All Light Rail articles – Page 66

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    Metro Report International

    Bielefeld light rail stops modified for new vehicles

    2017-09-19T12:30:00Z

    GERMANY: Work began on September 18 to enable Vamos light rail vehicles to run to the end of Line 3 in Bielefeld. Five stops at the southeastern end of the route, between Sieker-Mitte and Stieghorst Zentrum, are to have their platforms lengthened from 7 m to 12 m. This ...

  • The entry of Sheffield's first Citylink tram-train vehicles into passenger service on September 14 was attended by Transport Minister Paul Maynard. (Photos: Tony Miles)
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    Sheffield tram-train enters service

    2017-09-15T09:18:52Z

    UK: The first of seven Class 399 Citylink vehicles being supplied for the Sheffield – Rotherham tram train project was launched into passenger service with a special run between Nunnery depot and Meadowhall on September 14. Invited guests included Transport Minister Paul Maynard and the CEO of Stadler Rail Valencia ...

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    CRRC Changchun signs Tel Aviv fleet maintenance contract

    2017-09-13T13:47:00Z

    ISRAEL: A 16-year contract for CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles to maintain the fleet of vehicles that it is supplying for the Tel Aviv light metro Red Line was signed on September 12, by NTA Chief Executive Officer Yehuda Bar-On and CRRC Changchun Vice President Zhou Chuanhe. The signing took place ...

  • The Victorian government has awarded incumbent Keolis Downer the next contract to operate the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne.
    Metro Report International

    Keolis Downer retains contract to operate world's largest tram network

    2017-09-12T09:50:45Z

    AUSTRALIA: The Victorian government has awarded incumbent Keolis Downer the next contract to operate the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne. The contract announced on September 12 runs for seven years from November 30 2017 and covers the operation of around 5 000 services a day on the world's largest ...

  • RZD International and Lung Lo Construction Corp are to explore the feasibility of building a light rail line in Ho Chi Minh City.
    Metro Report International

    Ho Chi Minh City light rail memorandum signed

    2017-09-12T06:00:00Z

    VIETNAM: Russian Railways’ engineering business RZD International and local company Lung Lo Construction Corp plan to establish a joint working group to explore the feasibility of building a proposed Tân Tạo – Linh Đông light rail line in Ho Chi Minh City. This follows the signing on September 8 ...

  • The Moscow tram network has been extended from Lesnaya to the Belorusskaya railway and metro stations at Tverskaya Zastava square.
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    Moscow tramway extension opens

    2017-09-11T15:06:35Z

    RUSSIA: A relatively short but important extension of the Moscow tram network from Lesnaya to the Belorusskaya railway and metro stations at Tverskaya Zastava square opened on September 9, as part of celebrations to mark the city’s 870th anniversary. This is the first tram extension in the central area of ...

  • Siemens is lengthening eight Combino trams for Potsdam. The first arrived in the city on September 7.
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    Potsdam receives lengthened tram

    2017-09-08T14:38:47Z

    GERMANY: The first of eight Combino trams that Siemens is lengthening for ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam returned to the city on September 7. Work started earlier this year on a €50m project to lengthen eight of the five-section trams to 42 m. Siemens is producing two intermediate sections, 3 m ...

  • Testing has started on Stage 2 of the Gold Coast light rail line.
    Metro Report International

    Testing begins on Gold Coast light rail Stage 2

    2017-09-08T11:01:04Z

    AUSTRALIA: Testing on Stage 2 of the Gold Coast light rail line commenced on the night of September 7-8. The northern extension will run alongside Smith Street Motorway from Gold Coast University Hospital to Helensvale, where interchange would be provided with Queensland Rail services. The 7·3 km route would ...

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    Metro Report International

    Thales wins Ankeng light rail signalling contract

    2017-09-06T11:01:55Z

    TAIWAN: China Steel Corp has awarded Thales a contract to supply signalling for the Ankeng light rail project in New Taipei City. Being developed by the New Taipei City Department of Rapid Transit Systems, the 7·5 km route with nine stops will run on a mix of elevated and ...

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    Metro Report International

    London trams could become cashless

    2017-09-05T14:26:02Z

    UK: Transport for London has started a public consultation on proposals to remove ticket machines from tram stops, thereby making tram travel cashless. The consultation is open until October 29. As ticket machines at tram stops have reached the end of their useful life, TfL says that it is ...

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    Funds allocated for expo tram line in Budapest

    2017-09-05T12:53:49Z

    HUNGARY: The government has allocated HF4bn for the construction of a 2 km tram line to serve the Hungexpo exhibition centre in Budapest. The planned route would link the complex with Pillangó utca station on metro Line M2, following the route of bus line 100 along Albertirsai út. Plans ...

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    Birmingham tram extension receives government funding

    2017-09-01T10:51:36Z

    UK: The Department for Transport announced on September 1 that it is to provide £59·8m towards the construction of the Edgbaston extension of the Midland Metro tram route in Birmingham. The package means that the £149m project is now fully funded. Preliminary work started in the summer on the ...

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    Trams reach Tallinn airport

    2017-09-01T10:29:34Z

    ESTONIA: Revenue service began on an extension of the Tallinn tram network to the airport on September 1, following an official inauguration ceremony two days earlier attended by Acting Mayor Taavi Aas and Estonia’s Rail Baltica project co-ordinator Kristjan Kaunissaare. The 700 m southern extension of Route 4 includes ...

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    Work begins on Limmattalbahn light rail project

    2017-08-30T10:30:23Z

    SWITZERLAND: President Doris Leuthard attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Limmattalbahn light rail project at Schlieren near Zürich on August 28. Preparatory work began on August 2 for the first phase of the route, which is due to open between Altstetten in Zürich and Geissweid in Schlieren to the ...

  • A groundbreaking ceremony for the Purple Line in Maryland took place on August 28.
    Metro Report International

    Maryland Purple Line breaks ground

    2017-08-29T10:35:41Z

    USA: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Purple Line in Maryland took place on August 28. The 25·7 km light rail line with 21 stops is being built between Bethesda and New Carrollton in the northern suburbs of Washington DC. The ceremony also included the signing of a $900m Full ...

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    St Petersburg orders more PK TS trams

    2017-08-24T09:36:28Z

    RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy is to supply three 100% low-floor unidirectional three-section trams to St Petersburg operator Gorelektrotrans under a 255m rouble contract. The only other bid came from trading company Elektrotransport, which works with UKVZ. However, the company’s cheaper bid was rejected on the grounds of non-compliant documentation. ...

  • Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries a contract to supply rubber-tyre trainsets for  the Astram Line.
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    Hiroshima Rapid Transit orders MHI trainsets

    2017-08-17T09:30:43Z

    JAPAN: Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries a contract to supply 11 six-car Automated Guideway Transit rubber-tyre trainsets for New Transit Line 1, the Astram Line. They are scheduled to enter service in 2019-25, to replace the vehicles which were delivered for the opening of the line ...

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    PK TS wins first order for its Varyag tram

    2017-08-16T09:24:14Z

    RUSSIA: Sole bidder PK Transportnye Systemy is to supply three trams to St Petersburg under a 155m rouble contract signed with operator Gorelektrotrans. PK TS will supply three-section Varyag trams, designated 71-922. This model was unveiled at the SmartTransportExpo in St Petersburg last year, and a prototype underwent dynamic ...

  • The tram route would serve the planned new capital.
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    Cairo electric railway agreement signed

    2017-08-16T09:06:00Z

    EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels signed a US$1·24bn contract on August 15 for the construction of a electric railway serving greater Cairo. Work is due to start in two to three months and will be carried out by a consortium of AVIC International and China Railway ...

  • UKVZ is likely to supply its KTM-23 model.
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    Magnitogorsk tram leasing agreement signed

    2017-08-14T10:26:03Z

    RUSSIA: Magnitogorsk city transport operator Maggortrans signed a hire purchase contract for covering the supply of 15 trams on August 9. Roscosmos subsidiary United Missile & Space Corp was the sole bidder in the tender to supply 16·4 m long unidirectional partly low-floor trams. Roscosmos owns tram manufacturer UKVZ. ...