Russia: the draft Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank approved
Russian Government approved the draft Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Membership in the AIIB is […]
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CSR Sifang wins the largest MTR Corporation new rolling stock order
MTR Corporation selected CSR Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.(CSR Sifang) to supply 93 new eight-car trains under a HK$6 billion (USD […]
World steel production registered a -2.4% decrease
World Steel Association announced that world crude steel production for 65 countries was 136 million tonnes in June 2015, a […]
India: contract awarded for Tupul-Imphal rail tunnel
HCC Ltd has been awarded a contract by Northeast Frontier Railway under a joint venture with Coastal Projects Ltd. for […]
Vietnam to borrow more money from China for Hanoi railway project
Vietnam will borrow USD 250.62 million more from China to partly offset the additional capital needed for the completion of […]
Philippines: railway ticketing system to be expanded
The Philippines Department of Transportation and Communicationsis eyeing to expand the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2)’s new ticketing scheme […]
Israel Railways inaugurates new modern track measuring and recording vehicle
The vehicle is capable of working at 140 kph and is able to measure the whole network in three weeks. […]
Laos and China to build rail bridge to Thailand
Laos and China will jointly build a bridge linking the Southeast Asian nation with northeastern Thailand as part of a […]
JICA submits final report on Mumbai – Ahmedabad bullet train project
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) submitted the final report on the feasibility study of the proposed high-speed rail system […]
Japan to finance Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) submitted the report on the feasibility study of the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR to the […]