All Light Rail articles – Page 57
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NewsMetro do Porto changes operator
PORTUGAL: Barraqueiro Group began operating and maintaining the Metro do Porto light rail network last month under a €204·3m seven-year sub-concession contract. The network is now operated by a single company rather than a consortium for the first time. Barraqueiro previously led the ViaPORTO consortium with Arriva, Keolis and ...
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NewsÖskemen tram services to restart using ex-Almaty vehicles
KAZAKHSTAN: The first five of 13 used KT4Dt trams bought from Almaty for 118·5m tenge have arrived in Öskemen. The trams were built in 1983-85 and originally operated in Berlin, before being acquired by Almaty in 2013. They have been out of use since that city’s tram network closed at ...
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NewsSétif tramway inaugurated
ALGERIA: The first phase of the Sétif tram network was inaugurated on May 8. The 15·2 km east-west route runs from 11 Décembre 1960 to Berchi Abid and Oucissa Laid, which both serve Université El Bez. In March 2014 Entreprise Métro d’Alger awarded a consortium of Yapı Merkezi and ...
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Metro Report InternationalMobile ticketing arrives in Portland
USA: Mobile ticketing was introduced to the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area on May 2 with the launch of an Android app. The Virtual Hop Card uses Google Pay. Passengers can tap their smartphones on fare validators when they use bus, light rail and commuter rail services operated by TriMet, C-TRAN ...
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Metro Report InternationalOttawa light rail project receives more provincial funding
CANADA: Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure Bob Chiarelli announced on May 3 that the province is to contribute up to C$50m towards the construction of a 3·4 km extension of Ottawa’s Trillium Line to Limebank Road. The southern extension, which includes a branch to Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, is part of ...
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NewsDortmund orders 24 light rail vehicles
GERMANY: Dortmund public transport authority DSW21 has awarded a €195m contract to a consortium of HeiterBlick and Kiepe Electric to supply 24 light rail vehicles and modernise 64 from the existing fleet. The first of the new high-floor bidirectional two-section LRVs is due to be delivered in 2020 and ...
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Metro Report InternationalSuzhou tram line extended
CHINA: The Suzhou tram line was extended by 7·6 km on April 28. The western extension from Longkanglu to Xiyang Mountain adds four stops on a mostly at-grade alignment, with two underground sections. The first section of the tram line serving the Gaoxin district opened in 2014, and the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrussels inaugurates Marconi depot
BELGIUM: The new Marconi tram depot and maintenance facility in the southern Brussels district of Uccle was formally inaugurated on April 27 by the Minister of Mobility for the Brussels Capital Region Pascal Smet, STIB Chairman Thomas Ryckalts and CEO Brieuc de Meeûs. Financed by the Capital Region, the €80m ...
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NewsLisboa tram route reinstated after 23 years
PORTUGAL: Services restarted on tram route 24 in Lisboa on April 24, nearly 23 years after they were suspended. The 4 km north-south route links Campolide with Praça Luís de Camões. Services are initially worked with three refurbished trams, and could increase if demand is strong enough. Route 24 opened ...
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NewsMore Škoda trams delivered to Riga
LATVIA: The first of five 41 m long trams which Rīgas Satiksme ordered from Škoda Transportation in 2016 arrived in the city on the night of April 15-16 and was unloaded at the Aleksandra Vārtu depot. The €62·6m contract signed in April 2016 covers 15 three-section and five four-section ...
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NewsCAF trams run in Cagliari
ITALY: Three CAF trams entered service in Cagliari on April 21 as part of the 950 mm gauge network’s 10th anniversary celebrations, which included a day of free travel. Sardinia transport authority ARST ordered the vehicles in 2013, and the first arrived in Cagliari in November 2016. The five-section ...
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Metro Report InternationalRail boost in Auckland transport plan
NEW ZEALAND: Further investment in suburban and light rail is to be funded under the NZ$28bn Auckland Transport Alignment Programme unveiled by Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Mayor Phil Goff on April 26. Described as the country's largest ever civil construction programme, ATAP 2018 is intended to ‘create a 21st ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier signs Brussels tram contract
BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB and Bombardier Transportation signed a €480m framework contract for the supply of up to 175 Flexity trams on April 24. STIB had selected Bombardier as preferred bidder on February 5. The base order is for 49 five-section trams 32 m long ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more tram-trains to Paris
FRANCE: Alstom is to supply 32 more Citadis Dualis tram-trains to Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF Transilien, the manufacturer announced on April 24. Île-de-France Mobilités is financing the €170m order. Deliveries are due to take place in 2020-22, with 22 vehicles intended to operate on the T12 Express line and ...
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NewsFirst Stadler tram delivered to Ostrava
CZECH REPUBLIC: DP Ostrava took delivery of its first Stadler tram on April 23. The two-section vehicle was transported by road from Stadler’s Siedlce factory in Poland. The SFr45m framework contract for up to 40 vehicles is the first order for trams in Stadler Polska’s history. Designated Tango NF2 ...
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Metro Report InternationalDurham-Orange Light Rail construction management consultant appointed
USA: Transport agency GoTriangle has selected a Gannett Fleming/WSP joint venture as its construction management consultant for the planned light rail project in North Carolina’s Durham and Orange counties. The joint venture is to provide a constructability review, estimating, contract packaging, design and specification review services under the first phase ...
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Metro Report InternationalNaumburg trams to return to the Hauptbahnhof
GERMANY: Work is expected to start in May on the construction of a short extension of the Naumburg tramway to the forecourt of the town’s main station. While the extension will be just 80 m long, bringing the trams to the front of the station will provide a more convenient ...
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NewsSENER to design Porto light rail extension
PORTUGAL: Engineering consultancy SENER has been appointed to undertake detailed design for the planned Metro do Porto light rail Line G. The 2·8 km route would run underground from Boavista/Casa da Música to Praça da Liberdade, with a total of four stations. SENER said the station at Praça da Liberdade ...
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Metro Report InternationalVossloh audits Le Havre tramway track condition
FRANCE: Vossloh Rail Services has completed an audit of the condition of the track on the Le Havre tramway on behalf of Transdev company CTPO which operates the network. Vossloh combined its latest measurement and testing technology with ‘high performance’ analysis software it has developed. The results provided the operator ...
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Metro Report InternationalHamilton LRT request for proposals issued
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have issued a request for proposals to the three groups shortlisted for the contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Hamilton Light Rail Transit project. The Hamilton LRT project is to be undertaken using IO’s Alternative Financing & Procurement DBFOM model. The east–west ...