by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 15, 2024 | Japan, AI, Digitalization, Technology, Transportation, Travel
East Japan Railway (JR East) plans to launch self-driving trains by the fiscal year 2028. JR East will deploy driverless trains with increasing degrees of automation. First, it will run bullet trains for the Joetsu Shinkansen line by fiscal year 2028. During the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 26, 2024 | China, Infrastructure, News, Transportation, Travel, Vietnam, Visions
Work on a 1,500-kilometer high-speed rail link between the northern and southern regions will start in 2026 or 2027, Vietnam’s Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang says. Work is set to begin next year, connecting China with the northern province of Lao Cai,...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 10, 2024 | China, News, Technology, Vietnam
The Vietnamese government has decided to prioritize the construction of two high-speed railroad lines in the north before 2030, including one connecting with China. They are the Hanoi – Lang Son line, which will extend to the Chinese border, and a line...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 17, 2024 | News, Malaysia, Singapore, Travel
Seven local and international consortia, comprising 31 firms, have submitted their Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HRS) project proposals to MyHSR Corporation. “If the response is positive, we will move on to the second phase with the Request for...
by VF | Sep 3, 2022 | ASEAN, Asia, Business, Economy, Southeast Asia, Technology
The first set of Chinese-made train cars for Indonesia’s high-speed railway has arrived in Jakarta. The 142.3-kilometer (88.4-mile) railway worth $5.5 billion is being constructed by PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China, a joint venture between an Indonesian consortium of...
