All Light Rail articles – Page 52

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    Stadler signs Erfurt tram contract

    2018-11-01T11:33:29Z

    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 International

    Changchun adds light rail line

    2018-11-01T10:05:00Z

    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, ...

  • Trams are being considered for the Sutton Link.
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    Sutton Link tram or bus rapid transit consultation opens

    2018-10-31T12:34:20Z

    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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    Komsomolsk-na-Amure tram network formally closed

    2018-10-29T11:34:06Z

    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 International

    3D printed tram front end presented

    2018-10-26T11:27:13Z

    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 ...

  • On October 25 Sheffield Supertram inaugurated tram-train services running over Network Rail tracks to Rotherham.
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    Tram-train service to Rotherham launched

    2018-10-25T11:40:00Z

    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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    Helsinki trams run in Schöneiche

    2018-10-25T09:58:13Z

    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 ...

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    Limmattalbahn rolling stock supplier selected

    2018-10-24T12:39:52Z

    SWITZERLAND: Aargau Verkehr has selected Stadler to supply eight Tramlink light rail vehicles for the Limmattalbahn line being developed to the west of Zürich. Aargau Verkehr is ordering the vehicles under a joint procurement with Baselland Transport, which is to receive 10 for the Waldenburgerbahn line. Aargau Verkehr says ...

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    Metro Report International

    Newcastle tram testing begins

    2018-10-23T09:45:35Z

    AUSTRALIA: Powered testing started on the tram route in Newcastle on the night of October 22-23. Daytime testing is expected to commence in the coming weeks, with opening of the 2·6 km route between Wickham and Pacific Park scheduled for early 2019. The first tram arrived last month. ...

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    Metro Report International

    Astra Vagoane to supply trams to two Romanian cities

    2018-10-22T13:30:00Z

    ROMANIA: A financing agreement for the purchase of 10 trams for Oradea was signed on October 19. Sole bidder Astra Vagoane Călători Arad is to supply 10 trams under an 88·8m lei contract that includes options for 10 more. Four trams are to be delivered by October ...

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    Virtual view of Birmingham tram extension

    2018-10-16T13:43:51Z

    UK: Transport for West Midlands has published two computer-generated fly-through videos showing the West Midlands Metro tramway extension to Centenary Square in central Birmingham. The 840 m extension is currently under construction for opening towards the end of 2019. The video clips are taken from a computer simulation used ...

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    Metro Report International

    Adelaide tramway extensions open

    2018-10-16T10:12:54Z

    AUSTRALIA: Two short extensions of the Glenelg tramway in Adelaide opened on October 13. One extension runs 1 km east along North Terrace from Adelaide Railway Station to Art Gallery, University and Botanic Gardens, and operates every day. The other runs 350 m north from Rundle Mall along King William ...

  • The final design of the Škoda Transportation trams for Tampere has been unveiled (Image: WSP Finland, Idis Design and City of Tampere).
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    ‘Unpretentious, authentic and pragmatic’ Tampere tram styling revealed

    2018-10-15T10:54:00Z

    FINLAND: The appearance of the trams which Škoda Transportation is to supply for the future Tampere tramway has been finalised. In 2017 the city council announced a €104m firm order for Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech to supply 19 ForCity Smart Artic trams, with options for up to ...

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    Metro Report International

    Atlanta public transport expansion plan approved

    2018-10-11T13:54:56Z

    USA: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority board of directors has approved the ‘More MARTA Atlanta’ programme of public transport expansion. More MARTA Atlanta envisages 17 projects, including 35 km of light rail and 23 km of bus rapid transit routes. There would be a further 42 km of ...

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    Škoda presents Mannheim tram mock-up

    2018-10-09T09:32:03Z

    GERMANY: Škoda Transportation has presented a 16·5 m long mock-up of the ForCity Smart trams that it is supplying to Rhein-Neckar transport authority RNV in Mannheim. Earlier this year RNV awarded Škoda Transportation a €250m contract to supply 80 trams, with options for 34 additional vehicles. They will operate ...

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    First Caen tram delivered

    2018-10-08T13:36:25Z

    FRANCE: The first Citadis X05 tram arrived at the Fleury-sur-Orne depot in Caen on October 4, having left Alstom’s La Rochelle factory two days earlier. In November 2016 the city awarded Alstom a €52m contract to supply 23 trams for the 16·8 km three-line network which is being built ...

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    Metro Report International

    Work begins on T13 Express tram-train route in Paris

    2018-10-08T10:24:09Z

    FRANCE: Work on the T13 Express tram-train project in the western suburbs of Paris was officially launched on October 5, with the start of construction of a new depot at Versailles. The first 18·8 km phase would introduce tram-train services from the existing RER station at Saint-Cyr to Noisy-le-Roi ...

  • Tram-train services from Sheffield to Rotherham are to be launched on October 25 (Photo: Tony Miles).
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    Rotherham tram-train to launch this month

    2018-10-04T15:54:09Z

    UK: Tram-train services from Sheffield to Rotherham are to be launched on October 25, operator Stagecoach Supertram, infrastructure manager Network Rail and the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive announced on October 4. There will be three services an hour from Sheffield Cathedral to Rotherham Central station and Parkgate Retail ...

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    Izmit tram extensions approved

    2018-10-04T13:26:47Z

    TURKEY: Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu announced three extensions of the Izmit tramway on October 3. These have been approved by Izmit Municipality. The first phase of the city’s tram network opened in June 2017. The 7·4 km line runs from Otogar in the east and Sekapark in ...

  • Almaty’s transport department has invited expressions of interest in a PPP contract to develop a light rail line.
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    Interest invited in Almaty Light Rail Transit PPP

    2018-10-01T11:12:39Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: The city of Almaty’s transport department has invited expressions of interest in a public-private partnership contract to develop a light rail line for opening in the third quarter of 2022. The proposed Almaty LRT would have 37 stops on a 22·7 km 1 435 mm gauge route along one ...