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ComfortDelGro joint venture lands $1.13 billion deal to operate rail services in Auckland
Straits Times
AUG 27, 2021 (Singapore)
Singapore-listed transport giant ComfortDelGro Corp has clinched a $1.13 billion deal to operate rail services in Auckland.
This marks the group's first foray into the New Zealand land transport market, and its first move overseas as a rail operator.
In an announcement on Friday morning, ComfortDelGro - which operates buses, trains and taxis in Singapore, and taxis and buses in places such as China and Britain - said it clinched the Auckland franchise with Australian rail operator UGL Rail Services after a 12-month tender process.
Source
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/comfortdelgro-lands-first-overseas-rail-deal-in-new-zealand
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