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August 17, 2020 | High-speed

Pandemic fails to slow China’s high-speed network expansion

China is continuing the development of the world’s most extensive high-speed network at a breakneck pace. David Burroughs looks at the lines that have opened as the country begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and the sections nearing completion.

August 14, 2020 | High-speed

China outlines ambitious long-term expansion plans

CHINA National Railways (CR) has outlined its long-term ambitions with a goal of increasing the network to 200,000km, including around 70,000km of high-speed rail, by 2035.

August 8, 2020 | Fleet

Guangzhou Metro orders additional 42 metro trains

GUANGZHOU Metro has ordered a further 42 186m-long, type A metro trains from CRRC Dalian worth Yuan 2.5bn ($US 358.8m).

August 7, 2020 | Asia

Pakistan approves $US 6.8bn Peshawar - Lahore - Karachi line upgrade

PAKISTAN’s Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), the country’s top economic body, has approved a $US 6.8bn project to upgrade 2655km of railway infrastructure on the Peshawar - Lahore - Karachi corridor and establish a dry port at Havelian.

August 6, 2020 | Technology

Beijing Metro Line 5 systems upgrade contract awarded

BEIJING Metro has awarded a contract to CRRC Sifang to upgrade the train protection and control systems on Line 5.

August 5, 2020 | High-speed

Technical studies for Ningbo - Zhoushan high-speed line completed

TECHNICAL studies for the 77km Ningbo - Zhoushan high-speed line, which will include the longest undersea rail tunnel in China, have been completed following two years of development.

August 4, 2020 | Locomotives

CRRC Zhuzhou unveils 28.8MW electric freight locomotive

CRRC Zhuzhou has unveiled the first of its Shen 24 28.8MW electric six-section locomotives at a ceremony attended by Chinese government officials and academics from the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

August 4, 2020 | Main line

China approves $US 68bn inter-city plan for Pearl River Delta

CHINA’s National Development and Reform Commission (NRDC) has approved a Yuan 474.1bn ($US 67.91bn) plan to develop inter-city railway connections in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay area of southern China.

August 4, 2020 | Metros

MTR awarded Shenzhen Metro Line 13 PPP

THE Shenzhen municipal government has awarded MTR Consulting and the China Railway Electrification Bureau (EEB) a public-private partnership (PPP) contract to construct, finance and operate the 22.4km Shenzhen Metro Line 13 project.

August 2, 2020 | Track

Vossloh wins fastenings contract for Chinese high-speed line

VOSSLOH’s fastening systems division has been awarded a €30m contract to supply rail fastenings for a section of the Guiyang - Nanning high-speed line in southern China.

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