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Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) is planning to build the Chuo Shinkansen maglev line by itself with its own financing

September 23, 2014

It is planning on building the line in 2 phases. The first phase which will cost 5.4 trillion yen (USD…...

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Bangkok: tests for Purple metro line to be lauched in 2015

September 23, 2014

A test run of the Purple Line is expected to take place late next year, according to Bangkok Metro …....

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Sydney one step closer to a world class rail system

September 23, 2014

The peak industry body for rail, the Australasian Railway Association (ARA), has congratulated the NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister […]

Brazil continues to prepare for railway concessions

September 23, 2014

Brazilian Minister of Transport, Paulo Sérgio Passos, has signed six decrees authorising 20 private companies to perform technical viability studies…...

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The first intercity electric-multiple unit (EMU) destined for open access operator MTR Express has rolled off the production line at Stadler’s manufacturing facility in Switzerland

September 23, 2014

MTR Express ordered six trains from Stadler in November 2013. Last week, the operator uploaded a photo to Instagram of…...

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China, Uzbekistan to speed up a railway project

September 23, 2014

President of China Xi Jinping and his Uzbekistan counterpart Islam Karimov agreed in Beijing to strengthen their bilateral strategic partnership…...

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Chinese Premier stresses social funds in railway construction

September 23, 2014

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has encouraged the China Railway Corporation (CRC) to further emancipate the mind and seek more social…...

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Amberg Technologies develops unique rail surveying system

September 23, 2014

Amberg Technologies (Swiss) is expanding the well-tried rail surveying system GRP System FX with the new Amberg IMS 1000 and…...

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CRC completes a line in Angola

September 23, 2014

The Chinese company China Railway Construction has completed the construction of the 1,344-km Benguela line. This is the second-longest railroad…...

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A consortium led by property investment company Icade is to construct Montpellier’s new TGV station

September 23, 2014

The station is one of two new interchanges being built on a new high-speed rail bypass between Nîmes and Montpellier…....

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