Ahead of Asia Pacific Rail 2018, Jayaram Naidu, Vice President of Bombardier Transportation for Southeast Asia talks to us about how he sees the rail industry evolving in the region in the next five years. How do you see the industry evolving in the next five years in Southeast Asia? With an average annual economic growth rate of more than five …
MTR’s Dr. Tony Lee on foresighted asset management
As Chief of Operations Engineering at MTR Corporation, Dr. Tony Lee is responsible for all the maintenance and asset renewal for the network in Hong Kong. We had the opportunity to sit down for a short chat with him while he was in Singapore a few months ago. Q: What are the main challenges that MTR Corporation is facing right …
Lantech Whitepaper – LTDP* (Lantech Train Discovery Protocol)
In recent years Lantech have focused on the train application market, and in developing a new solution to help customers in solving a variety of problems within the onboard train market. Compared to the general Industrial Controls & automation markets, the onboard train market has a greater requirement for control & management of IP based equipment, this is very different …
Deutsche Bahn’s Simon Daum on digital innovation
Deutsche Bahn is Germany’s state-owned national operator and one of the biggest transport companies in Europe. Simon is currently leading the digital agenda of the group looking at digital strategies and transformation of the businesses. He was recently in Singapore and we caught up with him for a short chat to learn more about the digital initiatives launched by Deutsche …
Asia Pacific Rail 2017 Event Highlights: Interview with Desmond Kuek
At this year’s Asia Pacific Rail held earlier in March, we had the opportunity to sit down onsite with Mr. Desmond Kuek, President and Group CEO, SMRT Corporation Ltd., Singapore to find out his key challenges and the latest technologies that SMRT is looking to adopt to improve service reliability and passenger experience. Q: As an industry leader, how do …
A few minutes with Singapore LTA’s Chua Chong Kheng
Asia Pacific Rail was successfully organised from 21-22 March 2017. This year’s edition was our biggest and best yet, with more than 1,500 attendees from 668 organisation and 38 countries, cementing Asia Pacific Rail’s position as the must-attend annual gathering of APAC rail industry’s leaders and decision-makers. We had the opportunity to sit down onsite with Chua Chong Kheng, Deputy …
Key Asian rail markets to watch: Download your free eBook
With 40,000+ kilometres of rail projects either planned or under construction, Asia Pacific is the most exciting rail market in the world. To tap emerging opportunities, you need to know the following – Where are the key Asian rail markets? Who is leading these projects? What are the exciting developments happening in each market? Here at Asia Pacific Rail, we …
MyHSR’s Tonny Yeap on the KL-Singapore HSR project
The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail bilateral agreement was signed in December 2016, setting the stage for design and construction work of the project. With a 2026 completion target, the 350km rail link will significantly cut travel time from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore to just 90 minutes. We had the opportunity to sit down with Mr. Tonny Yeap, Director, Commercial …
A few minutes with the Singapore Land Transport Authority’s Henry Foo
Asia Pacific Rail was successfully organised from 21-22 March 2017. This year’s edition was our biggest and best yet, with more than 1,500 attendees from 668 organisation and 38 countries, cementing Asia Pacific Rail’s position as the must-attend annual gathering of APAC rail industry’s leaders and decision-makers. We had the opportunity to sit down onsite with Mr. Henry Foo, Director, …
Asia Pacific Rail 2017 Event Highlights: Interview with Colin Stewart, Global Rail Leader, Arup
Asia Pacific Rail was successfully organised once again in Hong Kong from 21-22 March 2017. This year’s edition was our biggest and best yet, with more than 1,500 attendees from 668 organisations and 38 countries, cementing Asia Pacific Rail’s position as the must-attend annual gathering of APAC rail industry’s leaders and decision-makers. Following his keynote session on The Digital Railway …