Chinese companies bag contracts for P73-B Davao transport project
The project would involve the construction of more than 1,000 bus stops along bus corridors with shelters to protect passengers from the weather and could serve 800,000 passengers…
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Ho Chi Minh City’s metro trains to run on trial basis throughout Tet holiday
The continuous test run aims to complete the testing of remaining equipment to put the route into commercial use this year.
Indonesia to import Chinese trains for ageing Commuter Line
Indonesia's Commuter Line has inked a deal worth almost $50 billion to purchase three trains from China's CRRC, the latest transportation deal amid the government's continuing…
After metro rail, Dhaka’s buses should be the next megaproject
Implemented correctly and supplemented with human-scale pedestrian and bicycle facilities, a mass transit ecosystem that consists of buses and metro rail working in tandem could…
Indonesia’s high speed rail Whoosh to have dynamic pricing based on customer demand
Rather than charging a fixed price for all tickets, the firm will set higher prices for peak hours, weekends and holiday seasons.
Korea unveils W134tr rail plan to cut Seoul commutes to 30 minutes
The GTX, or Great Train Express, will comprise six lines covering the Greater Seoul area, as well as potentially parts of Gangwon Province and South Chungcheong Province in the…
Porsche picks Singapore to unveil electric Macan SUV to world
The battery-powered Macan retains the name of its combustion-engined predecessor, the first-generation Macan that was launched in 2014. It is slightly bigger, and like most…
Shelving of SimplyGo plan: What are other cities doing with public transport payments?
With account-based ticketing, travel records are held in a back office and transactions are processed there. In contrast, a card-based ticketing scheme stores transaction data on…
Changi Airport’s 2023 passenger traffic rebounds to 86% of pre-Covid-19 levels
December was the busiest month of the year for Changi Airport, with 5.8 million passengers moving through it. This was 91 per cent of traffic levels in December 2019.
First JAL A350-1000 flies from Haneda Airport
Japan Airlines began flying the Airbus A350-1000 on Wednesday, the first upgrade of JAL’s mainline international aircraft in 20 years.