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An Indian lawyer who in 1999 took Indian Railways division North East Railway to court over 20 rupees (24 eurocents) has emerged victoriously, the BBC reports. This means a legal battle that dragged on for close to 22 years comes to and end.
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A new, Central Asian corridor is on the table, linking China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.
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China and Mongolia want to improve their railway connections.
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HYUNDAI Rotem has signed a five-year framework agreement with Knorr-Bremse to supply hydraulic braking systems, doors, and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems for LRVs built by the manufacturer.
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VIETNAM’S Ministry of Transport has approved a Dong 1.2 trillion ($US 51m) renovation and upgrade project for the 996km Vinh - Nha Trang line which forms part of the country’s North-South Railway.
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The construction of the Rasht–Astara railway in Iran is 70 per cent complete, and should be delivered mid-2023. This is according to the Russia Briefing.
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KORAIL, the South Korean national railway operator, has successfully conducted commercial test operations of a 50-car, 777-meter-long freight train. Currently, KORAIL operates 33-car-long freight trains.
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PAKISTAN’s Board of Investment (BoI) says that a group led by Anvwar Asian Investments (AAI) of Oman is ready to invest $US 2.3bn in the project to build a new 1087km railway between Jacobabad and Gwadar, a port on the Arabian sea that is 70km from the border with Iran.
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North Korean authorities proposed the resumption of rail freight traffic with China to cope with a significant shortage of supplies.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr underlined his commitment to continuing and expanding the previous administration’s investment in rail during his first state of the nation address.
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THE Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has received two bids for a PPP contract to fund, design and build the western section of the metro Orange Line in Bangkok, which will run for 13.4km from Thailand Cultural Centre to Bang Khun Non.
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The first of 11 CR400AF Fuxing trainsets for the KCJB high speed line which will connect Jakarta and Bandung has been rolled out by Chinese manufacture CRRC Qingdao Sifang.
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CRRC Qingdao has successfully rolled out the first 350km/h Yawan high-speed train for the 143km Jakarta - Bandung high-speed line, the first time the company has exported its high-speed technology.
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THE government of the Philippines is to call tenders to design and build a 3km extension of the LRT-2 elevated metro line in Manila, looking to award a public-private partnership contract including maintenance and overhaul of the LRT-2 train fleet.
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TESTING has been completed of the telecoms system for the first 82km Delhi - Meerut phase of the Rapid Rail Transport System (RRTS).
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NORTHERN Bangkok Monorail (NBM) has signed a contract with property developer Bangkok Land worth Baht 4bn ($US 111.4m) to develop a 3km branch line on the MRT Pink Line to the Muang Thong Thani development.
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Korea Railroad Research Institute has successfully tested train-to-train data communications over distances of 2 km in the open air and 4 km in tunnels.
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The Ministry of Railways has called tenders for the supply and maintenance of a further 200 Vande Bharat Express trainsets, at an estimated cost of Rs130bn, as part of its strategy to update the Indian Railways passenger fleet.
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THE Korean Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) is developing train-to-train (T2T) communications technology for self-driving trains, and in what it says is a world first, has successfully tested data transmission between two vehicles using a vehicle-mounted directional antenna.
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INDIAN Railways (IR) is accelerating the deployment of the domestically developed Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), now known as Kavach, with the aim of installing it on 2000 route-km in the current financial year.
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The Ministry of Railways has called tenders for the supply and maintenance of a further 200 Vande Bharat Express trainsets, at an estimated cost of Rs130bn, as part of its strategy to update the Indian Railways passenger fleet.
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The first freight train linking the Chinese province of Zhejiang with the Netherlands is underway. The service will have freight trains departing from Jinhua with Venlo as its final destination.
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In order to incentivise its corporate customers to mitigate their carbon emissions and simultaneously enhance its freight loadings, Indian Railways has launched a ‘Rail Green Points’ scheme highlighting the environmental advantages of shipping freight by rail rather than road.
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WORK has officially started on Line 4 of the metro network in the Chinese city of Xuzhou, with a groundbreaking ceremony held at Qiaojiahu station, the future interchange with Line 1.
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THE new president of the Philippines, Mr Ferdinand Marcos, has used his first state of the nation address to announce a new focus on developing the country’s railway system.
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