All Light Rail articles – Page 58

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    Metro Report International

    Preferred bidder selected to build Toronto’s Finch West light rail line

    2018-04-13T14:09:13Z

    CANADA: Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area transport authority Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario announced on April 11 that they had selected Mosaic Transit Group as preferred bidder to build the Finch West light rail project in Toronto. The consortium comprises Aecon, ACS Infrastructure Canada and CRH Canada Group, each with ...

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    News

    Alstom opens Canadian light rail vehicle factory

    2018-04-11T10:12:00Z

    CANADA: Alstom opened an assembly plant for light rail vehicles in Brampton, Ontario on April 10. The factory will be used to produce 61 light rail vehicles that Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area transport authority Metrolinx ordered in May 2017. The C$528m contract includes an option for ...

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    Metro Report International

    Durmazlar trams to run off-wire in Istanbul

    2018-04-05T11:23:51Z

    TURKEY: Alstom announced on April 5 that it is to supply its APS ground-level power supply technology for tram route T5, which is under construction in Istanbul. Alstom will also provide staff training and a two-year warranty. APS uses an embedded third rail to supply power to trams, removing ...

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    Metro Report International

    Siemens to supply rolling stock for Orange County Streetcar project

    2018-04-04T15:00:00Z

    USA: Orange County Transportation Authority has approved a $51·5m framework contract for Siemens to supply up to 18 S70 vehicles for the OC Streetcar project. The bidirectional vehicles would be 26·8 m long with capacity for 180 passengers including 70 seated. The base order for eight vehicles and ...

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    News

    Brescia tram agreement signed

    2018-04-03T15:34:23Z

    ITALY: Transport authority Brescia Mobilità and state railway FS Italiane signed an agreement on March 29 for the construction of two tram lines in Brescia. The municipality is to request funding from the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport by the end of the year. One line would run from ...

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    Metro Report International

    First Edmonton Valley Line LRV completed

    2018-03-28T14:28:57Z

    CANADA: The first light rail vehicle for Edmonton’s Valley Line has been completed at Bombardier Transportation’s factory in Kingston. It is scheduled to arrive in Edmonton in mid-2018. Bombardier is supplying 26 LRVs for the first phase of the Valley Line project as part of the TransEd Partners consortium, ...

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    Metro Report International

    Contactless payment comes to Dijon

    2018-03-28T07:56:20Z

    FRANCE: Dijon Métropole and public transport operator Keolis announced the launch of contactless bank card payment on the city’s trams on March 27. The technology has been supplied by Visa, Worldline and Natixis Payment Solutions, with the support of regional development bank Caisse d’Epargne de Bourgogne Franche-Comté. A ...

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    Metro Report International

    First Milwaukee Streetcar delivered

    2018-03-27T13:34:33Z

    USA: Brookville Equipment Corp delivered the first of five trams that it is supplying to Milwaukee on March 27. The three-section bidirectional Liberty Modern Streetcar is 20·4 m long and 2 600 mm wide with capacity for 150 passengers including 32 seated. Due to open in mid-2018, the ...

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    News

    Second tram line opens in Izmir

    2018-03-27T08:30:09Z

    TURKEY: The Konak tram line in Izmir opened to passengers at 10.00 on March 24. Travel is free for the first 45 days. The 12·8 km route runs from Fahrettin Altay metro station in the west to Halkapınar metro and Izban station in the east via Konak metro station ...

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    Metro Report International

    Wiener Lokalbahnen inaugurates new depot

    2018-03-26T08:32:28Z

    AUSTRIA: On March 21 light rail operator Wiener Lokalbahnen inaugurated a new depot at Inzersdorf south of Wien city centre. Following 26 months of work, the 6 500 m² facility brings together more than 200 operations and maintenance staff. There are 1 720 m of depot and stabling tracks, ...

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    News

    Tramwaje Śląskie selects Pesa to supply more trams

    2018-03-23T15:17:11Z

    POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie has selected Pesa as preferred bidder to supply 35 multi-section trams to operate on the network centred on Katowice. The Bydgoszcz-based supplier is to supply 27 65·5% low-floor bidirectional trams 25 m long, and eight 74·1% low-floor unidirectional trams 32 m long. The shorter trams are ...

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    Metro Report International

    Brookville to supply trams to Portland

    2018-03-22T15:20:48Z

    USA: Portland City Council approved the purchase of two trams to operate on Streetcar routes A and B on March 21. The vehicles from Brookville Equipment Co are to enter service in 2020. The vehicles are being ordered as an option on a contract signed between Brookville and Seattle’s ...

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    News

    More TW3000 LRVs ordered for Hannover

    2018-03-22T11:52:33Z

    GERMANY: Hannover city transport operator Üstra has ordered a further seven TW3000 light rail vehicles from a consortium of Kiepe Electric and Alstom. Niedersachsen Land transport agency LNVG is financing 50% of the €19·4m cost and Üstra is paying €462 000 from its own funds. The balance is being ...

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    News

    Ouargla tramway inaugurated

    2018-03-20T12:06:25Z

    ALGERIA: Minister of Public Works & Transport Abdelghani Zaalane inaugurated a tram line in Ouargla on March 20. Construction of the 9·7 km route with 16 stops was undertaken by a consortium of Rover Alcisa, Elecnor and Assignia Infrestructuras under a €228m contract awarded in 2013. The Cital ...

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    Metro Report International

    Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line extended

    2018-03-19T10:54:17Z

    USA: The LYNX Blue Line in Charlotte almost doubled in length on March 16 with the inauguration of a 15 km extension from 7th Street to UNC Charlotte Main. The northwestern extension adds 11 stops and includes a 300 m tunnel. The Blue Line is now 31·1 km long, ...

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    News

    Rail Baltica tram feasibility study commissioned for Tallinn

    2018-03-19T08:00:00Z

    ESTONIA: Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail and the Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications have awarded Egis Rail a €171 000 contract to undertake a feasibility and technical study for proposed a tram connection from the future Rail Baltica station in the Ülemiste area of Tallinn to the Vanasadam ...

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    News

    Öskemen tram operations suspended

    2018-03-16T13:43:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: Tram operations in Öskemen were suspended on March 12, after debts accumulated by operator Takhami Put led to a limiting of the traction electricity supply. The 16·5 km, 1 524 mm gauge network dating from 1959 operated four routes. The fleet consisted of 31 Type 71-605 ...

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    Metro Report International

    Sound Transit picks expansion partners

    2018-03-15T16:50:55Z

    USA: Seattle-Tacoma transport authority Sound Transit has selected the South County Transit Partners joint venture of Mott MacDonald and SNC-Lavalin to provide project management services for the 11·5 km light-rail extension from Angle Lake to Federal Way. Expected to open in 2024, the southern extension of the existing line from ...

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    Metro Report International

    Edinburgh tram extension shortlist

    2018-03-13T14:15:11Z

    UK: City of Edinburgh Council announced on March 13 that it had prequalified four bidders for a contract to build the proposed tram extension to Newhaven. The 4·6 km eastern extension from York Place to Leith and Newhaven was originally to have been built as the part of the ...

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    News

    First Innsbruck Regionalbahn LRV rolled out

    2018-03-13T12:20:04Z

    AUSTRIA: The first Flexity light rail vehicle for Innsbruck’s Regionalbahn project left Bombardier’s factory in Wien on March 12. It is expected to enter service in June on Innsbruck’s metre-gauge network. The city of Innsbruck, the Land of Tirol and transport authority IVB signed a contract in December 2015 ...