All Light Rail articles – Page 53

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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 ...

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    Škoda sole bidder to supply 22 trams to Plzeň

    2018-09-28T14:04:59Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Transportation has emerged as the sole bidder in a tender to supply 22 trams to operated in its home city of Plzeň Transport operator PMDP is likely to purchase Škoda’s ForCity Smart model. The bid came in at KC1·1bn excluding VAT.

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    Metro Report International

    Orange County Streetcar construction contract awarded

    2018-09-27T13:31:08Z

    USA: Orange County Transportation Authority has awarded Walsh Construction Co a $220·5m contract to build the OC Streetcar line. Construction of the 6·7 km route between Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove is due to begin later this year for opening in 2021. ...

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    Metro Report International

    More E-Class trams ordered for Melbourne

    2018-09-26T15:10:29Z

    AUSTRALIA: The Victoria state government announced on September 18 that it had ordered 10 more E-Class trams from Bombardier for A$83m. Bombardier is already supplying 80 low-floor trams from its Dandenong factory under previously placed orders; the 70th of these is expected to arrive in the next few weeks.

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    Consultation opens on Sheffield Supertram’s future

    2018-09-24T15:07:20Z

    UK: South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive has launched a public consultation on the future of the Sheffield Supertram network. Running from September 24 to November 5, the consultation presents three options for the future of the network after Stagecoach Supertram’s operations and maintenance concession comes up for renewal in ...

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    Messina tram in danger of closure

    2018-09-24T10:23:21Z

    ITALY: Messina Mayor Cateno De Luca announced on September 15 that the city’s tram line would close by June 2019. De Luca, in power since June, cited loss-making as the reason for closure of the line, which was inaugurated in 2003. He intends to replace the route with ...

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    Replacement Liège tram PPP concession awarded

    2018-09-24T09:06:22Z

    BELGIUM: Opérateur de Transport en Wallonie has selected the Colas-led Tram’Ardent consortium as preferred bidder for a revised concession to design, build finance and maintain the long-planned tram route in Liège, the regional transport authority announced on September 19. The consortium brings together Colas Projects, Colas Belgium, Colas Rail and ...

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    Metro Report International

    Automated tram demonstrated in Potsdam

    2018-09-18T19:23:20Z

    GERMANY: Fully-automated driving of a conventional tram was successfully demonstrated by Potsdam transport operator ViP and Siemens Mobility on September 18 with a special test run for delegates to the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin. Demonstrations are due to continue until September 21. Under the joint research and development project, ...