POLAND: City transport operator ZKM Gdansk opened a 3 km tram extension on May 11, having begun test running on April 26.
The extension from Sikorskiego to Lostowice Swietokrzyska adds six stops serving densely populated areas. Local bus routes have been revised to become feeders to the tram services.
Planning is underway for the Tramwaj na Morene project, a 4 km Y-shaped line from Siedlce to Piecki and Migowo. Opening is proposed for 2014, subject to funding being allocated.
POLAND: The project to introduce a local service between Gdansk, Gdansk Airport and Gdynia has received additional funding from the EU's Operational Programme Infrastructure & Environment, meaning the EU will meet 612m zloty of the 914m zloty cost of the works. The project involves a mix of reopenings and new ...
USA: Automatic train operation has resumed on the Washington DC metro after a 15 year gap. ATO was installed when the metro opened in 1976, but it was turned off following a fatal collision in June 2009. This was caused by a track circuit failure that ...
USA: New York MTA has approved a $1·27bn firm order for a further 435 Kawasaki Rail Car R211 Subway cars, including 80 R211T cars with open gangways. This takes the total number of R211 cars ordered under the 2018 framework agreement to 1 610, of which ...
