Vientiane, Laos: Three contracts have been awarded to China Railway Group subsidiaries for civil works on the first three sections of the Boten-Vientiane railway.
More and more travellers use modern train services because of their ease, cost effectiveness, comfort and safety. All these are only possible when the right tools are utilised at the manufacturing stage. Tomáš Hantek, the international application manager for railway at Dormer Pramet shares his thoughts on rail production.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Georgian to begin developing a new Silk Road rail link between China and Europe.
Midas Holdings' joint venture company CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport (NPRT) has secured four contracts with a cumulative value of ¥3.3 billion (US$501 million) in China for the supply of metro trains and trams.
Bombardier Transportation announced that its Australian joint venture with Downer EDI, known as EDI Rail Bombardier Transportation, has been awarded the contract by Western Australia's (WA) Public Transport Authority (PTA), to supply an additional 10 three-car commuter trains (30 cars).
A market sensing exercise is underway for the construction of a new East Coast Railway in Malaysia, which will connect major town and cities in the east of the peninsula.
