Asia Pacific News

Latest news and developments from Asia Pacific region

• KT to test autonomous buses in Pangyo, South Korea

  March 30, 2021
  South Korea-based telecom company KT has announced plans to test autonomous electric buses in Pangyo, an upcoming planned city in Seongnam district.

• Agreements signed for construction of China-Thailand HSR Phase I

  March 30, 2021
  Thailand’s Ministry of Transport has signed agreements with China Construction Thailand Company Limited for the construction of Phase I of the China-Thailand high speed rail (HSR) project.

• Government of Malaysia pays compensation for Kuala Lumpur–Singapore HSR project [free access]

  March 29, 2021
  The Government of Malaysia has paid USD76.3 million (SGD102.81 million) as compensation to the Government of Singapore for the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high speed rail (HSR) project.

• Feasibility report of Nanjing Metro Line 11 approved, China

  March 27, 2021
  The Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission has approved the feasibility report of Line 11 of the Nanjing Metro network.

• Contract awarded for construction of interchange station of Cross Island Line Phase 1, Singapore

  March 27, 2021
  Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a contract to South Korea-based Samsung C&T Corporation to construct an interchange station of Phase 1 of Cross Island Line.

• JICA to fund Bangalore Metro Phase 2, India

  March 26, 2021
  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide official development assistance (ODA) loans worth JPY52.036 billion for the Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project, which will span 74 km.

• Electric buses deployed in Goa, India

  March 25, 2021
  Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), a bus operator owned by the state government of Goa, has deployed a fleet of 50 electric buses.

• Sinohydro completes track slab precasting for Jakarta–Bandung HSR, Indonesia

  March 25, 2021
  China-based Sinohydro Bureau 7 Company Limited has completed the precasting work of 15,390 reinforced concrete rail track slabs for the Jakarta–Bandung high speed railway (HSR) project.

• Bids received for PMC and civil works of Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR, India

  March 24, 2021
  The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has revealed the bidders to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services to execute the civil works for an 18-km-long section of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high speed rail (HSR) project.

• Government of India to sell stake in RVNL

  March 24, 2021
  The Government of India has announced plans to sell a stake of up to 10 per cent in Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a rail projects developer in India.

• O-CITY to supply fare system for PUVs in Metro Manila, Philippines

  March 20, 2021
  BPC’s smart city payment division O-CITY has partnered with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) for a pilot to modernise the fare payment system of public utility vehicles (PUVs) (including buses and jeepneys) in Manila.

• MLIT gives approval for joint bus operations in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

  March 19, 2021
  Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has given approval to five bus operators for conducting joint operations in Kumamoto Prefecture.

• Bus operators in Sarawak to receive subsidies, Malaysia

  March 19, 2021
  11 bus operators in the state of Sarawak have signed an agreement with the Government of Malaysia to receive MYR6.50 million as subsidies under the Interim Stage Bus Support Fund (ISBSF) programme.

• Governments of Haryana and Telangana allocate funds for public transport in Budget 2021–22, India

  March 19, 2021
  The state governments of Haryana and Telangana have allocated over INR1 billion and INR10 billion respectively for public transport projects.

• Construction begins on Macau LRT Hengqin Line

  March 19, 2021
  The construction of Hengqin Line of the Macau light rail transit (LRT) network has commenced.

• Siemens Mobility to upgrade rail network in Sydney, Australia

  March 18, 2021
  Siemens Mobility has secured two contracts to upgrade the rail network in Sydney.

• AFD to provide EUR65 million loan for Karachi BRT Red Line, Pakistan

  March 18, 2021
  Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has signed a credit financing agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to provide a EUR65 million loan for the Karachi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.

• Construction begins on the Wuchang Maglev Project, China

  March 18, 2021
  The construction of the Wuchang Maglev Project, a maglev line connecting Urumqi International Airport with the Urumqi Metro network, has commenced.

• Contract awarded for Gippsland Line Upgrade project, Australia

  March 17, 2021
  VicConnect, a consortium of Arup, Decmil, and UGL, has secured a contract from Rail Projects Victoria (RPV) for the Gippsland Line Upgrade project.

• KfW to fund Surabaya suburban rail expansion, Indonesia

  March 17, 2021
  Germany-based development bank KfW has announced plans to invest EUR2.50 billion over five years in infrastructure projects in Indonesia.