All Light Rail articles – Page 52
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NewsStadler becomes sole owner of Solaris Tram
POLAND: Stadler has become the sole owner of Solaris Tram after buying 40% of the joint venture from CAF, the Swiss company announced on November 19. Solaris Tram came into being on April 1 2017 as a joint venture of Solaris Bus & Coach and Stadler. The following year ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Louis opens heritage-style tram line
USA: The southeastern part of the Delmar Loop Trolley heritage-style tramway in St Louis was inaugurated on November 16. The opening was delayed by a day because of heavy snowfall. The 2 km route runs from Missouri History Museum/Forest Park to Delmar Loop, serving six stops. The western 1·5 ...
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NewsYekaterinburg selects tram supplier
RUSSIA: Yekaterinburg municipality announced on November 16 that it had selected Fobos-TS as preferred bidder for a 77m rouble contract to supply four partly low-floor single-section trams. Fobos-TS acts as the trading company of Uraltransmash, and it is likely that the trams supplied will be UTM’s 36% low-floor Type ...
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Metro Report InternationalSystra awarded Québec City tramway contract
CANADA: The City of Québec and transport authority RTC have awarded Systra Canada a seven-year C$12·5m contract to undertake engineering design for a proposed tram line. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada is to provide legal services under a separate five-year contract worth C$375 000. The 23 km route would ...
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Metro Report InternationalMinneapolis Southwest LRT civils contract awarded
USA: The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council awarded the civil works contract for the Southwest LRT light rail line on November 15 to a joint venture of Lunda and C.S. McCrossan. Bids were invited last year, and the joint venture beat one other bidder with its offer of $799·5m. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalEl Paso Streetcar inaugurated
USA: The El Paso Streetcar opened to passengers on November 9 with a weekend of free travel. The 7·7 km route is arranged in a single-track figure of eight serving 27 stops. The Uptown Loop service runs around both loops in one direction, whereas the Downtown Loop service only ...
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NewsBrescia tram funding proposal presented
ITALY: Transport authority Brescia Mobilità and state railway FS Group submitted a PPP project finance proposal to Brescia municipality for a two-line tram network on October 31. The total cost is estimated to be €400m, most of it from private sources. Brescia Municipality is expected to evaluate the proposal ...
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NewsKončar selected for Liepaja tram contract
LATVIA: Liepaja tram operator Liepājas Tramvajs has selected Končar to supply six meter-gauge trams. Končar’s €8·8m bid was lower than that of Modertrans. Railvec UAB had also bid with an offer of trams made by Belkommunmash, but was disqualified. The contract is expected to be signed after a ...
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Metro Report InternationalMilwaukee welcomes The Hop
USA: The first phase of The Hop tram network in Milwaukee was inaugurated on November 2. Travel on the 3·4 route-km route linking Burns Commons and Clybourne Street is free for a year as part of a sponsorship deal with Potawatomi Hotel & Casino. Kiewit Infrastructure acted as ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier tests Eglinton Crosstown LRV
CANADA: Bombardier Transportation has presented the first Flexity light rail vehicle for the Eglinton Crosstown line in Toronto. Testing is taking place at Bombardier’s Kingston facility. Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area transport authority Metrolinx ordered 182 LRVs from Bombardier in 2010 for routes including Eglinton Crosstown. Metrolinx later ...
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Metro Report InternationalGold Coast LRT Stage 3A funding pledged
AUSTRALIA: The federal government has agreed to contribute A$112m towards the next phase of the Gold Coast light rail project in South East Queensland, Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure & Population Alan Tudge announced on November 5. Provisionally costed at A$670m, the 6·4 km Stage 3A extension from Broadbeach South ...
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Metro Report InternationalLionet tram on test in Perm
RUSSIA: A PK Transportnye Systemy Lionet tram has started a period of passenger-carrying tests on a part of Route 11 in Perm. The single-section Lionet was displayed at the InnoTrans 2018 trade fair in Berlin during September. The municipality plans to renew its fleet by 2023, and the ...
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Metro Report InternationalGraz selects ZF condition monitoring system
AUSTRIA: Following a successful pilot project, municipal transport operator Graz Linien has decided to equip its tram network with track and wheel condition monitoring and digital fleet management technology from ZF. Sensors on the trams will provide early warning of potential track defects, while the ZF Smart Typeplate will enable ...
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NewsStadler signs Erfurt tram contract
GERMANY: Erfurt transport authority EVAG signed a contract with Stadler on October 29 for the supply of 14 trams. Stadler is to supply a 42 m long metre-gauge version of its Tramlink vehicle, which will have capacity for 248 passengers including 102 seated. The air-conditioned vehicles will have five ...
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Metro Report InternationalChangchun adds light rail line
CHINA: The third line of Changchun’s light rail network opened on October 30. Line 8 runs north from the northern terminus of metro Line 1 at North Ring Road to Guangtong Road. Services on the elevated 13·3 km route with 12 stops run every 10 min from 06.00 to 21.00, ...
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NewsSutton Link tram or bus rapid transit consultation opens
UK: Transport for London has began public consultation on the Sutton Link proposal for a tram or ‘zero emission’ bus rapid transport route linking the borough of Merton with Sutton town centre in south London. This is intended to make journeys by public transport quicker and more attractive, reduce the ...
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NewsKomsomolsk-na-Amure tram network formally closed
RUSSIA: Komsomolsk-na-Amure Mayor Andrei Klimov issued an order on October 26 to close the municipal tram operator. Services on the 11 km three-route network had been suspended since September 30, officially because of the poor condition of the branch serving the depot. This followed the closure in May 2018 ...
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Metro Report International3D printed tram front end presented
SPAIN: CAF subsidiary RL Components presented a tram front-end produced using additive manufacturing on October 24. The front-end fitted to an Urbos tram at Tranvía de Zaragoza’s depot was developed in partnership with CAF Digital & Design Solutions. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, enables the design ...
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NewsTram-train service to Rotherham launched
UK: Passengers aboard the 10.35 departure from Rotherham Parkgate on October 25 made history as they rode the first tram-train in revenue service in the UK. Opening of the Sheffield – Rotherham tram-train route marks the culmination of a pilot programme more than a decade in the ...
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NewsHelsinki trams run in Schöneiche
GERMANY: Škoda Transtech and Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Strassenbahn finalised a deal to transfer two pre-series ForCity Smart Artic trams from Helsinki on October 25. The sale takes place after two months of testing on the metre-gauge line near Berlin with the support of Helsinki transport operator HKL and Voith Digital Solutions ...