All Europe articles – Page 28
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NewsLondon trams to become cashless
UK: Trams in London will become cashless from next month, Transport for London announced on June 4. Ticket machines are to be removed from all tram stops on July 16, leaving contactless payment, Oyster cards, Travelcards or bus & tram passes as the only ways to pay for tram travel. ...
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NewsBasel to test electric bus
SWITZERLAND: Basel bus operator BVB is to test a VDL Citea SLFA-181 Electric bus on all its bus routes later this year. The pilot project is intended to give BVB experience of electric bus operation. The low-floor articulated bus will be 18·1 m long. Its 248 kWh battery pack ...
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NewsNovocherkassk signs new tram contract
RUSSIA: Trading company Fobos-TS has won a 78m rouble contract to supply four trams to Novocherkassk. Deliveries are due by the end of September. The vehicles are likely to be made by Uraltransmash. Earlier this month Fobos-TS signed a contract to supply 20 UTM trams to Kazan. Novocherkassk ...
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NewsDenmark – Sweden cross-border metro project moves forward
EUROPE: København Mayor Frank Jensen and Malmö Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh announced the formation of a partnership to promote the cross-border Øresundsmetro project at the Fehmarnbelt Days 2018 conference in Malmö on May 28. The Øresundsmetro Executive partnership will be chaired by former Danish Labour Minister Jørn Neergaard Larsen. ...
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NewsSt Petersburg metro Line 3 extended
RUSSIA: A northwestern extension of St Petersburg metro Line 3 was inaugurated on May 26. The 5 km underground extension from Primorskaya to Begovaya includes an intermediate station at Novokrestovskaya on Krestovsky Island. This station serves Saint-Petersburg Stadium, which will be one of the venues of the 2018 FIFA ...
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NewsReform of Swiss public transport takes shape
SWITZERLAND: Plans are being drawn up for a reorganisation of the way regional public transport services are procured in a bid to ensure that they remain efficient and sustainable in the long term. Proposals for reform were discussed at a meeting in early May between the Federal Office for Transport ...
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NewsSolaris wins Hamburg electric bus order
GERMANY: Solaris is to supply 10 electric buses to Hamburg public transport operator Hochbahn, the company announced on May 24. Two of the Urbino 12 vehicles are due to be delivered later this year, with the remaining eight to come in September 2019. The buses will have capacity ...
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NewsVDL wins Umeå electric bus contract
SWEDEN: VDL Bus & Coach is to supply 25 articulated electric buses to Umeå municipality, the manufacturer announced on May 23. The Citeas SLFA-180 buses are expected to enter service in June 2019 on routes 1 and 8, operated by Transdev Sverige. The buses will be fitted with 48 ...
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Metro Report InternationalContactless ticketing tests begin on Milano metro
ITALY: Milano transport operator ATM started testing account-based contactless bank card ticketing at a metro station on May 14, making it the first such application in Italy. SIA has supplied the technology, which has been installed at Loreto station on Line M1; Ingenico has supplied the card reader. Contactless ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolisAmey to develop South Wales Metro
UK: The ‘Core Valleys’ rail network radiating from Cardiff will be ‘developed’ by KeolisAmey under the South Wales Metro programme, after the company was named as preferred bidder to ‘operate and develop the Wales & Borders rail service’ on May 23. Bidders were asked to submit proposals to provide ...
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NewsSKM Warszawa signs Pesa Elf2 order
POLAND: Suburban rail operator SKM Warszawa signed a contract with Pesa on May 21 for the supply of up to 21 Elf2 electric multiple-units. Deliveries of the base order of eight five-car and five four-car trainsets are due to be completed within two years. The contract is worth 310·5m ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon tram enhancements included in Growth Fund
UK: Transport for London is to finance around one-third of the cost of double-tracking the Elmers End branch of the tram network, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on May 21. TfL is to provide £3·3m from its Growth Fund towards the estimated £9m estimated project cost. In addition ...
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Metro Report InternationalTeleste to equip Merseyrail EMUs with data transmission platform
UK: Stadler has selected Teleste to supply a data transmission platform for the electric multiple-units that it is building for the Merseyrail network around Liverpool. Teleste will supply an Ethernet network that will support remote content management and distribution for the passenger infotainment system, in addition to passenger counting ...
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NewsKazan orders more Uraltransmash trams
RUSSIA: Kazan transport agency Metroelectrotrans has signed contract with trading company Fobos-TS for the supply of 20 Uraltransmash 71-407 trams. Deliveries are due to be completed by the end of August. The 340m rouble order includes a 160m rouble contribution from the government’s programme of federal funding to stimulate ...
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NewsHeathrow Connect out as TfL Rail comes in
UK: MTR Crossrail started operating stopping services between Paddington and Heathrow Airport under the TfL Rail brand on May 20. These are due to become part of the Elizabeth Line in December. TfL has taken over services to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 and Terminal 4 from Great Western ...
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Metro Report InternationalRebuilt Kirkdale depot to maintain Merseyrail fleet
UK: Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram buried a time capsule on May 16 to mark the ongoing construction of new depot facilities on an existing site at Kirkdale, where Stadler is to maintain the 52 electric multiple-units which it is to supply for ...
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NewsDurmazlar to supply trams to Olsztyn
POLAND: Sole bidder Durmazlar has been selected to supply up to 24 trams to Olsztyn, the city announced on May 16. The base order covers 12 trams for 107·9m złoty. This would rise to 206·2m złoty if all options were to be exercised. The first two trams are ...
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NewsLisboa metro funding approved
PORTUGAL: The government has approved a €210m investment with the aim of increasing frequencies on the Lisboa metro. Tenders are due to be launched in July for the supply of 14 three-car trainsets within a budget of €110m. The remaining €100m would be put towards the modernisation ...
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NewsRoma metro Line C extended
ITALY: Roma metro Line C was connected to the rest of the city’s metro network on May 12 with the opening of a one-station extension from Lodi to San Giovanni, where interchange is provided with Line A. The first phase of Line C between Monte Compatri-Pantano and Parco di ...
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NewsSheffield tram-train runs onto Network Rail infrastructure
UK: One of Stagecoach Supertram’s Vossloh Class 399 Tramlink tram-train vehicles operated on the national railway network for the first time during the early hours of May 10. Running under a possession, the tram left the Sheffield light network and ran over Network Rail infrastructure as far as the Magna ...