All Europe articles – Page 23
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NewsŠkoda selected for Ostrava tram contract
CZECH REPUBLIC: Tram operator DP Ostrava announced on September 7 that it had selected Škoda Transportation to supply 40 low-floor trams for KC1·9bn. Stadler, CAF and Inekon also bid, but did not comply with the terms of the tender. Deliveries of the ForCity Smart vehicles are due between September ...
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NewsBattery buses inaugurated in Moscow
RUSSIA: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin inaugurated the city’s first battery electric bus route on September 1. Battery buses using overnight and opportunity charging have replaced trolleybuses on Route 73 between VDNKh Exhibition Centre and Bibirevo, enabling the overhead wires to be dismantled. KAMAZ and GAZ are supplying 100 ...
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NewsCAF completes Solaris acquisition
CAF: Spanish group CAF completed its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Polish company Solaris Bus & Coach on September 4. CAF has also entered into an agreement for Poland’s PFR investment fund to acquire a 35% stake in Solaris on the same terms and conditions. 'CAF’s investment in ...
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NewsOdyssey tram unveiled
UKRAINE: On September 4 Odesa transport operator Odesmiskelektrotrans unveiled the first of six Odyssey-branded partially low-floor trams which it ordered from local supplier Vagonoremontni Maisterni in June. It is the 17th in a series of trams with bodies designed by Pragoimex and produced by Polytechnoservis to be assembled locally since ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis tests autonomous electric shuttle in Belgium
BELGIUM: Keolis has begun testing a NAVYA electric autonomous shuttle in Han-sur-Lesse. It will initially operate on a 500 m route linking car parks to the Cave Domaine speleological tourist attraction, before being extended to cover a 1·5 km route. The trial aims to study how passengers and other road ...
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Metro Report InternationalSofia metro takes delivery of maintenance machines
BULGARIA: Czech manufacturer CZ Loko has built two MUV 74 M-S track maintenance vehicles for use on the Sofia metro. One vehicle is equipped with a work platform for access to the overhead electrification equipment. The other has a hydraulic arm and snow plough for use on the surface sections ...
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NewsSpårväg City tram link opens in Stockholm
SWEDEN: A short but significant extension of Stockholm tram Route 7 was opened for revenue service at 11.30 on September 3. Adding 560 m of double track and one stop, the extension from Sergels Torg to T-Centralen provides interchange to the city’s three metro routes and the cross-city suburban railway, ...
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NewsMerseytravel unveils Stadler EMU mock-up
UK: Liverpool region transport authority Merseytravel has unveiled a full-sized mock-up of a driving car from one of the 52 four-car electric multiple-units which it has ordered from Stadler for use on Merseyrail services. The mock-up includes working doors and a sliding step to demonstrate how the new fleet will ...
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NewsMetre-gauge lines in Gmunden connected at last
AUSTRIA: A link enabling through running between the Gmunden tramway and the Traunseebahn local railway opened on September 1, with the inauguration celebrations being followed by two weeks of free travel. Services run from Gmunden station to the town centre every 15 min, continuing over the railway to Vorchdorf every ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrussels tram extension inaugurated
BELGIUM: A new tram route serving the northwest suburbs of Brussels was formally inaugurated by King Philippe on September 1. Having taken a short ride on the line, he participated in ceremonies at Place Reine Astrid, which has been remodelled as part of the project. Revenue services began the following ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous tram to be demonstrated during InnoTrans
GERMANY: A Combino tram equipped for experimental autonomous operation is to be demonstrated by Siemens Mobility and Potsdam transport operator ViP during InnoTrans 2018. The Combino tram will undertake autonomously-driven demonstration runs in real traffic on 6 km of the network in Potsdam, southwest of Berlin, from September 18 to ...
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NewsMoscow metro Line 8A extension inaugurated
RUSSIA: Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin inaugurated the latest expansion of the city’s metro on August 30. The 14·2 km southwestern extension of Line 8A from Ramenki to Rasskazovka serves seven stations and includes a new depot at Solntsevo, accessed using a 1·1 km branch. A further extension ...
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NewsKazan metro extended
RUSSIA: President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov attended an opening ceremony for a one-station extension of the Kazan metro on August 30. The 1 km extension runs southeast from Prospekt Pobedy to a new station at Dubravnaya, which becomes the 11th station on the single-line metro. Dubravnaya is 20 m ...
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Metro Report InternationalCrossrail opening delayed
UK: The opening of the Crossrail tunnels under London has been delayed from December 2018 until ‘autumn 2019’, project promoter Crossrail Ltd announced on August 31. The Paddington – Abbey Wood section of the future Elizabeth Line will open later than scheduled because the contractors need more time to ...
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NewsStagecoach pledges Manchester electric bus investment
UK: Bus operator Stagecoach announced on August 28 that it will invest £34·6m into the procurement of a fleet of electric buses for Greater Manchester. If £21·5m can be secured from the government’s Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, 105 double-decker Enviro400 EV City battery buses would be purchased from Alexander ...
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NewsKöln light rail extension inaugurated
GERMANY: A northwestern extension of Köln light rail Line 3 opened to passengers on August 27, following an official inauguration ceremony on August 25. The 600 m extension from Ollenhauerring runs along Militärringstraße to reach a new terminus at Görlinger-Zentrum. The new stop offers level boarding. Main works ...
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NewsFirst phase of Aarhus tram-train route inaugurated
DENMARK: The first tram-train section of the Aarhus Letbane light rail network opened on August 25 with the start of operations on the 29 km southern section between Aarhus H and Odder, serving 16 stations. The railway linking Aarhus and Odder closed in 2016 for upgrading including electrification. It ...
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NewsStadler applies to build St Petersburg tram factory
RUSSIA: Stadler has applied to the St Petersburg authorities to build a tram assembly plant in the city. The Swiss company has proposed an offset contract with the municipality under which the manufacturer would pay to build the factory in return for the city guaranteeing to buy a set ...
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NewsSolaris signs Cluj-Napoca trolleybus contract
ROMANIA: Solaris Bus & Coach has signed a 115m złoty framework contract to supply up to 50 articulated trolleybuses to Cluj-Napoca. The Polish manufacturer is to supply its Trollino 18 vehicles in batches every six months. The trolleybuses will have a driveline supplied by Škoda, a 250 kW traction ...
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NewsDonetsk People’s Republic tram rolled out
UKRAINE: Head of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic Aleksandr Zakharchenko attended the rollout of a tram built at the Donetsk Electrotechnical Plant on August 21. Assembly began in March. The frame and bogies of a Tatra tram were used, and 80% of components came from the DPR, with the ...