MTR conducts high-speed rail joint exercises with emergency services
Hong Kong - Starting from Wednesday July 18, a series of major joint exercises simulating different emergency scenarios on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High Speed Rail (Hong Kong Section), involving the MTR [...]
Inland Rail conference set to deliver the goods
Sydney, Australia - More than 350 delegates are set to arrive in Parkes NSW over the next 24 hours to take part in the Inland Rail Conference 2018, being jointly presented by [...]
Challenges facing the construction of a platform link at Orchard Station in Singapore
Singapore - Singapore's LTA has released a factsheet on the challenges facing the construction of a platform link at The Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL)’s Orchard Station. The Thomson-East Coast Line [...]
Alstom awarded long term rolling stock and signalling maintenance contract for Sydney Metro
Sydney, Australia - Alstom has been awarded a 15-year maintenance contract by Metro Trains Sydney (MTS), a joint venture between MTR (60%), John Holland (20%) and UGL_CIMIC (20%), for the maintenance of the [...]
Alstom to supply integrated metro system for Taipei Metro Line 7
Taipei, Taiwan - Alstom together with Taiwanese engineering and contracting services company CTCI has won a contract from Systemwide E&M Project Office Department of Rapid Transit System Taipei City Government (SEMPO) [...]
Rail Professional Asia Pacific 2018
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Opposite ends of the track
Rehabilitating old track is in favour, but challenges range from geographical to financial as Cambodia and Vietnam struggle to bring [...]
Mapping the Asian metro
Federico Zanetello spent three years living in China, travelling between Guangzhou and Shanghai Now based in Bangkok he has a [...]
Asia’s high-speed spine replacement
Asia Pacific’s network of high-speed railways is moving south at a snail’s pace, with opposite ends of the line at [...]
Making the right connections for Asian rail
Greg Alcorn of Synectics explores Single Token Travel and how the concept is being received across Asia Pacific Where Smart [...]
Rail education and research update
How two Thai universities, Kasetsart and Mahidol, are tackling rail skills gap via rail education and research Under the umbrella [...]
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