ARGENTINA's interior and transport minister Mr Florencio Randazzo inspected the first of 27 metre-gauge commuter DMUs for the Belgrano Sur commuter network at the port of Buenos Aires on July 7.
THE merger of China's two rolling stock manufacturers, CNR and CSR, was finalised on June 1 to form CRRC Corporation Limited, the world's largest train builder.
MORE than 7100 passengers took part in six hours of complimentary trial operations on Dalian metro Line 2 on April 30, with 11 trains carrying out more than 100 pilot runs.
THE first of 28 six-car trains for the initial phase of the metro network in Fuzhou, the capital of China's Fujian province was ceremonially rolled out of the CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicle plant in nearby Quanzhou on April 18.
THE government of the Philippines has allocated Peso 1.21bn ($US 27.35m) from its 2015 budget to the Department of Transportation and Communications to fund upgrades to Manila metro Line 3.
THE first of 27 three-car DMUs being supplied by CNR for commuter services on the metre-gauge Belgrano Sur network in Buenos Aires rolled off the production line at the CNR Tianjin plant in eastern China on April 15.
CNR Beijing, China, has delivered 18 six-axle CKD8C1 diesel-electric locomotives to Democratic Republic of Congo National Railways (SNCC).
THE merger between China's two largest train builders, CNR and CSR, has been approved by China's Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Commerce, and according to Xinhua the process could be completed by June.
THE merger of China's largest rolling stock manufacturers CNR and CSR has moved a step forward after the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) granted in-principle approval of plans to amalgamate the two companies.
THE total value of rail equipment exported from China surged by 22.6% to Yuan 26.77bn ($US 4.38bn) last year, according to statistics released this week by the General Administration of Customs (GAC).