All Light Rail articles – Page 55

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    Metro Report International

    KC Streetcar sets ridership record

    2018-08-24T14:21:53Z

    USA: The KC Streetcar recorded its highest monthly ridership to date in July, when 262 593 passenger-journeys were taken. Ridership is higher on Saturdays than on weekdays, with the respective figures averaging 14 085 and 7 909 in July. The average ridership on Sundays was 6 453. The highest ...

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    Donetsk People’s Republic tram rolled out

    2018-08-22T11:00:25Z

    UKRAINE: Head of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic Aleksandr Zakharchenko attended the rollout of a tram built at the Donetsk Electrotechnical Plant on August 21. Assembly began in March. The frame and bogies of a Tatra tram were used, and 80% of components came from the DPR, with the ...

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    Frankfurt light rail vehicles to be lengthened

    2018-08-21T09:01:15Z

    GERMANY: Bombardier is to supply 22 light rail vehicle centre sections for Frankfurt am Main transport operator VGF. The 25 m long modules will be used to lengthen VGF’s U5-50 LRVs to 75 m or 100 m. Bombardier supplied the fleet of high-floor U5 vehicles. The centre sections will ...

  • Photo: Benjámin Zelki
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    Next Firenze tram route to open in November

    2018-08-17T10:00:00Z

    ITALY: Opening of Firenze tram line T2 is now expected in November, after the President of the design-build-operate concessionaire confirmed that work would not be completed at the end of August as planned. Tram di Firenze President Fabrizio Bartaloni confirmed that work is expected to be completed ...

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    Metro Report International

    Italian urban transport funding allocated

    2018-08-16T14:20:58Z

    ITALY: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport has allocated a total of €1·4bn to urban transport projects throughout the country. Roma is the largest recipient, with a total of €425·5m. The larger part of this, €291·1m, would be spent on upgrading metro lines A and B, including the power ...

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    First Stadler Tango tram enters service in Ostrava

    2018-08-14T08:51:05Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of 30 trams that Stadler is supplying to Ostrava entered revenue service on Route 4 on August 13. The Tango NF2 nOVA arrived in Ostrava from Stadler’s Siedlce factory in Poland on April 23, and has undergone two months of test running on the city’s ...

  • The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail network serves the important multimodal hub at Hoboken, where PATH metro services and ferries provide connections across the Hudson River to Manhattan.
    Metro Report International

    Light rail extensions supported in NJ Transit budget

    2018-08-10T13:32:46Z

    USA: On August 8 New Jersey Transit announced that it would be spending $3·8bn in the 2019 financial year as the operator seeks to address an urgent shortfall in investment. The budget allocates $2·3bn for ongoing operations and $1·5bn for capital spending. As well as operating a large main ...

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    Metro Report International

    Edinburgh seeks tram driver vigilance system

    2018-08-08T14:51:03Z

    UK: City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh Trams have launched a competition offering funding to develop an automated driver vigilance system for its trams. The Driver Innovation Safety Challenge, supported by industry body UK Tram, would provide the winner with £168 000 for up to two years from Scottish ...

  • A similar GRP mast has been tested at Oostende on the Belgian coastal tram line.
    Metro Report International

    GRP overhead electrification mast trial

    2018-08-07T12:59:59Z

    GERMANY: Karlsruhe regional light rail operator AVG is to test glass-reinforced plastic electrification masts supplied by the Powerlines Group at a turning loop in Ettlingen from September. A similar GRP mast has been on test at Oostende on the Belgian coastal tram line since 2013, where it is exposed to ...

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    Bolzano tram agreement signed

    2018-08-06T10:31:07Z

    ITALY: Bolzano Mayor Renzo Caramaschi and Trentino-Alto Adige President Arno Kompatscher signed an agreement on August 2 to study the feasibility of developing a tram line in Bolzano. The 7 km route would serve 17 stops between Sigmundskron southwest of the city centre and the railway station. Services would ...

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    Kim Jong Un inspects North Korean tram and trolleybus

    2018-08-06T09:48:54Z

    NORTH KOREA: Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Jong Un has inspected what the official news agency described as a locally-made tram and trolleybus. The three-section tram with AC traction motors was made at the Bus Repair Factory, the news agency said. It is stabled at Mangyongdae ...

  • Midland Metro's second generation fleet of CAF Urbos vehicles entered service from 2014.
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    Midland Metro third-generation tram procurement launched

    2018-08-02T10:22:05Z

    UK: The West Midlands Combined Authority has begun the process of procuring a third generation of trams for the Midland Metro line, including future extensions. The start of procurement follows a market sounding exercise undertaken earlier this year. The planned framework contract with an estimated value of £150m plus VAT ...

  • Tram services in Athens are currently operated using Sirio trams supplied by AnsaldoBreda (photo: Artemis Klonos).
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    Alstom signs Athens tram contract

    2018-08-02T10:14:18Z

    GREECE: Attiko Metro signed a contract with Alstom on July 27 for the supply of 25 trams. The contract is worth €54m excluding VAT, and includes spare parts and maintenance equipment. The EU is providing co-funding from its European Regional Development Fund. The first tram is expected to enter ...

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    Metro Report International

    Sydney light rail depot energised

    2018-07-31T08:54:23Z

    AUSTRALIA: Randwick Stabling Yard, the depot for Sydney’s CBD & South East Light Rail line, has been energised. Daytime testing of trams on the route is expected to begin in the coming months; night testing started in February. As well as facilities for light maintenance and tram washing, the ...

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    Next phase of Luxembourg tramway inaugurated

    2018-07-30T09:58:37Z

    LUXEMBOURG: The next phase of Luxembourg City’s tramway was inaugurated on July 27, becoming the first part of the route with no overhead wires. The western extension from Pafendall-Rout Bréck to Place de l’Etoile has intermediate stops at Theater and Faïencerie. To enable catenary-free operation, the trams are equipped ...

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    Lviv takes delivery of ex-Berlin trams

    2018-07-26T10:25:35Z

    UKRAINE: The first six of 30 ex-Berlin Tatra KT4D trams that Lviv is purchasing from BVG arrived in the city in late July. Deliveries are due to be completed in October. The total cost of the second-hand trams is €800 000, which is cheaper than one new Elektron tram. ...

  • Photos: Vladimir Waldin
    News

    PK TS presents Lionet tram

    2018-07-23T12:20:02Z

    RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy presented its newest tram model at its St Petersburg factory on July 20. The single-section 100% low-floor Lionet left the workshop driven by a traction battery along a short section of catenary-free track. Designated 71-911M, the Lionet is a development of the City Star model. ...

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    Next phase of Firenze tram network inaugurated

    2018-07-16T15:01:00Z

    ITALY: A tram extension was inaugurated in Firenze on July 16, adding 4·1 km to the city’s sole light rail route. The extension links the former eastern terminus of T1 at Alamanni-Stazione with Careggi-Ospedale to the north. The extension was known during construction as route T3, and ...

  • Uraltransmash Holdings unveiled two prototype trams at the Innoprom-2018 industrial exhibition.
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    UTM unveils two prototype trams

    2018-07-13T09:01:00Z

    RUSSIA: Uraltransmash Holdings unveiled two prototype trams at the Innoprom-2018 industrial exhibition held in its home city of Yekaterinburg on July 9-12. The Type 71-415 is a fully-low floor vehicle designed in-house by UTM as the basis for a planned family of two, three and four-section vehicles. The single section ...

  • The first Alstom tram for Caen was unveiled on July 10 (Photo: Caen La Mer).
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    First Caen tram unveiled

    2018-07-11T06:00:00Z

    FRANCE: The first Alstom tram for Caen was unveiled on July 10. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in October with entry into service scheduled for September next year. In November 2016 the city awarded Alstom a €52m contract to supply 23 Citadis X05 trams for the 16·8 km three-line network ...