STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) has awarded a consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Hitachi and Sumitomo a Baht 32.4bn ($US 920m) turnkey contract to design, supply and install electrical and mechanical (E&M) systems for Bangkok's commuter rail Red Line.
MRT Jakarta has awarded Sumitomo Corporation and Nippon Sharyo a contract worth around Yen 13bn ($US 1bn) to supply 16 trains for Indonesia's first metro line.
THE FIRST two of 18 DMU cars being supplied by Sumitomo to Toronto transport authority Metrolinx for use on the Union Pearson Express (UP Express) airport rail link have arrived in Canada.
THE Management Authority for Urban Railways (Maur) in Ho Chi Minh City has awarded a contract to the Shimizu Maeda Joint Operation, Japan, to construct a section of the city's first metro line.
GREATER Orlando Aviation Authority has awarded a design, build, operate and maintain contract to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries together with Sumitomo Corporation for three peoplemovers.
CALIFORNIA Department of Transportation (Caltrans), acting on behalf of its counterparts in Illinois, Michigan and Missouri, has issued a notice of intent to award a contract to Sumitomo for the supply of 130 double-deck coaches for use on regional and long-distance services in California and the Midwest United States.
CONSTRUCTION commenced yesterday on the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line in Ho Chi Minh City following a groundbreaking ceremony attended by around 400 people.
VTG Rail, a subsidiary of VTG, Germany, has acquired SC Leasing, United States, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation of America, and its 2000 freight wagons, doubling VTG Rail's North American customer base.
