CHINA: Shenyang municipality signed an agreement with CNR Corp on December 1 for the development of a 40bn yuan tram network.
The 65 km five-line network will connect Taoxian Airport, Shenyang South high speed rail station, National Games Village and Olympic Sports Centre. Segregated surface alignments are planned, with grassed track along road median strips. CNR would supply an initial 20 low-floor trams.
Completion is scheduled for June 2013, in time for the Chinese National Games.
CHINA: On September 27 Shenyang metro Line 1 entered commercial service following a year of trial operation on part of the route. The opening ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Shenyang Chen Haibo, Deputy Mayor Xing Kai and government and party officials.The metro project was initiated in the 1960s ...
CHINA: MTR Corp, Shenyang Metro Group and the Shenyang municipal government signed a 30-year operations and maintenance concession for the future metro lines 1 and 2 on May 7. The contract signing follows from an agreement in principle which was signed last November. The metro will be operated by ...
CHINA: MTR Corp, Shenyang municipal government and Shenyang Metro Group have signed an agreement in principle for the Hong Kong metro company to operate and maintain Shenyang Metro lines 1 and 2 for 30 years. Under the November 26 agreement MTR Corp will hold a 49% stake in a ...
