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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
Asia Pacific Rail was once again successfully organised from 21-22 March 2017 in Hong Kong. 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 chance to sit down with …
Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM) is a private transport company in Thailand operating two metro lines in Bangkok and expressways. Under 25-year concession agreements with the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand, BEM operates the MRT Blue Line and MRT Purple Line. We had the opportunity to sit down onsite with Mr. Witoon Hatairatana, Deputy Managing Director, Bangkok …
Jaipur Metro is India’s 6th metro rail metro rail system and it is the first metro in India to run on double-storey elevated road and metro track. The metro is built in 2 phases. With the completion of Phase 1A in June 2015, the Jaipur Metro network comprises of one line, serving 9 metro stations and operating on a total …
MTR Corporation is known to be one of the most reliable metro systems in the world, with a punctuality rate of 99.9%. Its influence has spread beyond Hong Kong, it’s now operating in UK, Mainland China, Australia and Sweden. After his keynote presentation on The Future of Rail, we had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Jacob Kam, Managing Director, …
