THE first of five 5000 series EMUs being supplied by Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-Trec) to Tokyo commuter operator Keio Corporation was delivered to Wakabadai depot on the Keio Sagamihara Line at the beginning of July.
TOKYO Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) has awarded Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-Trec) a contract to supply 27 eight-car Sustina S13 EMUs for the Toei Asakusa Line from Nishi-Magome to Oshiage.
JAPANESE private railway operator Keio Corporation has awarded Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-Trec) a contract worth around Yen 10bn ($US 89.6m) to supply five 10-car 5000 series EMUs for use on its 85km network, which links Tokyo's Shinjuku station with the capital's western suburbs.
THE first two of 21 metro trains being supplied by a joint venture of Marubeni and Toshiba for Bangkok's new Purple Line Project departed from Yokohama on September 7.
THAILAND's transport minister Mr Prajin Juntong announced on August 4 that a new schedule has been agreed for the commissioning of Bangkok's metro Purple Line which will enable the opening of the 23.5km line to be brought forward by several months.
The first class E353 tilting EMU built by J-Trec, Japan, for limited express services on the 1067mm-gauge Chuo Main Line has been delivered to JR East's depot at Matsumoto in Nagano prefecture in readiness for the start of mainline trials.