All Light Rail articles – Page 73

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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  • The new trams will allow the city's older fleet to be withdrawn.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 ...

  • The tram-train station in Puebla provides an interchange with the bus network.
    Metro Report International

    Puebla tram-train inaugurated

    2017-01-25T11:07:40Z

    MEXICO: Ceremonies were held on January 23 to launch a tram-train service in the city of Puebla, approximately 100 km southeast of Mexico City. The inauguration celebrations were attended by President Enrique Peña Nieto, Puebla state Governor Rafael Moreno Valle and Secretary of Communications & Transportation Gerardo Ruiz Esparza. Apart ...

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    Metro Report International

    FTA approves Minneapolis Blue Line extension

    2017-01-23T11:33:10Z

    USA: The Federal Transit Administration has approved the start of engineering work for the Blue Line light rail extension serving northwest Minneapolis, the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council announced on January 19. Coming just a month after the approval of the Southwest LRT Green Line extension, the decision will allow the ...

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    Alstom to supply trams to Kaohsiung

    2017-01-23T09:51:51Z

    TAIWAN: China Steel Corp has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 15 Citadis X05 trams for the second phase of the Kaohsiung tram project. To be assembled in La Rochelle, with components coming from Alstom sites in France and Italy, the trams will be equipped with permanent magnet traction ...

  • A Midland Metro trams has returned to CAF’s factory to be retrofitted with two lithium ion cells to enable to it to operate without catenary.
    Metro Report International

    Midland Metro tram sent for catenary-free conversion

    2017-01-20T17:06:45Z

    UK: One of Midland Metro’s Urbos trams has been returned to CAF’s factory at Zaragoza in Spain where it is to be retrofitted with two lithium ion cells to enable to it to operate over short distances without catenary. The Midland Metro would be the first modern commercial tramway in ...

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    Metro Report International

    Solar power to be allocated to Melbourne trams

    2017-01-19T11:44:26Z

    AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria is to call tenders in the first half of 2017 for the construction of solar power farms, with part of the output to be bought to power the Melbourne tram network. Work to build solar farms with a generating capacity of 75 MW is ...

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    Metro Report International

    Kaohsiung tram signalling contract awarded

    2017-01-19T10:23:07Z

    TAIWAN: China Steel Corp has awarded a contract for Thales to supply signalling for the extension of the Kaohsiung light rail line, the supplier announced on January 19. The 4½ year contract includes the supply of interlockings, traffic light priority systems and automatic vehicle location detection. Trial operations started ...

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    Utrecht orders longer CAF trams

    2017-01-19T08:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: The Province of Utrecht signed a contract with CAF on January 18 for the supply of 22 additional Urbos 100 trams. These are intended to replace vehicles that are more than 30 years old on the city’s sneltram network, which links Utrecht with Nieuwegein and Ijsselstein. The new ...

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    Ostrava tram contract signed

    2017-01-18T13:56:01Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: DP Ostrava has signed the SFr45m contract with Stadler for the supply of 40 trams from its Tango family. The contract includes an option to take only 30 trams, based on the same unit price as an order for 40. Ostrava Mayor Tomáš Macura announced on November ...

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    KeolisAmey to operate Manchester Metrolink

    2017-01-18T12:01:00Z

    UK: Transport for Greater Manchester announced on January 18 that it had signed a contract with the KeolisAmey joint venture for up to 10 years of operation and maintenance of the Metrolink tram network. The contract will come into effect from July, when the existing operations contract with RATP ...

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    Metro Report International

    Edmonton light rail trackwork contract awarded

    2017-01-17T16:36:14Z

    CANADA: London Trackwork has been awarded a contract to supply trackwork including turnouts and crossovers for the first phase of the Valley Line light rail project in Edmonton. The work is expected to take 1½ to 2 years to complete. Work on the 13·1 km first phase began in ...

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    Rabat tram extensions approved

    2017-01-16T13:42:38Z

    MOROCCO: Rabat city council approved two extensions to the city’s tram network on January 12. Line L2 is to be extended at both ends. An eastern extension would add 4·6 km from the current Hassan II terminus in Salé to Avenue Zarbia. In Rabat, Line L2 is to be ...

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    First Luxembourg tram on test

    2017-01-16T09:10:21Z

    LUXEMBOURG: The first tram for the line under construction in Luxembourg City is due to be delivered next month. It is currently undergoing dynamic tests at CAF’s factory in Zaragoza, where two further trams are currently in production. More than 30 000 people saw a full-scale mock-up that went ...

  • Photos: K Lesińska
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    Poznań’s first low-floor bidirectional tram enters service

    2017-01-13T09:38:21Z

    POLAND: The first of 10 bidirectional Moderus Beta trams has entered service on Route 1 of the Poznań network. This is the first bidirectional tram in MPK Poznań’s fleet that is not completely high-floor. Until now the only bidirectional trams in service were fully high-floor GT8 vehicles, which are ...