PANAMA Metro (MPSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hitachi, Ansaldo STS, and Mitsubishi to supply a 26.7km, 14-station monorail system for Line 3 of the Panama Metro.
ISTANBUL celebrated the opening of its first driverless metro line and the second metro line on the Asian side of the city on December 15, when president Mr Recep Erdoğan attended the inauguration Line M5.
THE Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications has awarded Mitsubishi Corporation and CAF a €225m contract for 30 LRVs for Manila Light Rail Transit Authority’s Line LRT1.
DHAKA Mass Transit Company (DMTCL) has awarded Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Mitsubishi Corporation a Yen 40bn ($US 360m) contract for the supply of 24 six-car metro trains for Dhaka MRT Line 6, together with maintenance depot equipment.
MITSUBISHI UFJ Lease and Finance (MUL) has finalised an agreement with Greenbrier for an exclusive manufacturing relationship for six years, including an order for 6000 wagons, which will be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2017 and 2020.