All Light Rail articles – Page 40

  • es-Bombardier Flexity Valencia
    Metro Report International

    Line 10 work resumes in Valencia

    2020-01-20T15:39:00Z

    SPAIN: Municipal operator FGV has resumed work to complete light rail Line 10 in Valencia. Originally known as tram line T2, work started in 2006 and was halted in 2011 on financial grounds, with around €200m having already been spent. Line 10 will eventually run from Tossal ...

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    Metro Report International

    Tram driving National Occupational Standards to be reviewed

    2020-01-20T06:00:00Z

    UK: Industry group UKTram is leading a project to review the existing Tram Driver National Occupational Standards. The tram driver standards were last updated in 2005, and the review is scheduled to be completed by June. NOS set out the skills, knowledge and understanding required to undertake ...

  • Msheireb Downtown Doha tram
    Metro Report International

    Convertible trams enter service as Msheireb Downtown Doha tramway opens

    2020-01-14T06:00:00Z

    QATAR: A 2·12 km circular tramway in the Msheireb Downtown Doha district of the capital opened at the end of December. Travel is free. Trams run every 6 min, serving nine stops and a 400 m hop-on/hop-off zone in the Wadi Msheireb area. Interchange to the ...

  • Regiotram de Occidente
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    Bogotá Regiotram de Occidente contract awarded

    2020-01-13T14:38:00Z

    COLOMBIA: A contract to design, build and operate the 39·6 km Regiotram de Occidente inter-urban commuter line linking Bogotá with its western suburbs was signed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corp on Janaury 7. The subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corp was sole bidder for the ...

  • Plzen University tram stop (Photo: PMDP)
    Metro Report International

    Plzeň expands tram network

    2020-01-08T07:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Plzeň transport authority PMDP has opened the first tramway extension in the city for almost 30 years, with the inauguration on December 16 of a 1·4 km extension of Line 4 to the Borská Pole industrial zone. Line 4 is the city’s busiest, linking Lochotín, ...

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    Metro Report International

    Phoenix included in Novokuznetsk tram order

    2020-01-08T06:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: UKVZ was the sole bidder for a 378m-rouble contract to supply the city of Novokuznetsk with seven single-section partially low-floor trams and two two-sectional fully low-floor vehicles. The shorter cars are likely be Type 71-623, while the two-section cars are expected to be the new Type ...

  • Impression of Stadler tram for Darmstadt
    Metro Report International

    First order for Stadler’s next generation of tram

    2020-01-06T13:06:00Z

    GERMANY: Stadler has won the first order for its next generation of trams, with a €62m deal to supply 14 vehicles to Darmstadt operator HEAG Mobilo. The trams will feature a driver assistance system with traffic sign recognition, a new design of bogie to optimise the use ...

  • cn-jinan-Line3-opening-casco
    Metro Report International

    Metro opening wave continues

    2020-01-03T13:41:00Z

    CHINA: December 28-30 saw the opening of metro and tram extensions in seven Chinese cities, as the country’s urban rail expansion programme continues unabated. The capital of Shandong province, Jinan, opened its 21·6 km north-south Line 3, liking Tantou and Longdong. This has 14 stations, of which ...

  • cn-chengdu-metro-line5-opening-train
    Metro Report International

    Chengdu metro and tram networks expand

    2020-01-02T12:41:00Z

    CHINA: The Chengdu urban rail network was increased by more than 100 km with the simultaneous opening on December 27 of five new metro and tram lines.

  • cn-Songjiang-tram-stop-rain-ShanghaiKeolis
    Metro Report International

    Songjiang tram network phase 1 completed

    2020-01-02T10:26:00Z

    CHINA: The final 3·9 km section of the first phase of Shanghai’s Songjiang tram network was opened for revenue service on December 30.

  • es-extra long trams for Vitoria Gasteiz-1
    Metro Report International

    Longer trams delivered to Vitoría-Gasteiz

    2019-12-20T08:00:00Z

    SPAIN: The first seven-section CAF Series 600 Urbos tram was presented at Ibaionso depot in Vitoría-Gasteiz on December 10, ahead of the start of overnight testing the following week. Three more were scheduled to be delivered from CAF’s Irún factory by the end of 2019. Three seven-section ...

  • ch-Geneve Annemasse tram extension inauguration
    Metro Report International

    Genève tram network crosses the border into France

    2019-12-19T08:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: A cross-border extension of Genève’s tram network was inaugurated on December 15. The 2·5 km extension east from Moillesulaz on the border to Annemasse-Parc Montessuit serves four stops in France and is operated as route 17. Construction started in October 2018 and cost €57m. A three-stop ...

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    Metro Report International

    Three French cities expand their tram networks

    2019-12-18T07:00:00Z

    Paris T4 was one of the lines that was extended on December 14. FRANCE: Tramway extensions were inaugurated in three cities on December 14. A 4·7 km branch of Paris route T4, northeast of the city centre, was inaugurated between Gargan and Arboretum. A further extension from ...

  • de-bonn skoda forcity smart tram impression
    Metro Report International

    Škoda wins contract to supply trams to Bonn

    2019-12-17T07:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Škoda Transportation has won a contract to supply up to 38 ForCity Smart trams to Bonn. The framework contract announced on December 16 could be worth up to KC4bn if all options are exercised. The base order includes deliveries of 26 trams from 2022 and the ...

  • Sheffield Supertram tram-train
    Metro Report International

    Sheffield tram-train fleet taken out of service for inspection

    2019-12-16T15:24:00Z

    UK: Stagecoach Supertram tram train services between Sheffield and Rotherham were suspended on December 13, after manufacturer Stadler advised the operator that the seven Citylink tram-tram vehicles needed to be taken out of service for inspection. This followed what Supertram described as a ‘tram engineering issue‘. Earlier ...

  • se-gothenburg flexity delivery
    Metro Report International

    Flexity tram delivered to Göteborg

    2019-12-16T14:59:00Z

    SWEDEN: The first of 40 trams that Bombardier Transportation is supplying to Göteborg arrived in the city on December 13 after a three-day journey from the manufacturer’s Bautzen factory. A consortium of Bombardier and Kiepe Electric is supplying 30 unidirectional and 10 bidirectional Flexity trams under a ...

  • pl-krakow stadler tram delivered
    Metro Report International

    Stadler delivers first tram to Kraków

    2019-12-16T12:05:00Z

    POLAND: On December 13 Stadler delivered the first of 50 trams that it is supplying to MPK Kraków under a framework contract signed on January 2018. The low-floor trams is 33·4 m long and 2 400 mm wide with capacity for 227 passengers including 80 seated. It ...

  • pt-porto-crrc-lrv-impression
    Metro Report International

    Metro do Porto selects CRRC to supply light rail vehicles

    2019-12-16T10:55:00Z

    PORTUGAL: Metro do Porto has selected CRRC Tangshan to supply 18 light rail vehicles, the operator announced on December 13. CRRC beat bids from Siemens Mobility and Škoda Transportation. The €49·6m order is being financed from the Ministry of Environment & Climate Action’s Environment ...

  • au-sydney light rail
    Metro Report International

    Partly catenary-free tram route opens in Sydney

    2019-12-16T10:48:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: The first phase of the CBD & South East light rail route in Sydney was inaugurated on December 14, with a weekend of free travel. The 7·3 km north-south Randwick Line, also known as L2, serves 14 stops between Circular Quay and Randwick. A second southern ...

  • nl-uithof-opening-tram-curve
    Metro Report International

    Utrecht inaugurates Uithof tram line

    2019-12-16T09:58:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Revenue services began running on Utrecht’s 8km Uithoflijn express tram route on December 16, following a formal launch on December 14 attended by Minister of Infrastructure & Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen and a day of free travel.