All Light Rail articles – Page 75
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NewsComprehensive mobility cuts the mustard
FRANCE: A new operations contract for the Divia public transport network in Greater Dijon came into effect on January 1, with an expanded scope. In addition to managing the bus and tram networks, Keolis will be responsible for cycle hire and car parking. Keolis says that this ‘comprehensive mobility approach’ ...
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NewsDiyarbakır tram project approved
TURKEY: Prime minister Binali Yıldırım has approved the construction of a tram line in Diyarbakır. The city in eastern Turkey has 930 000 inhabitants, with more than 1·5 million in the metropolitan area, but no tram lines. The planned route would link Dağkapı on the edge of the historic ...
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Metro Report InternationalCasablanca tramway extension contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Casablanca tram operator Casa Transport has selected Engie Group subsidiaries Engie Ineo and Engie Cofely Morocco to supply signalling and other systems for Line 2 and an extension of the existing Line 1. In addition to supplying signalling, communications, CCTV and fire detection equipment, Engie will install its ...
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NewsKyiv Fokstrot tram deliveries completed
UKRAINE: Pesa has completed deliveries of its Fokstrot trams to Kyiv, with the last four arriving in the capital on December 19. Earlier this year tram operator Kyivpastrans selected Pesa to supply 10 low-floor trams for €11·5m. Four are currently in regular service on the fast tram routes on ...
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Metro Report InternationalNice tram Line 2 power supply contract awarded
FRANCE: A consortium of Alstom and Colas Rail has been awarded an €11m contract to supply power supply equipment for Line 2 of the Nice tramway, which will use Alstom’s SRS ground-based static charging technology. The firm order includes seven electrical substations, 10 lighting power stations and two intake ...
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NewsCAF to supply new fleet for Schönbuchbahn modernisation
GERMANY: Transport authority Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn has selected CAF for a €51·3m contract to supply nine three-car light rail vehicles of a new design for use on the Schönbuchbahn. The 17 km locally-owned railway southwest of Stuttgart is to be upgraded and electrified to accommodate growing ridership. Announcing the agreement on ...
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NewsDesert tram delivered to Ouargla
ALGERIA: The first Citadis tram for Ouargla arrived in the city from Cital’s factory in Annaba on December 20. The Cital joint venture of Ferrovial (41%), Entreprise Métro d’Alger (10%), Alstom Transport France (43%) and Alstom Algérie (6%) is supplying 23 trams under a contract awarded in 2014. Each ...
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NewsBordeaux tram network expands
FRANCE: A 7·2 km extension of the Bordeaux tram network was inaugurated on December 17 with the start of services to the Porte du Médoc district. The new alignment with six stops forms a branch of Line C, leaving the main Parc des Expositions line at Cracovie and running ...
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NewsMPK Wrocław calls off last Modertrans Beta tram option
POLAND: Transport authority MPK Wrocław has ordered a further 13 Moderus Beta trams from Modertrans for 50m złoty. The partly low-floor vehicles are due to be delivered by the end of 2017. The latest order calls off the remaining options from a 23m złoty contract placed in 2015. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalTest running begins on Detroit QLine
USA: Test running began on the QLine tram route in Detroit on December 13, ahead of the planned start of passenger services next spring. The 5·3 km route along Woodward Avenue is being built by Stacy & Witbeck and will be operated and maintained by Transdev. Brookville Equipment Corp ...
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NewsNürnberg tram extension inaugurated
GERMANY: A 2·4 km extension of Nürnberg’s tram network was inaugurated on December 10, with the entry into service of the northern section of Route 4 from Thon to Am Wegfeld with three intermediate stops. The Land of Bayern contributed €16·8m of the €43·6m project cost. The city’s transport ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis Downer to operate Newcastle light rail
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales announced on December 12 that it had selected the Keolis Downer joint venture of Keolis and Downer EDI to operate and maintain public transport in Newcastle for 10 years from July 2017 under a A$450m contract. Operating under the Newcastle Transport brand, the ...
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NewsMünchen inaugurates Steinhausen tram extension
GERMANY: The Steinhausen extension of München’s tram network opened with the timetable change on December 11. Construction of the 2·7 km eastern extension began on February 26. Running on reserved track from Max-Weber-Platz U-Bahn station to Berg am Laim S-Bahn station, the extension forms the eastern end of Route ...
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NewsMore Artic trams for Helsinki approved
FINLAND: The board of Helsinki transport operator HKL approved the purchase of 20 more trams from Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech on December 8. Deliveries of the low-floor Artic trams are due to take place in 2018-19. The 27·4 m long trams from the €57·3m order would be identical to ...
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NewsMainzelbahn opens
GERMANY: A day of free travel across the tram network in Mainz marked the opening of the Mainzelbahn extension on December 11. The 9·2 km route links Mainz Hauptbahnhof West and Lerchenberg in the southwest of the city, via the University and Marienborn railway station. There are 16 stops. ...
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NewsGlasgow backs airport tram-train plan
UK: The Glasgow City Region Cabinet agreed on December 13 to formally endorse plans for a tram-train link between Glasgow Airport and the city centre. The project is to be funded from the £1·1bn Glasgow City Region deal signed with the Scottish and UK governments in August 2014. The £144m ...
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NewsSolaris to supply more trams to Leipzig
GERMANY: Leipzig transport authority LVB is to exercise a second option to its contract with Solaris, following the approval by the Land of Sachsen for a further €7·3m towards the purchase of rolling stock. The latest funding package would cover half the cost of a further nine trams. In ...
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NewsSevilla tram extension progresses
SPAIN: Sevilla municipality is moving ahead with a long-planned extension of the city’s tram line by calling tenders for the design work, worth €484 000. The 1·8 km extension would take the 1 435 mm gauge Metrocentro line east from its current terminus of San Bernardo, before ...
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Metro Report InternationalEU tram funding agreements signed
POLAND: Implementing agency Centre for EU Transport Projects signed agreements with two tram operators on December 6 allocating EU funds, subject to approval by the European Commission. MPK Kraków is to receive 124·9m złoty to support its 314·4m złoty purchase of 35 low-floor trams. These would be 32 to ...
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NewsMPact Thales to build Manchester Metrolink’s Trafford Centre extension
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester confirmed on December 2 that MPact Thales and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff will design and build the Trafford Centre extension of the Metrolink tram network. The MPact Thales consortium includes civils and track contractors VolkerRail and Laing O’Rourke, along with railway systems supplier Thales. WSP ...