All Light Rail articles – Page 61

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    BKM trams ordered for Volgograd

    2018-02-01T08:30:00Z

    RUSSIA: Sole bidder Avtotekhkom was awarded a 257·5m rouble contract on January 29 to supply 10 Belkommunmash trams to Volgograd. Deliveries are due before April 10 and VEB-Leasing is providing financial backing. The 37% low-floor BKM-802 trams will be 15·5 m long and 2 500 mm wide. Fitted with ...

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    Siemens to supply more trams to Bremen

    2018-01-31T17:00:38Z

    GERMANY: Bremer Straßenbahn has ordered an additional 10 Avenio trams from Siemens. The order announced on January 31 is an option on a contract signed in June 2017, which included a base order of 67 trams and options for up to 17 more. Deliveries of the 10 trams are ...

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    Metro Report International

    Nationwide transport smart card to be launched

    2018-01-31T16:34:57Z

    TURKEY: Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on January 25 that a nationwide public transport smart card will be launched in June. Every citizen will be able to apply for a Türkiye Kart, which will be designated for a named user. This would be valid on urban public transport in ...

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    Metro Report International

    Indra wins Amsterdam ticketing contract

    2018-01-30T14:00:07Z

    NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam public transport authority GVB has awarded Indra a contract to supply 130 ticket vending machines. Indra is to supply TVMs that accept credit card payments for installation at metro stations, tram stops and bus stops, as well as machines that only accept cash and card payment for ...

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    UTM begins tram deliveries to Kolomna

    2018-01-30T13:50:35Z

    RUSSIA: Uraltransmash delivered the first of 21 single-section Type 71-407-01 trams to Kolomna on January 27. The partly low-floor 15·9 m long tram has 27 seats and three 1 300 mm double doors. Operator Mosoblyelektrotrans placed the 430·5m rouble order in November 2017.

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    FS to fund Brescia tram construction

    2018-01-29T14:40:20Z

    ITALY: State railway FS Group intends to finance the construction of a tram line in Brescia, CEO Renato Mazzoncini told an industry forum organised by local newspaper Giornale di Brescia on January 21. Expected to cost €150m to build, the line would run from Pendolina in the northwest to ...

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    New trams enter service in Kazan

    2018-01-29T10:43:42Z

    RUSSIA: Three BKM-84500K trams supplied by Belkommunmash and assembled at operator Metroelektrotrans’ workshops entered revenue service on route 5 in Kazan on January 25. BKM delivered kits for the three-section trams between July and September 2017 under a 161·7m rouble contract signed in late 2016. This includes a guarantee ...

  • Alstom has presented the first of 28 trams that it is supplying to Qatar.
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    First Lusail tram completed

    2018-01-25T16:39:00Z

    QATAR: Alstom has presented the first Citadis for the Lusail Tram project to officials from Qatar Rail, following the completion of factory acceptance tests in France. Alstom is supplying 28 trams for the Lusail network. Branded Al Mehmel, the vehicles’ design is inspired by a type of ...

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    Metro Report International

    Tram collision detection system on test in Basel

    2018-01-25T12:00:21Z

    SWITZERLAND: Baselland Transport is testing a collision warning system on a light rail vehicle. If it proves successful, the operator intends to equip its entire fleet of Tango LRVs. BLT is working with rolling stock supplier Stadler and Bosch Rail Transport, which has supplied its Tram Forward Collision Warning ...

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    Metro Report International

    København light rail contractors selected

    2018-01-25T10:21:48Z

    DENMARK: Siemens has been selected to supply 27 Avenio trams to operate on the Ring 3 light rail line in København. It will supply the 36·9 m long vehicles as part of a consortium with Aarsleff Rail that is preferred bidder for the railway systems contract. Project promoter Hovedstadens ...

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    Metro Report International

    Funding agreed for T9 in Paris

    2018-01-24T14:54:19Z

    FRANCE: Construction of light rail route T9 in the inner southwestern suburbs of Paris is expected to begin later this year following the signature of a funding agreement for the €404m project. The Ile-de-France region is providing 52∙5% of this total, its funding partners being central government (22∙5%), the département ...

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    Flexity Wien starts test running

    2018-01-24T10:06:37Z

    AUSTRIA: Transport Leader for Wien city council Ulli Sima joined officials from Wiener Linien and Bombardier Transportation to present the first Flexity Wien tram to the public on January 18, as testing of the vehicle started. Bombardier handed over the tram from its Wien factory at the end of ...

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    Metro Report International

    Düsseldorf tests new ticket vending machines

    2018-01-24T09:13:31Z

    GERMANY: Düsseldorf light rail operator Rheinbahn has started testing new ticket vending machines on its trams. The operator is purchasing 263 TVMs for its trams and LRVs at a cost of €4·4m. Dortmund-based ICA Traffic is installing the machines at Rheinbahn’s main workshop, and is also supplying the back-office ...

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    Metro Report International

    Lisboa tram and bus investment plan presented

    2018-01-22T15:32:01Z

    PORTUGAL: Lisboa bus and tram operator Carris has presented its 2018 budget to the municipality. A total investment of more than €57m is planned for this year, including €43·9m to renew the bus fleet. Carris expects to call tenders for the supply of 250 buses. Other planned investments ...

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    Metro Report International

    St Louis unveils north-south LRT plan

    2018-01-19T13:00:00Z

    USA: Proposals for a north-south light rail line in St Louis have been unveiled by the city authorities at a series of community consultation meetings which began on January 16. East-West Gateway Council of Governments, has launched a conceptual design study for the 27·3 km Northside-Southside LRT in partnership with ...

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    Metro Report International

    Wuhan opens Optics Valley light rail network

    2018-01-19T10:25:36Z

    CHINA: A two-line light rail network in Wuhan opened on January 18. The Optics Valley tram network, also known as Guanggu tram, is focused to the Donghu New Technology Development Zone in the southeast of the city. Construction was approved in March 2014 and test running started on December ...

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    Solaris-Stadler consortium signs Kraków tram contract

    2018-01-17T09:09:50Z

    POLAND: MPK Kraków signed a framework contract for the supply of up to 50 trams with a consortium of Solaris Bus & Coach and Stadler Poland on January 16. The base order for 35 trams is worth 314m złoty, with EU co-financing covering 125m złoty. Deliveries of the low-floor ...

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    München unveils metro and tram expansion strategy

    2018-01-16T10:43:32Z

    GERMANY: Long-term plans for the expansion of München’s U-Bahn and tram networks have been outlined by the city government, following an agreement between the SPD and CSU political parties. The €5·5bn package unveiled by Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter and Mayor Josef Schmid on January 11 reflects rising demand for ...

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    Oradea takes delivery of ex-Berlin trams

    2018-01-15T15:54:20Z

    ROMANIA: Oradea has taken delivery of 10 Tatra KT4D trams from Berlin transport operator BVG. The city decided to buy second-hand trams last year after a modernisation project for its old vehicles was put on hold owing to lack of financing. The cost of the ex-Berlin trams is €250 ...

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    Alstom to supply more Citadis trams to Bordeaux

    2018-01-11T16:07:30Z

    FRANCE: Bordeaux Metropole has ordered a further 10 Citadis trams from Alstom, the manufacturer announced on January 11. The contract worth €30m is an option on a framework contract signed in 2011. The 26 trams from the firm order entered service in 2013-14, and a further 15 are currently ...