All Light Rail articles – Page 50

  • Account-based ticketing will be introduced on MTS buses and light rail.
    Metro Report International

    San Diego adopts account-based fare collection

    2019-01-22T15:45:00Z

    USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System has awarded a contract to Init for the supply of an account-based fare collection system, with an option to operate and maintain it. Due to be rolled out in 2021, the system will use Init’s MOBILEvario back-office software. Init will supply 100 cash ...

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    Revised Colombo light rail plan approved

    2019-01-22T14:48:02Z

    SRI LANKA: The government has approved a revised plan for a light rail line to be built in Colombo, and plans to sign a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency. The 17 km line with 16 stops would link Colombo Fort Multimodal Transport Hub with Malabe. Work is ...

  • Transport for London has awarded Engineering Support Group Ltd a contract to supply a Physical Prevention of Over-Speeding automatic braking system for the Croydon tram network.
    Metro Report International

    UK tram operators study automatic braking systems

    2019-01-15T12:26:59Z

    UK: British tramway operators have told Metro Report International they are taking a close interest in Transport for London’s deployment of an automatic tram braking system, and are working through light rail industry body UK Tram to assess whether similar technology would be suitable for use on the country’s other ...

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    Metro Report International

    Shenyang tram network expands

    2019-01-11T11:26:28Z

    CHINA: Trams in Shenyang started serving Shenyang South railway station on January 5 with the opening of two short extensions to the network. The 800 m extension serving the railway station is used by services on two new routes. Route 4 runs to Century Building via University Science City. ...

  • The Greater Manchester transport delivery plan features 65 schemes to be delivered within five years and a range of longer-term investment proposals.
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    Three tram-train trials in Manchester investment plan

    2019-01-07T15:41:34Z

    UK: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham introduced the city region’s revised long-term spatial strategy on January 7, which includes a transport investment vision running to 2040. The transport vision sets out how Greater Manchester’s wider economic objectives can be met through targeted infrastructure investment. It includes a Draft ...

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    Metro Report International

    CRRC delivers LRVs to Hong Kong

    2019-01-04T14:00:00Z

    CHINA: The first two of 40 light rail vehicles that CRRC Nanjing Puzhen is supplying to MRT Corp arrived at the Tuen Mun depot in Hong Kong on December 28. CRRC is supplying the LRVs under a HK$745m order placed in 2016. In addition to replacing the 30 Phase ...

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    Metro Report International

    First CAF LRV in service on Boston Green Line

    2019-01-03T15:03:10Z

    USA: The first of 24 light rail vehicles that CAF is supplying to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Boston Green Line entered regular passenger service on December 21. The 70% low-floor LRVs, designated Type 9 by MBTA, were ordered under a $118m contract signed in 2014. CAF has produced the ...

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    Metro Report International

    CAF to supply catenary-free trams to Parramatta

    2019-01-03T10:03:16Z

    AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales has awarded contracts for the construction and operation of Stage 1 of the Parramatta light rail project. A joint venture of Downer and CPB Contractors has been awarded the A$840m civil works contract, while the A$536m fit-out and operations contract has been signed ...

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    Metro Report International

    Chengdu tramway in service

    2019-01-02T16:31:00Z

    CHINA: The initial section of the Chengdu tram network opened on December 26. The 13·6 km Line T2 between Chenguang and Hexin Road is the first phase of a planned 39·3 km Y-shaped network in the northwest of the city that would provide interchange with metro Line ...

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    Green Mountain tram line opens in Taipei

    2019-01-02T15:52:19Z

    TAIWAN: The Green Mountain tram line in the Tamsui District of New Taipei City opened on December 23, with a month of free travel. The 7·4 km route runs north from Hongshulin station on the Tamsui metro line to Kanding, where the depot is located. Services operate every 15 ...

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    Metro Report International

    Songjiang tramway opens in Shanghai

    2019-01-02T15:00:44Z

    CHINA: The first section of the Songjiang tram network in Shanghai opened on December 26. The 13·9 km route serving 20 stops connects Zhongchen Road in the east with Canghua Road in the west via Songjiang University Town, where interchange is provided with metro Line 9. Services operate ...

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    Next phase of St Petersburg fast tram route opens

    2018-12-17T15:51:22Z

    RUSSIA: The next phase of the Chizhik fast tram route in St Petersburg was inaugurated by Interim Governor Aleksander Beglov on December 11. Regular services began four days later. Fast tram services now run on an upgraded 1·6 km of Route 64 north from Khasanskaya Ulitsa to Irinovsky Prospekt, ...

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    More LRVs ordered for Karlsruhe tram-train services

    2018-12-17T10:24:16Z

    GERMANY: Karlsruhe tram-train operator AVG has ordered a further 20 dual-system Flexity light rail vehicles from Bombardier Transportation, the supplier announced on December 17. Vehicles from the €87m order are due to be delivered between May 2020 and March 2021. The 37 m long LRVs have capacity for 244 ...

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    Astra sole bidder in Galaţi tram tender

    2018-12-17T10:19:30Z

    ROMANIA: Astra Vagoane Călători has emerged as the sole bidder for a contract to supply eight low-floor trams to Galaţi with options for 10 more. Astra put in a bid of 119·7m lei for all 18 trams, and the option would be exercised if the municipality receives sufficient EU ...

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    Nice Airport tram link inaugurated

    2018-12-17T09:52:39Z

    FRANCE: Trams began serving Nice Côte d’Azur Airport on December 15 with the inauguration of an extension of Line 2. The 1·7 km branch running south from Pôle Intermodal has two stops, serving both airport terminals. The initial 7 km section of Line 2 between Magnan and Cadam ...

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    Metro Report International

    Oklahoma City Streetcar inaugurated

    2018-12-14T16:45:20Z

    USA: The Oklahoma City Streetcar was inaugurated on December 14 at a ceremony in Leadership Square attended by officials including Mayor David Holt. Travel is free until January 5. ‘Our streetcar will be an important economic development tool for our entire city, accommodating visitors and residents alike’, said Holt. ...

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    Alstom delivers Avignon’s first Citadis Compact tram

    2018-12-14T09:57:38Z

    FRANCE: Alstom delivered the first of 14 trams that it is supplying to Avignon on November 29. The journey from Alstom’s La Rochelle factory took three days. The three-section Citadis X05 Compact is 24 m long and 2 400 mm wide with capacity for 140 passengers. The tram is ...

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    Metro Report International

    Hudson-Bergen light rail extension progresses

    2018-12-13T11:32:24Z

    USA: New Jersey transport agency NJ Transit has awarded a design and preliminary engineering contract worth $160·2m to WSP USA to develop the Route 440 extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail network. The 1·1 km extension would take the existing Jersey City branch of HBLR from West Side Avenue ...

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    Flexity tram enters passenger service in Wien

    2018-12-10T11:45:02Z

    AUSTRIA: The first Flexity Wien tram entered revenue service on December 6 on Route 67. Bombardier Transportation is delivering 119 trams from its factory in the city until 2025 under a €431m contract signed in 2015 that includes 24 years of maintenance support under the manufacturer’s FlexCare programme. There ...

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    Second tram line opens in Ulm

    2018-12-10T11:08:12Z

    GERMANY: The second tram line in Ulm was officially inaugurated on December 8 with a day of free travel. Line 2 links Science City in the northwest to Kuhberg in the southwest via a section that is shared with Line 1 between Theater and Ehinger Tor. A total of ...