Latest Asia News
All the news on the Asian rail sector.
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Siemens to Electrify New Mass Rapid Transit System in India
The Ahmedabad Metro line, currently under construction, will run in Ahmedabad city in two corridors, East-West and North-South.
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Alstom Awarded Two Contracts for Chengdu's First Driverless Metro Line
Alstom and its JVs in China, SATEE and CASCO, have been awarded two contracts by Chengdu Railway Corp. Ltd. to supply traction systems for 2…
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Israel Railways Orders Double-Deck Coaches for its First Electrified Line
Bombardier Transportation signed a contract on December 31 to provide 54 additional Bombardier Twindexx Vario double-deck coaches to Israel …
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Alstom Becomes Majority Shareholder in its Kazakh Locomotive Joint Venture
Alstom has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan Railways to acquire their 25% stake in the EKZ Joint Venture for the production of electric l…
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Bombardier-CRRC Secure First Monorail Contract in China
The order is to provide the Bombardier Innovia Monorail 300 platform, along with a total of 240 cars to Wuhu City in Anhui Province. The tot…
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Siemens to Deliver Fully Automated People Movers for Bangkok
Siemens is set to deliver 6 fully Automated People Movers for Interlink Communication Public Company Limited, to connect the current and new…
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5 Things You Didn't Know About the Tehran Metro
Metro systems around the world all have a large number of features in common but what are the features that make the Tehran Metro stand out?
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Iraqi Government Signs Urban Transport MoU With Alstom
Alstom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iraqi government for the development of urban transport in Baghdad and Basra.
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2nd Annual Future Rail India Summit – Day 1
The Future Rail India Summit 2017 in New Delhi, India, was successfully launched at New Delhi's Hotel Sheraton. Organised by Nispana Innovat…
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Rolls-Royce and CRRC Agree Strategic Partnership
Rolls-Royce Power Systems and the world’s largest rolling stock manufacturer, China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), have decided t…
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CAF to Supply Light Rail Vehicles to the Philippines
The Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications has awarded Mitsubishi Corporation and CAF a new rolling sto…
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Alstom Secures New Signalling Systems Contract in Singapore
Alstom has signed a contract with Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) to supply the signalling systems for Singapore Circle Line (CCL).…
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World's First Hydrogen-Powered Tram Enters Service
Rolling stock manufacturer CRRC has announced that the world’s first hydrogen-powered tram has been put into operation in Tangshan, North Ch…
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‘Railless Train’ Begins Testing in China
Passengers in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, are a step closer to the arrival of the 'world's first railless train', after testing…
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Bombardier Delivers 141 New Movia Metro Cars to Singapore
Bombardier Transportation has completed the delivery of 141 new Bombardier Movia Metro cars for Singapore’s underground Downtown Line (DTL),…
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Bombardier Completes Delivery of Driverless Metro Trains for Kuala Lumpur
Bombardier Transportation has completed the final train handover in the 2012 contract to deliver 14 new, driverless metro trains for Kuala L…
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Production Begins at India’s First Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Facility
Located at Madhepura, in the state of Bihar, it is Alstom’s first electric locomotive manufacturing facility in India, set to transform the …
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Alstom Unveils Passenger Locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways
Alstom presented its first Prima M4 passenger locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) yesterday (09 October) in Belfort, France.
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Singapore Forms New High-Speed Rail Infrastructure Company
The LTA has announced that it has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary – SG HSR – to implement the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) …
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Alstom Awarded Traction Systems Contract in China
Alstom has been awarded a contract by Chengdu Metro Corp. Ltd. to supply the traction systems for 496 metro cars to circulate on Line 5, the…
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Siemens Signs Bangkok Blue Line Extension Contract
The Bangkok Blue Line is being extended by a further 28 kilometers and 19 additional stations. A large part of the extension, from Hua Lamph…
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India: Lucknow Metro Begins Commercial Operations
A host of Indian officials gathered to inaugurate the first phase of the new Lucknow Metro on September 5, ahead of the official opening to …