New Japanese metro technologies cut cost

Article Abstract:

The Tokyo metropolitan Transportation Bureau following Osaka's metro system will be operating linear induction motor subway cars. These cars have lower floor height, maintain ceiling height, thus increasing passenger space and decreased total car size to travel thru smaller, subway tunnels which would be cheaper to build.

Japan, Product specifications, Innovations, Brief Article, Transportation industry, Subways, Tokyo, Japan, Subway cars, Osaka, Japan

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Scotland revives rail line to promote growth

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Information about ScotlandEs revival of a 35-mile section of its historic Waverley Line is presented. The process of completing the project and necessary permissions required for the project are described.

Legal issues & crime, Strategy & planning, Government regulation (cont), Government domestic functions, Government regulation, Scotland, Legal/Government Regulation, Planning, Laws, regulations and rules, Company business planning

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Asian recovery revives transport projects

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Railroad construction projects in the Philippines and Thailand are discussed. Additional information on Asian rail projects is also included.

Asia, Thailand, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Philippines, Transportation Programs, Construction industry, Finance, Prevention, Contracts, Design and construction, Transportation, Traffic congestion, Local transit, SNC-Lavalin, Manila Bay Area Rapid Transit Corp.

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