Metro news – Page 104
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NewsHockey-inspired light rail vehicle unveiled
CANADA: Calgary Transit unveiled the first of 63 Siemens S200 high-floor light rail vehicles at its Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility on January 14. According to Calgary Transit, the design is inspired by a hockey goalkeeper mask, and was chosen by city residents ahead of designs inspired by the Bow River ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 3 agreement signed
PANAMA: Deputy Foreign Minister Luis Miguel Hincapié and the Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Hitoshi Kikawada signed a technical and financial co-operation agreement for the construction of Panamá City metro Line 3 on January 14. Details of the agreement are due to be finalised during the ...
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NewsBydgoszcz tram extension opens
POLAND: A 9·5 km extension of the metre gauge tram network in Bydgoszcz opened on January 16, linking Wyścigowa with Łoskoń in the Fordon district in the east of the city. Routes 3, 5, 7 and 10 serve the new line. The first tram departed the new eastern terminus ...
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NewsBuda tram connections completed
HUNGARY: The completion of a project to connect tram routes in the Buda district of Budapest was marked with the start of passenger services on January 16. The ‘fonódó villamoshálózat’ (interweaving tram network) project has enabled the creation of two long north-south corridors on the right bank of the River ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur light metro train unveiled
MALAYSIA: The first of 14 Innovia Metro 300 trainsets ordered as part of the project to extend Kuala Lumpur’s Kelana Jaya light metro line was unveiled by Bombardier Transportation and its local partner Hartasuma on January 18. Bombardier said the driverless trainsets are being ‘designed, constructed and tested’ at its ...
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NewsToulouse to double metro Line A capacity
FRANCE: Toulouse public transport authority Tisséo signed a €66m contract on January 15 for Siemens to undertake infrastructure work that will allow an increase in capacity on Line A of the driverless VAL metro. Tisséo plans to double the length of the trains from 26 m to 52 m, ...
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NewsRefurbished Hamburg S-Bahn EMU presented
GERMANY: The first refurbished Hamburg S-Bahn Class 474 electric multiple-unit was unveiled by Hamburg Transport Minister Andreas Rieckhof, HVV CEO Lutz Aigner and S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH CEO Kay Uwe Arnecke on January 13. This follows the presentation of a prototype Class 474 Plus a year ago. All 112 Class ...
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NewsMTA awards CBTC verification contract
USA: MTA New York City Transit has formally awarded Mitsubishi Electric Corp a contract to develop and test its communications-based train control products to verify interoperability with the CBTC systems ordered from Siemens and Thales. Last year MTA awarded Siemens and Thales two contracts to install CBTC on the subway’s ...
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NewsContactless card rail ticketing development funded
UK: The UK Cards Association, which represents the card payment industry, has received funding from the Rail Delivery Group to develop a framework which would enable contactless bank cards, mobile phones, wearables or other devices to be used for pre-purchased rail tickets. This would include long-distance and season tickets, removing ...
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NewsMore capacity in Mexico City
MEXICO: A three-year programme to upgrade 85% of the Mexico City metro fleet has been launched by operator STC, which is undertaking work in-house with the assistance of Alstom. In order to meet rising demand, trains are to be extended to nine cars on all lines, except Line 12 where ...
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NewsThales to supply Delhi metro ticketing equipment
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Thales a contract to supply ticket vending machines and ticket gates for around 100 stations on phases I and II of the Delhi metro. Thales is to supply 240 ticket gates between February and September. It is also supplying 300 ticket vending ...
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NewsManila metro maintenance contract signed
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation & Communications signed a three-year maintenance and upgrade contract for rolling stock and signalling on Manila metro Line 3 on January 7. The 3·81bn peso contract came into effect the following day. On December 24 DOTC announced that it had selected a joint venture ...
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NewsShijiazhuang metro extensions approved
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission approved two extensions to the Shijiazhuang metro on January 8. Line 1 Phase 2 would run north from the line’s current eastern terminus of Xiao Hedadao to Dongyan, across the Hutuo River. A third depot is to be built at the northern ...
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NewsInternational Urban Rail Platform for North America launches
NORTH AMERICA: International public transport association UITP has announced the creation of the International Urban Rail Platform for North America, which is designed to bring together ‘key rail industry players from the region and the rest of the world’ to share knowledge and expertise between the North American rail industry ...
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NewsYangon launches light rail line
MYANMAR: The first phase of a light rail line in Yangon was officially opened with a ceremony on January 10. The 4·8 km east-west route from Linsadaung to Wardan Jetty uses a newly electrified on-street freight railway running along Strand Road, and a three-section ex-Hiroshima tram with capacity for ...
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NewsKraków inaugurates tram workshop
POLAND: Mayor Jacek Majchrowski officially inaugurated a new building for maintenance and repairs in the Podgórze tram depot in Kraków on January 4. The inauguration coincided with the presentation of the last Krakowiak tram, which arrived in December. At 42·8 m long, the 36 trams supplied by Pesa are ...
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NewsBerlin rolling stock financing agreed
GERMANY: On January 7 the Land of Berlin’s Finance Senator Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, Urban Development Senator Andreas Geisel and Chair of transport operator BVG Sigrid Evelyn Nikutta signed a letter of intent to extend BVG’s operating contract from 2020 to 2035. During this period the city would pay an annual ...
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NewsSiemens to automate Paris metro Line 4
FRANCE: RATP announced on January 7 that it had selected Siemens for a €70m contract to automate the 12·1 km Paris metro Line 4 to enable driverless operation. The work is scheduled for completion in 2022. Siemens is to install its Trainguard MT signalling and will equip the operations ...
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NewsNorth Korean metro trainset carries passengers
NORTH KOREA: January 1 saw a ceremonial run of what the official news agency describes as the country’s first domestically manufactured metro trainset. The train carried passengers on the 20 km north-south Chollima Line of the Pyongyang metro. The four-car trainset includes screens with real-time passenger information, as well ...
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NewsDelhi Metro boosts capacity during odd-even car restrictions
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has increased the number of trains operated and deployed extra staff to cope with the additional ridership resulting from the National Capital Territory government’s imposition of restrictions on the use of cars in the city. The restrictions intended to reduce pollution are in force ...