All Light Rail articles – Page 54

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    Škoda ForCity Classic tram enters service in Eskişehir

    2018-09-18T13:00:00Z

    TURKEY: The first of 14 trams that Škoda Transportation is supplying to Eskişehir entered revenue service on September 17. Škoda won a €26m contract in September 2016 for the supply of its ForCity Classic low-floor trams for the metre-gauge network. The unidirectional five-section trams are 30·1m long and 2 ...

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    Brno to receive tram kits

    2018-09-18T08:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Krnovské Opravny a Strojírny was the sole bidder for a framework contract to supply tram kits and assembly tools to Brno tram operator DPMB. KOS, a member of the Alliance TW Team along with Pragoimex and VKV Praha, bid KC1·1bn excluding VAT to supply bodyshells and bogies ...

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    Frankfurt to test trams for parcel delivery

    2018-09-17T14:46:49Z

    GERMANY: Frankfurt am Main transport operator VGF announced on September 17 the start of a pilot project to deliver parcels using dedicated trams. The parcel trams, some with cargo trailers, would run without passengers at quiet times on the network. The parcels will be delivered to ‘microdepots’ that are ...

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    Milano tram network reaches Rozzano

    2018-09-13T07:00:00Z

    ITALY: A southern extension of Milano tram Route 15 was inaugurated on September 8. The 1·7 km extension with five stops links Viale Romagna with Rozzano Via Guido Rossa. The municipalities of Milano and Rozzano agreed to build the extension in 2003. The €14·8m cost was met by the ...

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    Alstom to supply more trams to Lyon

    2018-09-11T10:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Alstom has signed a framework contract with Lyon transport authority Sytral for the supply of Citadis trams. The initial €40m firm order covers 11 trams to operate on Route T4. The first vehicle is due to be delivered at the end of 2019. Final assembly will take place ...

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    Škoda selected for Ostrava tram contract

    2018-09-10T10:46:45Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Tram operator DP Ostrava announced on September 7 that it had selected Škoda Transportation to supply 40 low-floor trams for KC1·9bn. Stadler, CAF and Inekon also bid, but did not comply with the terms of the tender. Deliveries of the ForCity Smart vehicles are due between September ...

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    Catenary-free tram delivered to Kaohsiung

    2018-09-07T10:33:18Z

    TAIWAN: The first test runs on the second phase of the Kaohsiung tramway are scheduled to get underway later this month, after the first tram arrived the port of Keelung from Alstom’s La Rochelle site in France on September 2. Revenue services are planned for 2019. In January 2017 China ...

  • Odesa transport operator Odesmiskelektrotrans has unveiled the first of six Odyssey-branded partially low-floor trams (Photo: Alexandra Ignatieva).
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    Odyssey tram unveiled

    2018-09-06T06:00:00Z

    UKRAINE: On September 4 Odesa transport operator Odesmiskelektrotrans unveiled the first of six Odyssey-branded partially low-floor trams which it ordered from local supplier Vagonoremontni Maisterni in June. It is the 17th in a series of trams with bodies designed by Pragoimex and produced by Polytechnoservis to be assembled locally since ...

  • The Surrey – Newton – Guildford LRT would be the first light rail line in British Columbia.
    Metro Report International

    Vancouver light rail and metro funding announced

    2018-09-05T16:16:00Z

    CANADA: Federal and provincial funding for the Surrey – Newton – Guildford Light Rail Transit and Broadway Subway projects in Vancouver was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier of British Columbia John Horgan Federal on September 4. The national government is to contribute C$1·37bn towards ...

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    Spårväg City tram link opens in Stockholm

    2018-09-04T08:43:56Z

    SWEDEN: A short but significant extension of Stockholm tram Route 7 was opened for revenue service at 11.30 on September 3. Adding 560 m of double track and one stop, the extension from Sergels Torg to T-Centralen provides interchange to the city’s three metro routes and the cross-city suburban railway, ...

  • The second tram line in the city of Suzhou opened on August 31.
    Metro Report International

    Second tram line opens in Suzhou

    2018-09-04T05:00:00Z

    CHINA: The second tram line in the city of Suzhou opened on August 31, having been under construction since December 2014. The 17·2 km Line 2 starts at Longkang Road where there is an interchange with Line 1, and then runs via Hogfu Road to Suzhou New District Railway ...

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    New York seeks funding to build Brooklyn light rail

    2018-09-03T15:34:13Z

    USA: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio has confirmed the city’s intention to develop a modern light rail route serving districts of Brooklyn and Queens which are poorly served by the Subway network. Issuing a statement on August 30, De Blasio said that an environmental impact study would begin ...

  • A link enabling through running between the Gmunden tramway and the Traunseebahn local railway opened on September 1 (Photo: StadtRegioTram/Wolfgang Spitzbart).
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    Metre-gauge lines in Gmunden connected at last

    2018-09-03T15:28:20Z

    AUSTRIA: A link enabling through running between the Gmunden tramway and the Traunseebahn local railway opened on September 1, with the inauguration celebrations being followed by two weeks of free travel. Services run from Gmunden station to the town centre every 15 min, continuing over the railway to Vorchdorf every ...

  • A tram route serving the northwest suburbs of Brussels was inaugurated by King Philippe on September 1.
    Metro Report International

    Brussels tram extension inaugurated

    2018-09-03T10:19:30Z

    BELGIUM: A new tram route serving the northwest suburbs of Brussels was formally inaugurated by King Philippe on September 1. Having taken a short ride on the line, he participated in ceremonies at Place Reine Astrid, which has been remodelled as part of the project. Revenue services began the following ...

  • A tram equipped for autonomous operation is to be demonstrated by Siemens Mobility and Potsdam transport operator ViP during InnoTrans 2018.
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    Autonomous tram to be demonstrated during InnoTrans

    2018-09-03T09:38:49Z

    GERMANY: A Combino tram equipped for experimental autonomous operation is to be demonstrated by Siemens Mobility and Potsdam transport operator ViP during InnoTrans 2018. The Combino tram will undertake autonomously-driven demonstration runs in real traffic on 6 km of the network in Potsdam, southwest of Berlin, from September 18 to ...

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    Abu Dhabi metro project moves forward

    2018-08-28T13:29:00Z

    UAE: The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport has invited bids for consultancy services for the emirate’s metro and light rail projects. Companies registered with the Department of Economic Development are invited to tender, with applications due by September 13. According to the surface transport master plan for ...

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    Köln light rail extension inaugurated

    2018-08-28T11:05:41Z

    GERMANY: A northwestern extension of Köln light rail Line 3 opened to passengers on August 27, following an official inauguration ceremony on August 25. The 600 m extension from Ollenhauerring runs along Militärringstraße to reach a new terminus at Görlinger-Zentrum. The new stop offers level boarding. Main works ...

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    First phase of Aarhus tram-train route inaugurated

    2018-08-28T10:36:18Z

    DENMARK: The first tram-train section of the Aarhus Letbane light rail network opened on August 25 with the start of operations on the 29 km southern section between Aarhus H and Odder, serving 16 stations. The railway linking Aarhus and Odder closed in 2016 for upgrading including electrification. It ...

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    Metro Report International

    Shanghai tram operations contract awarded

    2018-08-28T09:27:56Z

    CHINA: Songjiang Tramway has awarded Shanghai Keolis a five-year contract to operate and maintain the tram network in the Songjiang district of southwestern Shanghai. The joint venture of Shanghai Shentong Metro Group (51%) and Keolis (49%) is to operate the two-line network, which is due to open in two ...

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    Stadler applies to build St Petersburg tram factory

    2018-08-27T07:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Stadler has applied to the St Petersburg authorities to build a tram assembly plant in the city. The Swiss company has proposed an offset contract with the municipality under which the manufacturer would pay to build the factory in return for the city guaranteeing to buy a set ...