All Light Rail articles – Page 73

  • TMZV has supplied a prototype snow-clearing tram to Mosgotrans.
    Metro Report International

    Prototype snow-clearing tram on test in Moscow

    2017-02-13T15:26:48Z

    RUSSIA: Moscow tram operator Mosgortrans began testing a prototype maintenance vehicle designed to clear snow from tram tracks on February 13. Testing is to continue for one year. The 10·5 m long bidirectional vehicle, branded Rost, has been supplied by Tikhoretsk-based TMZV. It is equipped with a rotating brush ...

  • Solaris has delivered the first Tramino XL to Leipzig.
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    Tramino XL presented in Leipzig

    2017-02-13T14:28:12Z

    GERMANY: The first Solaris Tramino XL was presented to the public in Leipzig on February 11, and is on display until February 19 at the Leipziger Messe. In February 2015 Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe selected Solaris to supply five trams for €7·7m, with options for up to 36 more. LVB exercised ...

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    Metro Report International

    New tram and bus washing plant inaugurated in Kraków

    2017-02-13T11:59:38Z

    POLAND: City transport authority MPK Kraków officially inaugurated a new tram and bus washing plant at its Nowa Huta depot on February 8. This replaces a washing plant commissioned in the 1980s, which was unheated and could therefore not operate all year round. The new plant is heated and ...

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    Trams delivered to Nizhny Tagil

    2017-02-13T10:33:13Z

    RUSSIA: Uraltransmash has delivered 30 trams to Nizhny Tagil. Three are already in regular service, with the remaining 27 expected to enter service by the end of February. The partly low-floor Type 71-407 trams are being purchased under a seven-year leasing deal with Sberbank Leasing. The total cost is ...

  • Pesa previously supplied 32 trams to Łódź (photo: Ryszard Piech).
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    Pesa to supply more trams to Łódź

    2017-02-13T09:42:31Z

    POLAND: Pesa submitted the best offer to supply 12 trams to Łódź, city transport operator MPK Łódź announced on February 10. The Bydgoszcz-based supplier is to supply five-section trams from its Swing family for 99·6m złoty, with deliveries due to be completed before the end of September 2018. ...

  • Luxembourg City has ordered 21 trams from CAF.
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    CAF delivers first Luxembourg tram

    2017-02-10T14:45:33Z

    LUXEMBOURG: The first tram for the line under construction in Luxembourg City arrived in the early hours of February 9 from CAF’s factory in Zaragoza. CAF is supplying 21 Urbos trams under an €83m contract signed in 2015. Nine are required for the first section of the line, which ...

  • The contract between Alexandria Passenger Transportation Authority and Tatra-Yug was signed in Egypt on February 6.
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    Tatra-Yug to supply trams to Alexandria

    2017-02-10T10:09:00Z

    EGYPT: Alexandria Passenger Transportation Authority signed a contract on February 6 for Tatra-Yug to supply 15 trams. The Ukrainian manufacturer beat Stadler and CRRC to win the order; three other bidders did not make it to the second round. To be used on Alexandria’s 32 km standard gauge network, ...

  • Lugano tram-train services would use the existing Ferriovie Luganesi Line S60.
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    Lugano tram-train project receives regional funding

    2017-02-09T12:50:43Z

    SWITZERLAND: The Grand Council of Ticino has approved SFr1·5m towards the first phase of a tram-train project serving Lugano. This follows the approval of SFr300m by the Federal Council in November. The first phase, planned to open in 2020, would build around 4 km of new double-track alignment to ...

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    Metro Report International

    Oklahoma City Streetcar breaks ground

    2017-02-08T15:05:40Z

    USA: Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the city’s streetcar project on February 7. A joint venture of Herzog and Stacy & Witbeck is building the line, with ADG, Jacobs Engineering, Aecom and SOJ providing consultancy services. Opening is scheduled for December 2018. The ...

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    Metro Report International

    Toronto Pearson transit hub proposed

    2017-02-08T14:08:50Z

    CANADA: Greater Toronto Airports Authority has announced plans for a regional transit centre to be developed at Toronto Pearson International Airport. GTAA says that more than 300 000 people work in the area around the airport, making it the second-largest employment zone in Canada. However, poor public transport options ...

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    Metro Report International

    Tram to link La Serena and Coquimbo

    2017-02-08T14:01:11Z

    CHILE: A public consultation is being held for the proposed construction of a tramway linking the centres of La Serena and Coquimbo. Tenders are due to be called in the second half of this year, and work could begin by the end of the year, with opening expected in 2021-22. ...

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    Porto approves two metro extensions

    2017-02-08T11:51:24Z

    PORTUGAL: Meeting on February 7, the board of Metro do Porto SA approved plans to build two extensions to the city’s light metro network. Running for a total of 9∙2 km and expected to cost €287m to build, the extensions would be used by over 33 000 passengers day, according ...

  • The proposed Hamilton light rail line would be 11 km long.
    Metro Report International

    Hamilton light rail RFQ issued

    2017-02-06T15:13:21Z

    CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have issued a request for qualifications for a contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a light rail line in Hamilton. A request for proposals is expected in mid-2017. The 11 km east-west B-Line would link Queenston Circle and McMaster University, serving 14 ...

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    Tenders called for up to 213 trams in Warszawa

    2017-02-06T14:51:37Z

    POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie called tenders on February 3 for up to 213 trams with an estimated value of 2·3bn złoty including VAT. The base order includes 85 bidirectional and 18 unidirectional trams 33 m long, as well as 20 unidirectional trams 24 m long. Deliveries are due to take ...

  • Alstom is to supply 10 more Citadis trams to Strasbourg.
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    More Citadis trams ordered for Strasbourg

    2017-02-03T11:27:55Z

    FRANCE: Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois has exercised an option to order 10 more Alstom Citadis trams for €28m. This will bring the number of Citadis trams operated by CTS to 63, with the first order placed in 2003. The option announced on February 3 forms part of a framework ...

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    Metro Report International

    First phase of Santos light rail completed

    2017-02-01T12:27:01Z

    BRAZIL: São Paulo State Governor Geraldo Alckmin inaugurated two extensions of the Santos light rail line on January 31, completing the 11·5 km first stage of the city’s network. Regular passenger services began the following day. An eastern section from Bernardino to Port opened with three intermediate stops, one ...

  • The new trams will allow the city's older fleet to be withdrawn.
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    Pesa sole bidder in Gorzów Wielkopolski tram tender

    2017-01-31T16:24:21Z

    POLAND: Pesa is the sole bidder to supply up to 20 trams to Gorzów Wielkopolski, city transport authority MZK announced on January 31. The 115·1m złoty bid includes a firm order for 14 bidirectional trams from Pesa’s Fokstrot family. These would enable most of the existing fleet of 11 ...

  • CAF is supplying 21 trams from its factory in Zaragoza.
    Metro Report International

    Luxembourg tram selects IVU

    2017-01-28T08:00:00Z

    LUXEMBOURG: IVU Traffic Technologies is supplying its IVU.suite planning and dispatch software to the Luxembourg tram project, the first phase of which is due to open in September. The software includes a user interface in multiple languages. When complete, the tram line would be 16·2 km long with 15 ...

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    Metro Report International

    Tempe Streetcar contractor selected

    2017-01-26T16:44:48Z

    USA: Valley Metro has approved the main construction contract for the Tempe Streetcar project, selecting Stacy & Witbeck as the contractor. Work is expected to begin later this year. In late 2016 Valley Metro selected Stantec Consulting Services to undertake design work. The 4·8 km route will link Marina ...

  • A prototype of the Moderus Gamma was unveiled in November.
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    Modertrans wins first order for fully low-floor Gamma trams

    2017-01-25T16:39:40Z

    POLAND: Modertrans has submitted the best offer to supply 50 trams to MPK Poznań, the transport authority announced on January 23. The Poznań-based supplier beat Pesa and a Stadler-Solaris consortium. Modertrans will supply 30 unidirectional and 20 bidirectional trams of 30·5 m to 32·5 m long under the 397m ...