The Ministry of Transport has appointed Japan Railway Technical Service (Jarts) and Yachiyo Engineering to conduct a pre-feasibility study for a public-private partnership scheme to build a 144km 210km/h line between Jakarta and Bandung.
Trains using the existing 1067mm-gauge line take around 3 hours to complete the 173km trip.
MTR Corporation has awarded CSR a Yuan 1.36bn ($US 215.7m) contract to supply nine high-speed trains for the Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Hong Kong Express Rail Link (ERL).
THE board of French National Railways (SNCF) has approved the purchase of shares in public transport operator Keolis held by the three other shareholders - Axa Private Equity, CDPQ, and Pragma, thereby increasing SNCF's stake in the company to 70%.
