2014.
