CRRC Zhuzhou unveiled what is claimed to be China’s first domestically-developed supercapacitor-powered light rail vehicle at its plant in Hunan province on August 1.

CHENGDU added a northeast - southwest line to its metro network on July 31 with the start of trial operation on the initial phase of Line 3 (Magenta Line) from Chengdu Junqu General Hospital to Taipingyuan.

CHINA’s premier Mr Li Keqiang has approved plans to invest Yuan 2.8 trillion ($US 418bn) to build 23,000km of new lines during the 13th five-year plan which runs from 2016 to 2020.

A consortium of Alstom and its Chinese joint venture partner, Casco Signalling, has been awarded a contract by Qinghai – Tibet Railway Company to supply and improve the Incremental Train Control System (ITCS) signalling on the Golmud – Lhasa section of the Qinghai – Tibet Railway by August 2018.

JI-QING High-speed Railway Company, China, has awarded a €50m contract to Vossloh Fastening Systems China (VFSC) for rail fastenings for the high-speed line from Qingdao to Jinan City, a section of the 700km connection from Qingdao on the east coast with Taiyuan, southwest of Beijing.

CHINESE engineers have completed construction of a 15,989m-long double-track tunnel on the new Xi'an - Chengdu high-speed line which is due to open in late 2017.

CHENGDU Metro Corporation has awarded a €40m contract to Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment (Satee) to supply traction equipment for 288 metro cars being built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles for operation on phases 2 and 3 of Line 3.

A metro connection between Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport and the Chinese high-speed rail network began operating on June 28 with the start of passenger services on Shenzhen metro Line 11.

THE president of Russian Railways (RZD), Mr Oleg Belozerov, and the CEO of China Railway Corporation (CRC), Mr Sheng Guangji, signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on June 25 in the presence of President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China.