THE board of the Asian Development Bank has approved a $US 360m loan for Bangladesh Railways (BR) to finance the modernisation of the company’s locomotive and rolling stock fleet.

THE government of Uzbekistan has signed a $US 80m loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank to finance the electrification of the 145.1km Pap - Namangan - Andijan line in the east of the country.

UZBEKISTAN Railways (UTY) has launched a tender for 24 electric locomotives divided into 16 freight and eight passenger units to address what it describes as a chronic shortage of locomotives and to cater for traffic growth.

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $US 80m loan for the electrification of the Pap - Namangan - Andijan line in central Uzbekistan.

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) confirmed on September 28 that it will provide Bangladesh with a $US 1.5bn loan to help fund the construction of a 102km dual-gauge railway running south from the metre-gauge railhead at Dohazari to Ramu near the border with Myanmar and the coastal town of Cox's Bazar.

In 2016 governments from around the world will begin to outline their plans to achieve the ambitious carbon emissions reduction targets outlined in the COP21 Paris Agreement. Kevin Smith assesses what the agreement could mean for rail.

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to provide about $US 6bn to help fund road, rail and regional connectivity projects in Bangladesh.

CAMBODIA's Toll Royal Railway (TRR) has begun trial operation of freight services on the newly-rehabilitated 146km section of the Southern Line between Samrong and Sihanoukville Port.

Vietnam is pushing ahead with the construction of its first urban rail projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The latest technology will be used representing a step-change in railway development for the country as Dr-Eng Akira Hosomi, chief representative in Vietnam with Japan International Consultants for Transportation (JIC), explains.