DELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded Thales a contract to upgrade fare collection systems across around 100 Phase 1 and Phase 2 stations.

INDIA's urban development minister Mr Venkaiah Naidu unveiled the first of 25 three-car Metropolis trains for Kochi Metro in a ceremony at Alstom's Sri City plant in Andhra Pradesh on January 2.

INDIA will adopt Japanese Shinkansen technology for the country's first high-speed line under a memorandum of understanding signed on December 12 in Delhi in the presence of India's Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Mr Shinzo Abe.

INDIAN Railways (IR) has issued a call for domestic tenders for the supply of a fleet of 14,777 freight wagons of six different types.

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INDIAN Railways (IR) signed two contracts with a combined value of around Rs 450bn ($US 6.8bn) with Alstom and GE Transportation on November 30 for a total of 1800 freight locomotives, most of which will be assembled at purpose-built plants in the north-eastern state of Bihar as part of the government's Make in India initiative.

RITES, India, has completed a detailed project report for a light metro line in the Indian city of Agra, which will serve key historical sites including Agra Fort, the tomb of Akbar the Great, and the Taj Mahal.

INDIA's Northeast Frontier Railway marked a milestone in its gauge conversion programme on November 21, when the country's railway minister Mr Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first broad-gauge passenger train on the 210km Lumbding - Guwahati - Silchar line in Assam state via a live video link from Delhi.

BANGALORE marked the extension of metro services into the city's western districts on November 16, when the chief minister of Karnataka state Mr S Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 6.8km Magadi Road - Mysuru Road section of the Purple Line.