CRRC Qingdao Sifang unveiled a ‘high altitude’ catenary-free tram for the first light rail line on the Tibetan plateau on May 9.
CRRC Qingdao Sifang confirmed on April 24 that it has signed a $US 277.9m contract with Argentina’s Ministry of Transport to supply 200 EMU cars for the Buenos Aires suburban network.
ARGENTINA’s Ministry of Transport published a resolution in the Official Gazette of the Republic on December 29 confirming its intention to award CRRC Qingdao Sifang a $US 316.5m contract to supply 200 EMU cars for the Buenos Aires suburban network.
THE first low-floor LRV for Foshan’s light rail Nanhai Line was officially unveiled at the CRRC Qingdao Sifang plant in China’s Shandong province on July 28.
CRRC Qingdao Sifang announced on March 9 that it has been awarded a contract to supply eight hydrogen fuel cell trams for a new light rail line in the Chinese city of Foshan.
SINGAPORE metro operator SMRT is shipping 26 of its 35 new C151A trains back to Chinese manufacturer CRRC Sifang for rectification after structural defects were discovered on the six-car sets.
WITH Hong Kong's public transport operator MTR preparing to open the latest additions to its metro network, the 2.6km Kwun Tong extension and the 7km South Island Line, 2016 is set to be another big year for the company.
THE modernisation of the Buenos Aires suburban rail network has reached a milestone with the of the shipping of the last of 709 new EMU cars from CRRC Corporation's Qingdao Sifang plant in China.
A new fleet of Chinese-built suburban EMUs entered service on Buenos Aires' Mitre Line on November 25, replacing life-expired rolling stock with an average age of more than 50 years.
ARGENTINEAN President Mrs Christina Kirchner and transport and interior minister Mr Florencio Randazzo witnessed the unloading of the first new EMU cars for Buenos Aires' Mitre suburban lines on September 8.
