All Light Rail articles – Page 64

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    Turkish rolling stock local content requirement published

    2017-11-13T15:24:18Z

    TURKEY: Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım published a notice on November 7 stipulating that all urban rail vehicles for Turkey must have at least 51% local content. This requirement covers metro trains, trams, light rail vehicles, funiculars and monorails, as well as cable cars. Last year the Ministry of Transport, ...

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    Novocherkassk presents UTM trams

    2017-11-13T11:14:11Z

    RUSSIA: The city of Novocherkassk has officially unveiled the first two of five trams that Uraltransmash is supplying under a contract signed earlier this year. Sole bidder Elektrotransport won the 81·5m rouble contract and selected UTM to supply its Type 71-407. The 16 m long single-section trams will augment ...

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    Metro Report International

    Helsinki orbital light rail contractor chosen

    2017-11-10T14:31:35Z

    FINLAND: Helsinki transport operator HKL and the City of Espoo have selected a consortium of YIT and VR Track as construction contractor for the Raide-Jokeri orbital light rail line. The contract is expected to be signed by the end of November. The project costs and timescale will be finalised ...

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    Russia One tram abandoned

    2017-11-10T12:11:10Z

    RUSSIA: The Russia One tram will not go into series production, Rostec’s Director for Special Commissions Vasily Brovko said on November 8. The Russia One or R1 design was developed by the Uraltransmash tram manufacturing subsidiary of defence and rolling stock supplier Uralvagonzavod, in partnership with design agency OKB ...

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    Body formed for joint procurement of tram-trains

    2017-11-09T11:48:31Z

    EUROPE: Seven transport operators and the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) announced on November 8 that they had formed a group to place joint orders for tram-train vehicles. VDV TramTrain includes Karlsruhe transport operators VBK and AVG, Saarbahn Netz, Kasseler Verkehrs Gesellschaft, Erms-Neckar-Bahn, Regionaltangente West from Germany, as ...

  • Uraltransmash is likely to supply its 71-407 model.
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    Uraltransmash sole bidder in revised Kolomna tram tender

    2017-11-06T14:25:52Z

    RUSSIA: Uraltransmash has emerged as the sole bidder for a contract to supply 21 trams to Kolomna. The manufacturer is likely to supply its single-section partly low-floor Type 71-407. Six trams are due to be delivered by December 29, with the remaining 15 by the end of February. The ...

  • Bogestra previous supplied one NF6D tram to Łódź for testing.
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    Łódź to buy more second-hand trams from Bochum

    2017-11-06T12:42:20Z

    POLAND: Bochum-Gelsenkirchen tram operator Bogestra submitted the only bid in a tender to supply trams to MPK Łódź. Bogestra is to supply 32 NF6D partly low-floor trams for €3·2m. Deliveries are due by 2020, and there are options for two more trams. MPK previously purchased one NF6D tram ...

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    Metro Report International

    Nanjing’s Qilin Line opens to passengers

    2017-11-01T08:00:00Z

    CHINA: The Qilin Line tram route in Nanjing began trial passenger operation on October 31. Test running started last year on the 9 km route, which links Maqun station on metro Line 2 with Wang Wu Zhuang. There are 13 stops, including one elevated. Services are operated using ...

  • Modertrans has supplied Moderus Beta trams to cities including Wrocław.
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    Tramwaje Szczecińskie orders Modertrans tram kits

    2017-10-31T15:30:00Z

    POLAND: Tramwaje Szczecińskie has selected sole bidder Modertrans to supply two Moderus Beta trams kits for assembly by TS at its workshops. The first kit is to be delivered within 90 days, with the second to come by the end of September 2018. The assembled vehicles have will have ...

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    Metro Report International

    Fuel cell tram enters service in Tangshan

    2017-10-28T06:00:00Z

    CHINA: A hydrogen fuel tram entered commercial service in Tangshan on October 26. Built by CRRC Tangshan, the low-floor tram runs along an 13·8 km route that includes part of the Tang Xu railway. The tram can run up to 40 km between refuelling, which takes 15 min. ...

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    CAF to supply more trams to Stockholm

    2017-10-27T13:47:10Z

    SWEDEN: CAF has won a further tram order from Stockholm transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, the company announced on October 25. The €37m contract for 12 trams includes 10 three-section trams for the Tvärbana line, which is due to be extended in 2021, and two four-section trams for the Lidingöbanan ...

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    Alstom to supply more trams to Rabat

    2017-10-27T11:12:19Z

    MOROCCO: Société des Transports de Rabat-Salé has signed a €45m contract with Alstom for the supply of 22 Citadis trams, the manufacturer announced on October 26. The 32 m long low-floor vehicles will run in coupled pairs and will augment the fleet of 44 Citadis trams that Alstom supplied ...

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    Metro do Porto operating concession awarded

    2017-10-26T13:52:29Z

    PORTUGAL: Barraqueiro SGPS has been selected for a contract to operate and maintain the Metro do Porto light rail network in 2018-25. The contract was awarded on the basis of the lowest bid following an international tender, with Barraqueiro’s offer of €204m coming in below the reference value of ...

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    Metro Report International

    Rio de Janeiro tram extension opens

    2017-10-25T14:57:13Z

    BRAZIL: A 1·9 km extension of the VLT Carioca tram network in Rio de Janeiro opened on October 21 between Gamboa/Pereira Reis junction and Saara. The extension includes a 350 m tunnel and takes Line 2 to 9·7 km with 12 stops. A two-stop extension is planned from Praia ...

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    Keolis to take over tram and bus operations in Besançon

    2017-10-23T13:50:23Z

    FRANCE: Greater Besançon municipality has awarded Keolis a seven-year contract to operate the city’s Ginko network of trams and buses. The contract running from January 1 2018 is expected to generate total revenue of €248·5m. Keolis Besançon Mobilités will take over from Transdev, which currently operates the networks with ...

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    Metro Report International

    San Diego MTS keeps playing the naming rights game

    2017-10-20T11:12:50Z

    USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System announced a naming rights deal for the Green Line on October 19. The 38 km route with 27 stops will be known as the Sycuan Green Line as part of the deal with Sycuan Casino. MTS says that the agreement would generate up ...

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    Metro Report International

    Line 2 tram depot work begins in Ulm

    2017-10-19T10:26:01Z

    GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony for a new tram depot in Ulm took place on October 18. The 184 m long, 17 m wide building with four tracks is being built to help accommodate a fleet that is being enlarged as a second tram line nears completion. Siemens is supplying ...

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    Metro Report International

    Nashville transport plan unveiled

    2017-10-18T13:36:14Z

    USA: Nashville Mayor Megan Barry announced a transport plan on October 17 that would include construction of a light rail network in the city. Let’s Move Nashville: Metro’s Transportation Solution will be put to a ballot in May 2018. If approved, the $5·2bn scheme would be funded from sources ...

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    Metro Report International

    Parramatta light rail Stage 2 plans announced

    2017-10-18T09:23:27Z

    AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government announced its preferred route for the second phase of the Parramatta light rail project on October 18. The 9 km preferred route would extend the network to Sydney Olympic Park, diverging from Stage 1 near Rydalmere and running north of the Parramatta River ...

  • A prototype of the EVO1 tram was tested in Praha last year.
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    Olomouc orders EVO1 trams

    2017-10-17T09:55:16Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Operator DP Olomouc signed a KC212·6m contract on October 4 for the supply of eight EVO1 trams. Krnovské Opravny a Strojírny will supply its single-section low-floor EVO1 model, produced under the Alliance TW Team that also includes Pragoimex and VKV Praha. Three of the unidirectional vehicles ...