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June 30, 2020 | Financial

Voestalpine expands international capacity with acquisitions

VOESTALPINE Railway Systems has expanded its international production capacities with the purchase of a turnout manufacturer in France and new shareholdings in China and Argentina.

June 29, 2020 | High-speed

China opens Shangqiu - Hefei high-speed line

THE 309km Shangqiu - Hefei section of China’s Shangqiu - Hefei - Hangzhou (Shanghehang) high-speed railway opened on June 28. Full timetabled services are expected to commence in July.

June 29, 2020 | Metros

Changsha opens metro lines 3 and 5

CHANGSHA, China, opened the 36.4 km southwest-northeast Shantang - Guangsheng Line 3 and the first 22.5km phase of the north-south Line 5 between Shuiduhe and Maozhutang on June 28.

June 26, 2020 | Fleet

CRRC successfully tests 600km/h maglev train

CHINA successfully completed low-speed dynamic testing of a 600km/h prototype maglev car developed by CRRC Sifang on a test track at Tongji University in Shanghai on June 21, a milestone for the project launched in June 2016.

June 16, 2020 | Infrastructure

Pakistan approves $US 7.2bn Mainline-I project

PAKISTAN’s Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved the $US 7.2bn Mainline-1 (ML-1) project, forwarding the project to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) for further approval.

June 15, 2020 | Infrastructure

Two new Changsha metro lines complete pre-operation tests

TWO metro lines under construction in the Chinese city of Changsha have passed their pre-operation safety assessments and should open in July.

June 11, 2020 | Infrastructure

Thales to install CBTC on three Asian metro projects

THALES has won contracts to install its SelTrac Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) on metro projects in Istanbul, Nanchang, and Incheon.

June 4, 2020 | Main line

Indonesia combines Jakarta - Bandung and Jakarta - Surabaya projects

INDONESIA is reportedly combining the Chinese-led Jakarta - Bandung high-speed project with the Japanese-led Jakarta - Surabaya project, in order to ensure they remain economically viable.

June 3, 2020 | Metros

Ningbo opens 5.1km Line 2 phase 2

NINGBO Rail Transit opened the 5.1km metro Line 2 phase 2 on May 30, taking the total line length to 34km with 25 stations.

June 1, 2020 | Main line

China completes challenging track-doubling project

CHINA National Railway (CR) has completed a technically challenging project to rebuild a 68km section of the Chengdu - Kunming railway.

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