All Light Rail articles – Page 56

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    Alstom wins Frankfurt am Main tram contract

    2018-06-19T13:34:48Z

    GERMANY: Frankfurt am Main transport operator VGF has signed a €100m contract with Alstom for the supply of 38 trams. The contract announced on June 19 includes options for 15 more vehicles. The 100% low-floor three-section Citadis trams will be 31·5 m long with capacity for 197 passengers. The ...

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    Stadler to supply tram-trains to Lugano

    2018-06-15T13:54:44Z

    SWITZERLAND: Stadler is to supply nine tram-trains to Ferrovie Luganesi for operation on a network being developed to serve Lugano. Deliveries under the SFr47m contract are due in 2020. The vehicles will initially operate on the existing metre gauge Line S60, which links Lugano with Ponte Tresa. The Stadler ...

  • A prototype vehicle for testing at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley is to be designed by Transport Design International and produced in partnership with automotive company RDM.
    Metro Report International

    Very light rail vehicle prototype contract awarded

    2018-06-15T06:00:00Z

    UK: A prototype vehicle for testing at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley is to be designed by Transport Design International and produced in partnership with automotive company RDM. The R&D proof of concept project is being managed by researchers from the University of ...

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    Helsinki orders more Transtech trams

    2018-06-14T12:55:00Z

    FINLAND: Helsinki transport operator HKL has ordered a further 10 ForCity Smart Artic trams from Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech. The contract announced on June 14 is worth €30m. HKL ordered 40 trams from Transtech under a framework contract in 2010 that includes options for 90 more. In December 2016 ...

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    Brno university tram extension planned

    2018-06-14T08:51:07Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Brno city council decided on June 12 to start tendering for a tram extension to serve the university campus in Bohunice. The 900 m branch would run northeast from Osová to Nemocnice Bohunice, with an intermediate stop at Nová Jihlavská. This would be in a 650 m ...

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    CAF to supply 87 trams to Oslo

    2018-06-12T11:08:24Z

    NORWAY: Oslo public transport operator Sporveien has selected CAF to supply 87 trams, it announced on June 11. The €200m contract includes options for 60 more vehicles. CAF is to supply 100% low-floor Urbos 100 trams similar to those that it has supplied to Nantes in France. Designated SL18 ...

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    Freiburg orders more CAF trams

    2018-06-07T09:03:57Z

    GERMANY: Freiburg public transport operator VAG signed a contract with CAF on June 6 for the supply of five Urbos 100 trams to operate on they city’s metre-gauge network. Deliveries are due to be completed by mid-2020. The trams are intended to replace the remaining five high-floor GT8K vehicles. ...

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    CAF to supply more trams to Luxembourg

    2018-06-06T15:20:19Z

    LUXEMBOURG: Project promoter Luxtram has selected CAF to supply 12 trams for the next phase of the Luxembourg City tram line. The contract for Urbos 3 trams is worth €40m. CAF supplied the initial fleet of 21 trams under a contract signed in 2015. These have been in revenue ...

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    Lund tram supplier selected

    2018-06-06T14:16:49Z

    SWEDEN: Regional transport authority Skånetrafiken has selected CAF to supply seven trams to operate on the tram line that is under construction in Lund. The contract for the five-section Urbos trams includes options for more vehicles. CAF will provide 10 years of maintenance for the 32 m long vehicles. ...

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    London trams to become cashless

    2018-06-04T13:45:38Z

    UK: Trams in London will become cashless from next month, Transport for London announced on June 4. Ticket machines are to be removed from all tram stops on July 16, leaving contactless payment, Oyster cards, Travelcards or bus & tram passes as the only ways to pay for tram travel. ...

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    Novocherkassk signs new tram contract

    2018-05-31T09:15:40Z

    RUSSIA: Trading company Fobos-TS has won a 78m rouble contract to supply four trams to Novocherkassk. Deliveries are due by the end of September. The vehicles are likely to be made by Uraltransmash. Earlier this month Fobos-TS signed a contract to supply 20 UTM trams to Kazan. Novocherkassk ...

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    Utsunomiya light rail line breaks ground

    2018-05-30T09:57:18Z

    JAPAN: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Utsunomiya light rail project took place on May 28. The ¥45·8bn project was approved in 2016 and opening is planned in March 2022. The 14·6 km line would link JR East’s Utsunomiya station with Shimotakanezawa in the neighbouring town of Haga to the ...

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    Metro Report International

    Parramatta light rail project approved

    2018-05-30T09:25:16Z

    AUSTRALIA: The first stage of the Parramatta light rail project has received planning approval, Transport for New South Wales announced on May 30. ‘This is an exciting time for the people of Parramatta and for visitors to this fantastic part of Sydney’, said NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Construction and ...

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    Metro Report International

    KeolisAmey to develop South Wales Metro

    2018-05-23T10:15:42Z

    UK: The ‘Core Valleys’ rail network radiating from Cardiff will be ‘developed’ by KeolisAmey under the South Wales Metro programme, after the company was named as preferred bidder to ‘operate and develop the Wales & Borders rail service’ on May 23. Bidders were asked to submit proposals to provide ...

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    Metro Report International

    London tram enhancements included in Growth Fund

    2018-05-22T10:37:58Z

    UK: Transport for London is to finance around one-third of the cost of double-tracking the Elmers End branch of the tram network, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on May 21. TfL is to provide £3·3m from its Growth Fund towards the estimated £9m estimated project cost. In addition ...

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    Kazan orders more Uraltransmash trams

    2018-05-21T12:54:53Z

    RUSSIA: Kazan transport agency Metroelectrotrans has signed contract with trading company Fobos-TS for the supply of 20 Uraltransmash 71-407 trams. Deliveries are due to be completed by the end of August. The 340m rouble order includes a 160m rouble contribution from the government’s programme of federal funding to stimulate ...

  • Turkish manufacturer Durmazlar is based in Bursa.
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    Durmazlar to supply trams to Olsztyn

    2018-05-17T09:07:36Z

    POLAND: Sole bidder Durmazlar has been selected to supply up to 24 trams to Olsztyn, the city announced on May 16. The base order covers 12 trams for 107·9m złoty. This would rise to 206·2m złoty if all options were to be exercised. The first two trams are ...

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    Metro Report International

    Calgary Green Line funding approved

    2018-05-16T12:43:28Z

    CANADA: The first stage of Calgary’s Green Line light rail route is set to open by the end of 2026, following the confirmation of C$1·53bn of funding by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 15. This is said to be the largest contribution ever made by the Canadian government ...

  • A Stagecoach Supertram Vossloh Class 399 Tramlink tram-train has operated on the national rail network for the first time.
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    Sheffield tram-train runs onto Network Rail infrastructure

    2018-05-14T08:21:36Z

    UK: One of Stagecoach Supertram’s Vossloh Class 399 Tramlink tram-train vehicles operated on the national railway network for the first time during the early hours of May 10. Running under a possession, the tram left the Sheffield light network and ran over Network Rail infrastructure as far as the Magna ...

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    Tenders called for Olsztyn tram network expansion

    2018-05-12T07:00:00Z

    POLAND: MPK Olsztyn has called tenders for the construction of a 6 km extension of the city’s 11 km tram network which opened in 2015. Bids are due by June 12 and the project has an estimated budget of 208m złoty. Construction is due to start in 2019 and ...