All Light Rail articles – Page 58

  • Photos: Harry Hondius
    Metro Report International

    Brussels inaugurates Marconi depot

    2018-04-30T08:55:58Z

    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 ...

  • Photos: André Pires
    News

    Lisboa tram route reinstated after 23 years

    2018-04-27T15:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Photo: Vitālijs Asadčijs
    News

    More Škoda trams delivered to Riga

    2018-04-27T14:18:27Z

    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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    News

    CAF trams run in Cagliari

    2018-04-27T11:29:24Z

    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 International

    Rail boost in Auckland transport plan

    2018-04-26T11:32:06Z

    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 International

    Bombardier signs Brussels tram contract

    2018-04-25T15:12:00Z

    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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    Alstom to supply more tram-trains to Paris

    2018-04-24T15:05:48Z

    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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    News

    First Stadler tram delivered to Ostrava

    2018-04-24T14:43:19Z

    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 International

    Durham-Orange Light Rail construction management consultant appointed

    2018-04-23T14:00:00Z

    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 International

    Naumburg trams to return to the Hauptbahnhof

    2018-04-20T06:00:00Z

    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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    News

    SENER to design Porto light rail extension

    2018-04-18T14:39:03Z

    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 ...

  • Vossloh Rail Services has completed an audit of the condition of the track on the Le Havre tramway on behalf of Transdev company CTPO.
    Metro Report International

    Vossloh audits Le Havre tramway track condition

    2018-04-17T10:55:52Z

    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 ...

  • 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.
    Metro Report International

    Hamilton LRT request for proposals issued

    2018-04-17T09:48:05Z

    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 ...

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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 ...

  • The tram fleet will be supplies by Durmazlar.
    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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    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 ...