Australia to buy new trains
Transport Minister Dean Nalder announced the Public Transport Authority (PTA) would go to market with a Request for Information (RFI) […]
Oceania Leads
Central Japan Railway seeks approval to build maglev train
Central Japan Railway Co. filed a formal application with the transport ministry for approval to build a magnetically levitated train […]
Japan to construct 3 new rail lines to Haneda Airport
Three new train lines to directly connect Haneda Airport (Japan) to stations in central Tokyo are to be constructed in […]
Haneda monorail will be extended to Tokyo Station
Tokyo Monorail Co. plans to extend its monorail line between Tokyo International Airport at Haneda and East Japan Railway Co.’s […]
Alstom, supplier for Australia’s first fully-automated rail network
Alstom will deliver Sydney’s new generation of rapid transit trains as part of the North West Rail Link, Australia’s first […]
New Zealand: Green Party to invest USD 500m in Wellington transport
Authorities will invest half a billion dollars over five years upgrading Wellington’s public transport and walking and cycling infrastructure. The […]
Australia: Perth to launch tender for 50 suburban trains
Western Australia Public Transport Authority (PTA) has issued a request for information (RFI) for a contract to supply a new […]
Australian high-speed still on the agenda
The Australian federal government has revealed that plans for a high-speed rail link along Australia’s east coast are still on […]
Japan: Ministry of Transport called for the Shinkansen technology to be adopted for the planned railway system in Malaysia
Transport minister Akihiro Ota (Japan) said that he was able to bring a better understanding of the Shinkansen bullet train […]
Environmental protection key to proposed railway up Mount Fuji
The railway would be built on an existing public road, so there would be almost no environmental destruction, said Koichiro […]