All Light Rail articles – Page 46

  • Lansingerland-Zoetermeer station.
    Metro Report International

    Dutch transport interchange inaugurated

    2019-05-21T07:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: The Lansingerland-Zoetermeer interchange which brings together RandstadRail light rail, NS rail and bus services, a park-and-ride site and cycling facilities at a site to the east of Den Haag and north of Rotterdam has been officially inaugurated by State Secretary for Infrastructure & Water Management Stientje Van Veldhoven and ...

  • The extension includes the second roundabout in the USA to be incorporated into a light rail system.
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    Mesa extension includes USA’s second light rail roundabout intersection

    2019-05-20T11:08:28Z

    USA: Celebrations on May 18 marked the opening of the 3·0 km Gilbert Road extension of the Valley Metro in Mesa, Arizona. This takes the Phoenix area light rail network to 45 km and 38 stops. The extension runs along Main Street from Mesa Drive to Gilbert Road, and includes ...

  • The Southeast Rail Extension of the Denver light rail network from Lincoln Station to RidgeGate Parkway has opened.
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    Denver LRT extension to RidgeGate Parkway opens

    2019-05-20T10:58:00Z

    USA: The Southeast Rail Extension of the Denver light rail network from Lincoln Station to RidgeGate Parkway was opened with a ceremony on May 17. There were celebrations and free travel the following day, before the start of the new timetable on May 19. The 3·7 km extension is shared ...

  • Sheriff of Nottingham Catharine Arnold has unveiled the first of Nottingham Express Transit’s 15 Bombardier Incentro trams to be refurbished in a £3·5m project.
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    Sheriff of Nottingham unveils refurbished tram

    2019-05-16T10:51:16Z

    UK: Sheriff of Nottingham Catharine Arnold has unveiled the first of Nottingham Express Transit’s 15 Bombardier Incentro trams to be refurbished in a £3·5m project. The work is being undertaken by Alstom at NET’s depot, minimising disruption by avoiding the need to move the vehicles elsewhere. The scope ...

  • Amsterdam city transport operator GVB has called tenders for the supply of a collision warning system for its Combino trams.
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    Amsterdam trams to be fitted with collision warning system

    2019-05-15T13:26:48Z

    NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam city transport operator GVB has called tenders for the supply of a collision warning system for its fleet of 155 Siemens Combino trams, saying this would assist tram drivers, help improve road safety in the increasingly busy city and reduce damage to its vehicles. GVB envisages that cameras ...

  • FS owns a stake in Milano metro Line 5 concessionaire Metro 5 SpA.
    Metro Report International

    Urban mobility a feature of FS Group’s investment plan

    2019-05-14T12:57:24Z

    ITALY: State railway holding FS Group Chief Executive Gianfranco Battisti unveiled an ‘unprecedented’ spending programme on May 10, with €58bn to be invested across various modes in 2019-23. A total of €28bn is to be spent on rail infrastructure and €14bn on the strategic road network through FS Group’s ...

  • The Ring 3 light rail line is scheduled to open in 2025.
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    IVU wins København light rail contract

    2019-05-14T09:44:45Z

    DENMARK: IVU Traffic Technologies is to supply its IVU.suite fleet management system for the Ring 3 light rail line in København, which is due to open in 2025. The 29 Avenio trams that Siemens is supplying for the project will be fitted with an IVU.box.touch on-board computer running IVU.cockpit ...

  • Photo: Benjámin Zelki
    Metro Report International

    Fast tram plan for Minsk

    2019-05-14T08:52:00Z

    BELARUS: A feasibility study is to be carried out for a 9·4 km fast tram route in Minsk after the city authorities approved the plan. The route would run from the existing tram terminus at Ploshcha Myasnikova in the city centre to the Sukharevo district in the ...

  • The Mendoza light rail line uses ex-San Diego vehicles.
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    Mendoza light rail line extended

    2019-05-13T13:51:53Z

    ARGENTINA: Governor Alfredo Cornejo inaugurated the first extension of Mendoza’s light rail line on May 6. The 5·4 km northern extension from the city’s former railway station to Avellaneda in Las Heras district adds nine stops. Services operate every 10 min, and three additional vehicles have been added to ...

  • Photo: Vladimir Waldin
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    PK TS wins further St Petersburg tram order

    2019-05-09T10:04:37Z

    RUSSIA: St Petersburg tram operator Gorelektrotrans announced on May 6 that PK TS was the sole bidder for a 2bn rouble contract to supply 21 three-section trams. It is thought that other producers did not bid owing to the tight delivery schedule: tenders were called on April 15 and ...

  • China Railway Signal & Communications Group is supplying 17 trams to operate on the first tram line in Tianshui.
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    Tianshui tram rolled out

    2019-05-07T10:08:21Z

    CHINA: China Railway Signal & Communications Group has rolled out at its Changsha factory the first of 17 trams that it is supplying to operate the initial tram route being developed in Tianshui. The five-section Pioneer tram has a capacity of 370 passengers including 58 seated. The 100% low-floor ...

  • Mikroelektronika has supplied the onboard ticket vending machines.
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    Praha introduces on-board tram ticket vending machines

    2019-05-06T07:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: On-board ticket sales were introduced across the Praha tram fleet on April 26, following several months of trials on selected trams. A ticket vending machine has been fitted to each tram, with the Škoda Transportation 14T trams each having two TVMs. Passengers can purchase full-priced and concessionary ...

  • Alstom is supplying a fleet of Citadis Compact trams to Avignon.
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    Avignon tramway on test

    2019-05-02T08:54:29Z

    FRANCE: Test running has started on the Avignon tramway, ahead of planned opening to passengers in October. The 5·4 km route from Porte Saint-Roche in the city centre to Saint-Chamand in the southeast will serve 10 stops, offering an end-to-end journey time of 15 min. Civil works were ...

  • Metro do Porto is to order 18 light rail vehicles to augment its current fleet of 102.
    Metro Report International

    CRRC, Siemens and Škoda bid for Porto LRV contract

    2019-05-01T10:38:09Z

    PORTUGAL: Metro do Porto has received three bids for a contract to supply 18 light rail vehicles, the authority announced on April 30. Metro do Porto called tenders in December for the contract with an estimated value of €56·1m, including five years of maintenance. Bids have been received from ...

  • Newcastle tram opening
    Metro Report International

    A new approach for Newcastle

    The opening of the city centre tram line is the latest change to public transport in the Australian city of Newcastle, says Keolis International CEO Bernard Tabary.

  • A groundbreaking ceremony on April 29 marked the start of work on an extension of Karlsruhe tram Route 2 to Knielingen Nord.
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    Work begins on Karlsruhe tram extension

    2019-05-01T07:00:00Z

    GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Egon-Eiermann-Allee stop marked the start of work on a tram extension in Karlsruhe on April 29. The 1·5 km extension of Route 2 running north from the current Lassallestraße terminus would serve the Knielingen 2.0 residential district. It would ...

  • The first phase of the Aarhus Letbane light rail network was completed with the entry into service of the last sections on April 30.
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    Aarhus Letbane Phase 1 completed

    2019-04-30T14:33:43Z

    DENMARK: The first phase of the Aarhus Letbane light rail network was completed with the entry into service of the last sections on April 30. The 69 km single-track railway between Aarhus H and Grenna to the northeast has reopened as a light rail line having been closed since ...

  • King Philippe has unveiled a mock-up of the next-generation Bombardier Flexity tram for Brussels.
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    King unveils Brussels tram mock-up

    2019-04-30T13:48:00Z

    BELGIUM: On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of trams in Brussels, King Philippe unveiled a mock-up of the next-generation Flexity tram on April 30. City transport operator STIB signed a €480m framework contract with Bombardier Transportation in April 2018, covering the supply of up to 175 trams. The base ...

  • Transtech is supplying 19 ForCity Smart Artic trams for the Tampere project.
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    VR Group to operate Tampere tramway

    2019-04-29T08:27:00Z

    FINLAND: Tampere’s Municipal Public Transport Committee has selected national railway VR Group to operate the tramway being developed in the city. Six parties prequalified for the contract: VR Group, Stockholms Spårvägar, Länsilinjat, Väinö Paunu, Go-Ahead Finland, and a consortium of Transtech and Keolis; Go-Ahead Finland subsequently withdrew ...

  • Pesa is to supply 15 more Jazz Duo trams to Gdańsk.
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    Gdańsk tram purchase to be funded from late delivery fines

    2019-04-26T10:00:27Z

    POLAND: Gdańsk tram operator GAiT is purchasing 15 more Jazz Duo trams from Pesa, the city authorities announced on April 25. The order forms an option on a contract signed in February 2018. Due to arrive by the end of 2020, the trams from the option will be partly ...