All Europe articles – Page 43
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NewsRolling stock refurbished for Madrid Line 5 upgrade
SPAIN: At its central rolling stock workshops in Canillejas, Metro de Madrid is currently undertaking a €20m programme to refurbish the 42 Series 2000 trainsets operating on Line 5 as well as 12 Series 3000 trainsets that are to be deployed on this route during 2018. This forms part of ...
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NewsSolaris to supply electric buses to Kristiansand
NORWAY: Solaris has won a contract to supply five Urbino 12 electric buses to operator Boreal Norge for use on two routes in Kristiansand, the supplier announced on August 21. The buses are due to enter service on routes 10 and 13 in mid-2018. The 12 m long buses ...
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NewsElectro-diesel units ordered for Benidorm – Dénia line
SPAIN: Regional operator Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana has awarded Stadler Rail Valencia a €35·8m contract to supply six electro-diesel multiple-units for the metre gauge railway between Benidorm and Dénia. This forms a part of a €72m programme to upgrade the 50 km Benidorm – Dénia Line 9 to match ...
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Metro Report InternationalTRL to test safety technology for London buses
UK: Transport for London has appointed TRL to lead trials of new safety technology on its buses. Technologies to be tested at the Transport Research Laboratory include: autonomous emergency braking that relies on the bus detecting its surroundings; features to alert other road users of the presence of buses; ...
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Metro Report InternationalBolzano Metrobus project gets underway
ITALY: Work on the Bolzano Metrobus project has got underway, with new stops being built in Pianizza di Sotto and San Paolo d’Appiano. Work to begin building stops in Caldaro has been approved. Metrobus services will run on a partly segregated alignment between the centre of Bolzano and Caldaro ...
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NewsPK TS wins first order for its Varyag tram
RUSSIA: Sole bidder PK Transportnye Systemy is to supply three trams to St Petersburg under a 155m rouble contract signed with operator Gorelektrotrans. PK TS will supply three-section Varyag trams, designated 71-922. This model was unveiled at the SmartTransportExpo in St Petersburg last year, and a prototype underwent dynamic ...
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NewsSOR to supply electric buses to Czech operators
CZECH REPUBLIC: The 3ČSAD union of transport operators ČSAD Havířov, ČSAD Karviná and ČSAD Frýdek-Místek has ordered 12 electric buses from SOR Libchavy. ČSAD Frýdek-Místek is due to take delivery of six EBN 9.5 buses by October for service in Hranice. These will be funded by the Integrated Regional ...
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NewsSolaris wins Cluj-Napoca electric bus order
ROMANIA: Solaris Bus & Coach is to supply up to 30 electric buses to Cluj-Napoca, the company announced on August 11. Deliveries would take place over the next three years, with the base order of 10 buses due to be completed within nine months. Solaris will supply its Urbino ...
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NewsLatest electric buses presented in Kraków
POLAND: MPK Kraków unveiled 20 electric buses delivered by Solaris Bus & Coach on August 9. In October 2016 Solaris signed a contract to supply 17 Urbino 12 and three Urbino 18 articulated buses. The low-floor vehicles are air-conditioned, and equipped with a cash and card ticket machine and ...
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NewsMagnitogorsk tram leasing agreement signed
RUSSIA: Magnitogorsk city transport operator Maggortrans signed a hire purchase contract for covering the supply of 15 trams on August 9. Roscosmos subsidiary United Missile & Space Corp was the sole bidder in the tender to supply 16·4 m long unidirectional partly low-floor trams. Roscosmos owns tram manufacturer UKVZ. ...
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NewsMore Pesa trams ordered for Kraków
POLAND: Pesa has submitted the best offer to supply trams to Kraków, operator MPK Kraków announced on August 8. Pesa beat bids from Newag, Škoda and a consortium of Stadler and Solaris. Pesa put in a bid of 299·2m złoty for the base order of 35 trams. The contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalBasel tram network extended to French border
SWITZERLAND: Basel tram operator BVB opened the first phase of an extension into France on July 31. The 500 m extension of Route 3 from its previous northwestern terminus of Burgfelden Grenze to Burgfelderhof brings it to the border. Burgfelden Grenze stop closed on July 14, with buses replacing ...
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NewsYubileyny metro trainset delivered to St Petersburg
RUSSIA: The first of 27 Yubileyny trainsets ordered last year for St Petersburg metro Line 3 was delivered to the Nevskoye depot on August 7. On September 8 2016 Transmashholding subsidiary Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant announced on that it is to supply 27 six-car trainsets for 13·4bn ...
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NewsStadler rolls out first vehicles for St Petersburg fast tram route
RUSSIA: Stadler Minsk, Transportnaya Koncessionnaya Kompanya and LSR Group started acceptance testing of the first six Metelitsa trams for the fast tram route being developed in St Petersburg on August 1. The TKK consortium of Lider Group and LSR Group is developing the fast tram project in the Krasnogvardeisky ...
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Metro Report InternationalBarking Riverside extension approved
UK: The Secretary of State for Transport issued a decision letter on August 4 approving an order under the Transport & Works Act to grant Transport for London legal powers to build the 4·5 km Barking – Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line in east London. ...
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Metro Report InternationalPalermo rail project restarts
ITALY: Work on the Anello rail line in Palermo restarted on July 29 following the government allocating an additional €50m to the project in April. The project to create a circular line around the city centre is now 80% complete. This will use a former freight branch to the ...
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NewsFirst electric buses ordered for Brussels
BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB has ordered seven Urbino 8,9 LE electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. These are expected to enter service at the beginning of 2018 on the new Citybus route. The buses will be equipped with a 160 kW traction motor and a Medcom ...
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NewsKramatorsk tram network closes
UKRAINE: Trams ceased running in Kramatorsk on August 1 with the closure of the last remaining route. The city intends to buy three buses to serve the 14·6 km route, with fares kept the same. The main reason given for the closure was the high cost of fleet replacement. ...
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NewsPesa sole bidder in Częstochowa tram tender
POLAND: Pesa was the sole bidder in a tender to supply up to 15 trams to Częstochowa. Pesa bid 89·9m złoty for the base order of 10 trams, deliveries of which are due to be completed in 2020. MPK Częstochowa currently has seven 2010N trams from Pesa’s Twist family ...
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NewsCosenza tramway contract signed
ITALY: A €98m contract for the design and construction of a 9·4 km tram line in Cosenza has been signed by the Calabria regional authority and a consortium led by construction company CMC. The Metrotramvia di Cosenza would run from Piazza della Riforma to the University of Calabria campus ...