Metro news – Page 115
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NewsOslo metro depot commissioned
NORWAY: Metro infrastructure owner Sporveien Oslo has commissioned all four sheds at the Avløs depot on Line 2, marking the end of the 10-year Kolsåsbane project. This also included infrastructure upgrades on the line linking the city centre with Kolsås in the western suburbs. The previously disused ...
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NewsSacramento inaugurates light rail extension
USA: Sacramento Regional Transit District held a ‘pre-opening celebration’ on August 23 ahead of the official opening ceremony for the Blue Line light rail extension from Meadowview Road to Cosumnes River College on August 24. Opening was originally planned for September, but the date was brought forward to coincide ...
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NewsNottingham Express Transit Phase 2 opens
UK: The first passenger service on Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2 departed from Clifton South at 06.02 on August 25, marking the opening of two new branches on the city’s tram network. The routes to Clifton South and Toton Lane diverge at Nottingham station tram stop, the previous southern ...
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NewsKharkiv metro inaugurates trainset
UKRAINE: The first new trainset to enter service on the Kharkiv metro since 2004 was inaugurated at Heroiv Pratsi station on Line 2 on August 21, marking 40 years since the opening of the city’s first metro line on August 23 1975. The five-car trainset was built by Kriukov ...
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NewsPhoenix opens Central Mesa light rail extension
USA: The Central Mesa extension of the Valley Metro light rail line in Phoenix was inaugurated on August 22, with events along the route to mark the opening. The 5 km extension is the first since the initial 32 km route was put into service at the end of ...
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NewsChemnitz receives electro-diesel tram-train
GERMANY: The first Vossloh CityLink electro-diesel tram-train for Chemnitz was presented to transport authority Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen on August 21. The second vehicle is currently at the Wildenrath test track. In 2012 Vossloh won a €42·3m contract to supply eight tram-trains for the network being developed around Chemnitz. This was ...
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NewsRio light rail receives BNDES funding
BRAZIL: Federal development bank BNDES announced on August 19 that it had agreed to provide 42% of the R$1∙77bn cost of the light rail network under construction in Rio de Janeiro, making R$746∙5m available to concessionaire VLT Carioca. The first section of the network is due to enter service ...
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NewsUraltransmash presents new tram models
RUSSIA: Uralvagonzavod subsidiary Uraltransmash has presented its latest tram models at the Innoprom 2015 trade fair in Yekaterinburg. The company has updated its existing 71-409 model as a multi-articulated 100% low-floor tram available in three-, five-, seven and nine-section variants. It received type approval earlier this month following tests ...
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NewsTram investment planned in Riga
LATVIA: Riga operator Rīgas Satiksme has announced plans to build a 3·6 km tram extension, as part of a larger project that includes infrastructure renewal and additional rolling stock. The extension to the northeast of the city centre would run along Pērnavas iela, Senču iela, Zirņu iela, Skanstes iela ...
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NewsSt Petersburg places metro car order
RUSSIA: Transmashholding subsidiary Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant has signed a 10·5bn rouble contract to supply 20 eight-car metro trainsets to the St Petersburg metro. The first three trains are to be delivered in 2016, with three more in the following year, four in 2018, five in 2019 ...
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NewsInterest sought in Gold Coast light rail stage two
AUSTRALIA: The Queensland government is inviting expressions of interest from August 10 until August 28 for construction of the second phase of the Gold Coast light rail line. A revised route has been developed for the northern extension, which could be built for less than half the cost of ...
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NewsCaltrain electrification grant
USA: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has approved the allocation of $20m to help fund the electrification of the Caltrain corridor in northern California. The grant is being funded through the Mobile Source Incentive Fund, which is collected from a $2 fee on motor vehicles registered in ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - August 2015
Stadtverkehr Ulm and Siemens are testing a Combino tram fitted with a prototype collision avoidance system. Three optical sensors cause a warning to be sounded in the if there is a potential obstruction ahead. A topping-out ceremony for Kai Tak station on the Shatin – Central Link in ...
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NewsTramwaje Śląskie to receive first Modertrans tram this month
POLAND: The first Moderus Beta tram that Modertrans is supplying for the network centred on Katowice is undergoing testing, with delivery to Tramwaje Śląskie expected later this month. Modertrans was awarded a 58·3m złoty contract in 2014 to supply 12 trams. The procurement forms part of the second stage ...
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NewsLucknow metro approved
INDIA: The government has approved the first phase of the Lucknow metro, with a planned investment of Rs69·3bn. The project is to be carried out as a joint venture between the central government and the state of Uttar Pradesh, with funding sources expected to include soft loans from bilateral and ...
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NewsMoscow commuter operating contracts awarded
RUSSIA: The Moscow city and regional authorities have awarded two 15-year contracts for the operation of suburban and regional passenger services to the incumbents, following a tender which also attracted a bid from Russian Railways’ Kazan-based commuter train operating subsidiary Sodruzhestvo. Central Suburban Passenger Co will continue to operate nine ...
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NewsIzmir metro train design revealed
TURKEY: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has revealed the design of the metro cars that it ordered from CNR Corp earlier this year. The 17 five-car sets ordered in March under a TL192m contract will increase the fleet to 182 cars. To be manufactured in China, the first trainset is due ...
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NewsPraha plans driverless metro line
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha city council has announced plans to build the future metro Line D for operation with three-car driverless trainsets. The 10·6 km line with 10 stations would run south from Náměstí Míruto, splitting into to two branches terminating at Modřany and Depo Písnice. It is intended to ...
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NewsTyne & Wear Metro fleet refurbishment complete
UK: The three-quarter life refurbishment of the Tyne & Wear Metro fleet has been completed five months ahead of schedule. A total of 86 cars have been modernised over five years at a cost of £30m. The work forms part of the broader £389m ‘Metro all change modernisation’ programme. ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur multi-modal ticketing contract awarded
MALAYSIA: Land transport authority SPAD has awarded Australian company Vix Technology a A$27m contract to design, supply and operate a unified multi-modal ticketing system covering Kuala Lumpur and the wider Klang Valley. The cashless payment system is to be rolled out from early 2017, and will enable passengers to pay ...