Metro news – Page 138
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NewsGrenoble opens tram Line E
FRANCE: Bands, parades and street entertainment celebrated the opening of Grenoble’s fifth tram line on June 28, with an ‘e-selfies’ photo competition where passengers could post pictures of themselves on Line E to the project’s website for the chance to win a year of free travel. Construction of the north–south ...
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NewsFirst stage of Delhi metro Phase III opens
INDIA: A 3·2 km extension of Delhi metro Line 6 from Central Secretariat to Mandi House opened for passenger service on June 26. Construction began in May 2011, with two tunnel boring machines used to excavate the tunnels, and the stations built using cut-and-cover techniques. Services run at 3 min ...
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NewsGroundbreaking launches Thomson Line construction
SINGAPORE: A groundbreaking ceremony officially launched construction of the Thomson Line on June 27. Scheduled to open in three phases from 2019 to 2021, the 30 km north–south line will run entirely underground from Woodlands North to the Central Business District and Marina Bay. It will largely parallel the existing ...
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NewsTopping out ceremony for South Island Line (East) depot
CHINA: A topping-out ceremony for Wong Chuk Hang depot on Hong Kong’s 7 km South Island Line (East) project was held on June 24. The 40 000 m² depot is the first in Hong Kong to be designed for unattended train operation. Completion of the depot structure will enable ...
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NewsSydney automated metro operator selected
AUSTRALIA: The Northwest Rapid Transit consortium has been selected as preferred bidder for the Operations, Trains & Systems contract for the North West Rail Link automated metro in Sydney, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird announced on June 24 The consortium comprises MTR Corp (Australia), John Holland, Leighton Contractors, UGL ...
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NewsLusail tram contract signed
QATAR: Railway project promoter Qatar Rail has awarded a consortium of Alstom and QDVC the €2bn main contract for the construction of a four-line tram network in Lusail. Opening of the Yellow Line is planned for 2018, with the Green, Red and Purple lines to follow in 2020. ...
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NewsIstanbul driverless train contract signed
TURKEY: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has formally awarded CAF and Mitsubishi Corp a €119m order to supply 21 six-car driverless trainsets for the future metro Line M5, the companies announced on June 17. Line M5 will run entirely underground from Üsküdar to Ümraniye and Çekmeköy on the Asian side of the ...
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NewsManila light metro trains ordered
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation & Communications has awarded a 540m yuan contract to CNR Dalian for the supply of 12 light metro vehicles for Manila metro Line 3. The first trainset is due to be delivered at the end of 2015. The four-section articulated vehicles will be 31 ...
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NewsMinneapolis – St Paul light rail line opens
USA: The Green Line light rail link between Minneapolis and St Paul opened on June 14 with a weekend of free travel. The 18 km route shares 2 km with the Blue Line before branching off in eastern Minneapolis to run along University Avenue to St Paul, where it ...
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NewsGuadalajara light rail Line 3 contract awarded
MEXICO: The federal Secretariat of Transport & Communications has awarded a consortium led by Sacyr of Spain, also including Mota-Engil of Portugal and two Mexican companies, a €156m contract for civil works on the first section of light rail Line 3 in Guadalajara. Covering the 8∙7 km ...
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NewsGuangzhou supercapacitor tram unveiled
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou has unveiled what it says is the first tram to be powered only by supercapacitors. In June 2013 Guangzhou Metro Corp subsidiary Guangzhou Tram Co signed a contract with CSR Zhuzhou for seven 100% low-floor trams. The first two will be produced in Zhuzhou, with the ...
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NewsSalvador metro begins trial operation
BRAZIL: President Dilma Rousseff inaugurated the first phase of the Salvador metro on June 11, two days before the city is due to host its first FIFA World Cup match. The 7·3 km section of Line 1 between Lapa and Retiro is running in trial mode until mid-September. Until ...
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NewsSydney Rapid Transit to serve cross-Harbour tunnel
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian announced plans for the Sydney Rapid Transit project on June 11. The scheme would extend the North West Rail Link now under construction through the city centre to Bankstown in the southern suburbs. It is one of ...
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NewsExpress trams in STIF budget
FRANCE: Paris regional transport authority STIF has authorised an order for the first tranche of rolling stock for the Tram-Express Nord project, previously known as Tangentielle Nord. One of four key items in the budget agreed by the STIF board on June 5, the €88m procurement decision covers 15 Alstom ...
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NewsMumbai metro opens
INDIA: The first phase of Mumbai metro Line 1 was officially opened on June 8, when Maharastra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan flagged off the first service from Versova. The 11·4 km east-west line runs on an elevated alignment between Ghatkopar and Versova with 12 stations. Interchanges with suburban lines ...
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NewsBNDES funds São Paulo Line 6
BRAZIL: On June 4 national development bank BNDES announced that it had agreed to provide R$4∙47bn to the São Paulo state government, 39∙2% of the cost of building metro Line 6 in the city of São Paulo. The state government is providing 13∙9% from its own resources, with the remaining ...
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NewsHefei and Hangzhou order metro trains
CHINA: Hefei Urban Rail Transit Co has awarded rolling stock supplier Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport Co a 0·9bn yuan contract to deliver trainsets for Phases 1 and 2 of its Line 1 project in 2015-16. Hangzhou Metro Group has awarded NPRT a 1·1bn yuan contract to supply trainsets for ...
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NewsStockholm's first Lidingö light rail vehicle on test
SWEDEN: The first of seven Urbos Axle low-floor light rail vehicles which CAF is supplying to Stockholm's SL is now being tested at the Petite-Forêt test centre near Valenciennes in France. Designated A36 by SL, the 1 435 mm gauge cars are similar to 15 A35 cars which CAF has ...
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NewsNingbo’s first metro line opens
CHINA: The initial section of Ningbo Rail Transit Line 1 opened to passengers at 10.00 on May 30. Line 1 is the first of five totalling 248 km which the port city in northeast Zhejiang province plans to open by 2020. Phase 1 of Line 1 runs 20·9 km west ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - June 2014
A public enquiry in June will consider plans to build the 10·3 km light rail route T9 between Porte de Choisy on Paris metro Line 7 and Orly Ville. Construction would begin in 2016 for opening in 2020. The line is estimated to cost €359m plus €71·5m for 22 trams. ...