GERMANY: Stadtwerke Mainz has approved the construction of the 9·2 km Mainzelbahn tram extension from Hauptbahnhof West to Lerchenberg. The metre-gauge line would have 15 stops.
Approval is subject to federal and Land grants being confirmed. Of the €83·6m cost, Stadtwerke Mainz would bear €31m, with €44m coming from the federal government and €9m from the Land of Rhineland-Pfalz. Construction is due to start in early 2014.
GERMANY: Mainz transport operator MVG has placed a €20m order with Stadler for nine metre-gauge Variobahn trams. They will be delivered from 2012, and an option is available for a further six vehicles. The five-section 100% low-floor trams will be 30 m long with four passenger doors per side. ...
USA: Automatic train operation has resumed on the Washington DC metro after a 15 year gap. ATO was installed when the metro opened in 1976, but it was turned off following a fatal collision in June 2009. This was caused by a track circuit failure that ...
USA: New York MTA has approved a $1·27bn firm order for a further 435 Kawasaki Rail Car R211 Subway cars, including 80 R211T cars with open gangways. This takes the total number of R211 cars ordered under the 2018 framework agreement to 1 610, of which ...
