Metro news – Page 119
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NewsDoha metro BIM contract awarded
QATAR: Hochtief ViCon has won a contract to provide building information modelling services for a section of the Doha metro Red Line. The scope covers a 6·7 km stretch of the Red Line between Lusail and Msheireb, which includes elevated and at-grade sections. ViCon is to prepare initial BIM ...
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NewsKyiv and Pesa sign tram memorandum
UKRAINE: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has signed a memorandum with Pesa for the supply of trams to the Ukrainian capital and the possible opening of a factory in the city. The memorandum was signed with Pesa President Tomasz Zaboklicki when Klitschko visited Pesa’s factory at Bydgoszcz in Poland on ...
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NewsSheffield – Rotherham tram-train service to start in 2017
UK: The first of seven vehicles ordered in 2013 for the Sheffield – Rotherham tram-train pilot project is now nearing completion at Vossloh España’s plant near Valencia, and is due to arrive in the UK in November. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive says the Vossloh vehicles will initially be ...
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NewsFederal funding for Toronto RER
CANADA: Federal funding is to be made available for Toronto’s proposed SmartTrack Regional Express Rail project, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on June 18, when he set out details of a Public Transit Fund which is being established to support transport infrastructure investment. The RER is included in Mayor ...
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NewsShanghai peoplemover contract
CHINA: Shanghai Shentong Metro Co has awarded a joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and CSR Nanjing Puzhen an 808m yuan turnkey contract to supply a 6·6 km automated peoplemover for Shanghai. The elevated alignment would run south from the terminus of metro Line 8 at Shendu Gonglu to the ...
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NewsBombardier wins London Overground EMU contract
UK: Transport for London announced on June 19 that it had selected Bombardier Transportation to supply 45 four-car electric multiple-units to operate London Overground services. The order includes an option for up to 96 additional cars, to be used for train lengthening and possible future extensions of the Overground network. ...
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NewsSan Francisco orders more LRVs
USA: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has ordered an additional 40 Siemens light rail vehicles from for its Muni network. The order is an option on a $648m contract signed in September 2014 for 175 LRVs with options for up to 85 more. The LRVs are based on ...
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NewsDelhi metro Line 6 opens extension
INDIA: The latest extension of the Delhi metro opened on June 8, when the first train from ITO station on Line 6 was flagged off by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at 16.00. Revenue services started 2 h later. The 1 km section ...
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NewsBucureşti metro extension gets EU funding
ROMANIA: The European Commission approved on June 4 an €83m grant from the EU Cohesion Fund for the northwest extension of Line 4 of the București metro. The €97·7m project would extend Line 4 by 1·9 km northwest from its current terminus of Parc Bazilescu to Străulești, with an ...
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NewsBEML signs Delhi metro car contract
INDIA: A Rs6·45bn contract for BEML to supply 74 RS13 metro cars to Delhi Metro Rail Corp was signed in Bangalore on June 10. The traction systems are to be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. The 1 676 mm gauge vehicles are required to be compatible with the existing ...
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NewsFuel cell tram framework agreement
CHINA: Canadian fuel cell technology company Ballard Power Systems and Tangshan Railway Vehicle have signed a framework agreement for the development of a fuel cell module for tram or other ground transport applications. Announcing the agreement on June 10, Ballard said it would assist with the design and integration ...
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NewsEglinton Crosstown LRT preferred bidder announced
CANADA: Provincial infrastructure development agency Infrastructure Ontario and Toronto regional transport authority Metrolinx named Crosslinx Transit Solutions as preferred bidder to design, build, finance and maintain the track and railway systems for the C$5·3bn Eglinton Crosstown light rail project on June 9. The Crosslinx Transit Solution consortium comprises: ACS Infrastructure ...
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NewsDetroit tram order agreed
USA: Detroit light rail project promoter M-1 Rail announced on June 8 that it had agreed terms with Brookville Equipment Corp for a $32m order to supply six of Liberty Modern Streetcars for the future Woodward Avenue line. The trams will use lithium-ion batteries for catenary-free operation on around ...
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NewsWork starts on Manila metro extension
PHILIPPINES: A groundbreaking ceremony at Santolan station in Manila on June 9 launched construction of the 2·27bn peso Light Rail Transit Line 2 East Extension Project. Contractor DM Consunji Inc is to build the 4·2 km elevated metro from the current terminus at Santolan to Masinag in Antipolo City, ...
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NewsBuild a tramway in 30 months
ALSTOM: The construction time for a new light rail or tram line could be reduced to just 30 months according to Alstom Transport, which launched its Attractis package at the UITP World Congress and Expo in Milano on June 8. Bringing together experience gained in the construction of 16 light ...
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NewsAmman airport rail link pre-feasibility study
JORDAN: The Ministry of Transport is developing plans for a light rail link between central Amman and Queen Alia International Airport. The proposed line would run for around 35 km on the existing Hedjaz Jordan Railway corridor between Amman station in the Al Mahatta district of the ...
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NewsMumbai Metro passes 100 million in a year
INDIA: Mumbai Metro Line 1 has carried 100 million passengers in its first year of revenue service, operating concessionaires RATP Dev and Transdev announced on June 4. Opened on June 8 2014, the 11·4 km east-west line is run jointly by the two French companies on behalf of the Reliance-led ...
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NewsSpanish urban rail infrastructure concessions sold
SPAIN: Allianz Capital Partners and Bastion Infrastructure Group have bought construction firm Comsa Emte’s stakes in three urban rail infrastructure concessions for an undisclosed price. Two of the concessions are for the management of infrastructure on Barcelona metro Line 9. The third covers the operation and maintenance of light rail ...
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NewsWien places firm order for 119 trams
AUSTRIA: Wien transport authority Wiener Linien has formally awarded Bombardier Transportation a €431m contract to supply 119 Flexity trams with an option for 37 more, the manufacturer announced on June 4. Bombardier had been named preferred bidder on December 1. The firm contract includes 24 years of maintenance support under ...
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NewsPink city’s first metro line opens
INDIA: Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje flagged off the inaugural train to open the first phase of the Jaipur metro on June 3. Public services began at 14.00. Trains will initially operate every 10 to 15 min from 06.45 to 21.00, with off-peak fares to be charged all ...