TERMS for the merger of China's two largest rolling stock manufacturers, CSR and CNR, have been agreed during board meetings held by the two companies during the last two days.
TRIAL passenger operation began on December 28 on the second metro line in Wuxi, a city of 6.3 million inhabitants in Cina's eastern Jiangsu province.
BANGLADESH Railway (BR) has issued a tender for the supply of a fleet of 70 metre-gauge diesel-electric locomotives.
THE chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr C Y Leung, attended the official opening of MTR's Island Line extension to Kennedy Town on December 27, with passenger services starting the following day.
BEIJING expanded its metro network to 527km on December 28 with the launch of trial operation on one new line and three extensions of existing lines.
THE Russian government will allocate Russian Railways (RZD) Roubles 6bn ($US 108.3m) from the 2015 federal budget for the 770km Moscow - Kazan high-speed project.
TOLL Group, Australia, announced on December 22 that it has divested its 55% share in the Toll Royal Railway concession to its joint venture partner, Royal Group, Cambodia.
CONSTRUCTION of the 857km link from Guiyang to Guangzhou, the first high-speed line in China's southwest karst region, was completed on December 21, with test operations set to begin by the end of this week.
CHINA Railway Corporation confirmed on December 19 that construction has begun on a 402km line linking Lhasa in Tibet with Nyingchi, close to the disputed Indian border region of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as part of Tibet.
JR East outlined its future procurement strategy at the EU-Japan 2nd Railway Industrial Dialogue earlier this month, pledging to strengthen links with European suppliers.