Lucknow Metro starts singalling tests on North-South Corridor
Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has commenced on January 12 the signaling and integrated testing trials between Transport Nagar station […]
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OTIF and UNESCAP sign MoU for rail transport development in Asia
The Executive Secretary of UNESCAP, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, and the Secretary General of OTIF, Bas Leermakers, signed a memorandum of […]
Maintenance contract for Manila MRT-3 awarded
Philippines’ Department of Transport awarded Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering a contract for rehabilitation and maintenance services for […]
Sri Lanka and JICA to sign USD 1.83 billion light rail agreement
Sri Lanka’s government is to sign an agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), for a JPY 200 billion (USD […]
Metafrax orders additional tank cars from UWC
United Wagon Company will deliver Metafrax, a Russian producer of methanol, 100 new generation tank cars. The car (model 15-6880) […]
China announces new plans for rail expansion
China Railway Corp announced that in 2019 will put into operation 6,800 new rail links including 3,200 km high-speed connections. […]
Metrovagonmash opens an automated assembly line
Transmashholding has launched an automated line for assembling carriages produced by Metrovagonmash. The capacity of the new production line is […]
TMH delivered freight locomotives to Mongolia
Transmashholding has shipped three 2TE25KM freight locomotives to Mongolia on December 25, manufactured by Bryansk Engineering Plant (BMZ) for Ulan […]
Keolis inaugurated its first tram network in China
On December 26, Keolis, through its Chinese joint venture, Shanghai Keolis, has opened its first section of the Songjiang tram […]
Iran to invest USD 5 billion in rail infrastructure
“In the next four years, USD 5 billion will be invested in the development of rail transport infrastructure”, Saeed Mohammadzadeh, […]