LATE December is traditionally the time when Chinese cities complete major metro projects and this year is no exception with the opening of eight new lines and a significant extension in eight cities ...

FOR the first time since it opened in 1942, Korea’s Jungang Line is now fully double-track and electrified following the completion of upgrading the final section from Andong to Yeongcheon. Completion ...

Malaysian government is set to consider solutions to deliver the proposed high-speed line over the next few weeks.

CHINA Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and China Railway Engineering Corporation have formally handed over the management of the standard-gauge Ethiopia-Djibouti railway to the ...

THE Dominican Republic’s Trust for the Development of the Mass Transportation System (Fitram) has cancelled the tender it issued in July to build a 30km commuter rail line in the capital Santo Domingo ...

THE Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) in Saudi Arabia confirmed the opening of two new metro lines, totalling 38.4 km, on December 15. This follows the official inauguration by King Salman bin ...

THE government of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has confirmed that concessionaire Metrô BH will purchase 24 new metro trains from CRRC subsidiary, Changchun Railway Vehicles. The four-car trains ...

LOBITO Atlantic Railway (LAR), which operates and maintains the 1067mm-gauge Lobito corridor in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has received the first batch of container wagons from an ...

GERMAN locomotive manufacturer Schöma has applied for insolvency at the court of justice in Syke, Lower Saxony, in northern Germany. The firm is facing a cashflow crisis and estimates that it will be ...

THE president of the Madrid regional government, Ms Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has announced that Madrid Metro’s new strategic plan will include the introduction of automatic train operation (ATO) on lines 6 ...

THE first battery-electric locomotive built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has arrived at the VUZ test centre in Velim in the Czech Republic, part of an order for 12 placed by Paris public ...

DREAMSTAR Lines, a Californian-based start-up, has awarded a contract to Designworks, a BMW subsidiary, to create concept designs for refurbishing passenger coaches for a new overnight service it ...