Order Received for Improvements
on Signaling and Power supply systems
of Yangon Circular Railway
March 22, 2019
Sumitomo Corporation
Nippon Signal Co., Ltd.
Kinden Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President andChief Executive Officer: Masayuki Hyodo), Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo;
President & COO: Hidehiko Tsukamoto; hereinafter, “Nippon Signal”), and Kinden Corporation(Head Office: 3-41, Honjohigashi, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka; President: Yukikazu Maeda; hereinafter,“Kinden”) (hereinafter these three companies are collectively termed “the Consortium”) havereceived an order from Myanma Railways for improvement works (hereinafter, “the Project”) on
signaling and power supply systems of Yangon Circular Railway as the Yangon Circular Railway
Improvement Project.
The Yangon city is the biggest merchant city in Myanmar whose population is around 5 million. TheYangon Circular Railway runs a total of about 46km in Yangon City and has totally 38 stations. Since
it has been suffering lower operating speeds, delays and derailments due to the aging of its existing
facilities, equipment and rolling stock, it is a significant issue to make improvements to transport
service in which it takes around three hours to go around currently.
Funded with Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Japanese government and planned on
the basis of loan assistance between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) andMyanmar, the Project will entail signaling system and power supply system for signaling on
approximately 44km of the Yangon Circular Railway, except for 2km where these systems has been
improved by the grant aid project by JICA. By repairing aged infrastructure and incidental
equipment on the existing line, the Project will help improve safety and operating speeds on theYangon Circular Railway and set the cornerstone for reducing serious traffic jams in Yangon urban
area. The work is expected to begin in or after April 2019 and to be completed by May 2022, with thecontract amounting to about 7 billion yen.
Sumitomo Corporation has heretofore been actively engaged in rail-related business both inside andoutside Japan, participating in numerous railway construction and rolling stock export projects inSoutheast Asia, the US, East Asia and elsewhere. Sumitomo Corporation will be utilizing its wealthof experience to reliably and smoothly fulfill the Project contract.
Nippon Signal has supplied Railway signal systems, Traffic Information Systems, AFC (*1), and PSD(*2) systems to countries throughout Asia and elsewhere, and will be supplying electronicinterlocking devices and other signal systems for the Project. Utilizing the safe and reliable railway
signal technology it has developed over its 90+-year history, Nippon Signal will be contributing tomaking urban life in Myanmar safer and more comfortable.
Kinden has been engaging in construction and maintenance of power supply infrastructure such assubstations, overhead and/or underground transmission line and distribution line in domestic andoverseas. In this project, by providing its best know-how, Kinden shall perform power supply works
intended for signal systems. Kinden shall support Myanmar’s infrastructure through high quality
power supply.
The Consortium will improve the safety of rail transport services and operating speed by repairing
aged facilities and equipment, and will help boost Myanmar’s economic development and enhance its
population’s quality of life.

*1 “AFC” is an abbreviation for Automated Fare Collection, meaning a fare collection system
including ticket vending machines and ticket gates.
*2 “PSD” is an abbreviation for Platform Screen Doors, meaning a system including barriers anddoors to prevent passengers from falling over a platform.

<Reference>■ Overview of project
Project name:

Yangon Circular Railway Line Upgrading Project : CP201 Signalling Works (approx.

44km)
Commissioning entity:
Scope of work:

Myanma Railways

Signaling and its Power supply systems

Scheduled work period:

38 months (work scheduled to begin in or after April 2019)■ Yangon Circular Railway(Map)

Contact Information
General Affairs Dept. NIPPON SIGNAL CO., LTD.
1-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6513, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3217-7200 Fax: +81-3-3217-7300 E-Mail: info@signal.co.jp