THE Port Authority of New York/New Jersey has issued a request for information by July 20 from rail vehicle and component manufactures for the proposed LaGuardia Airtrain project.
CHINA Railway says construction has begun on the 78.2km Beijing - Bazhou high-speed line, which will serve the city's new international airport at Daxing, 46km south of the capital.
THE Norwegian city of Bergen marked the completion of the third phase of its light rail network on April 21 with the inauguration of the 2.2km section from Birkelandsskiftet to Bergen Airport.
THE president of Indonesia, Mr Joko Widodo, attended a ground-breaking ceremony on April 8 to mark the start of construction of a rail link in Central Java from Surakarta (also known as Solo and president Widodo’s birthplace) to Adi Sumarmo International Airport.
TRIAL operation began on February 2 on the new express metro link between Taipei and Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan’s busiest, ahead of the start of a limited service on February 16 and full operation on March 2.
THE government of Indonesia has announced plans to build a second line to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport from Jakarta Kota station in West Jakarta, a hub of commuter services in the capital.
THE French Senate approved draft legislation on November 7 authorising the implementation of the CDG Express airport rail link to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
THE first CRRC Changchun EMU for Express Rail Link (ERL), the owner and operator of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Klia) rail link, was unveiled on October 20 by Malaysia’s transport minister Mr Liow Tiong Lai.
GROUNDBREAKING ceremonies were held in Fort Worth, North Richmond Hills, and Grapevine, Texas, on August 24 to officially launch construction on the $US 996m Tex Rail commuter rail project.
AIRPORT Railroad Corporation (A'Rex) has taken over operations of the Incheon Airport Maglev as of July 1.