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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. ...
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NewsDoha Gold Line design and construction awarded
QATAR: Qatar Rail has awarded a €3·2bn contract for the design and construction of the Doha metro Gold Line to a consortium of Larsen & Toubro, Aktor, Yapi Merkezi, STFA Group and Al Jaber Engineering. The east-west Gold Line is to be completed by 2019 as part of Phase 1 ...
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NewsWuxi metro begins trial operation
CHINA: The first metro line in Wuxi started trial operation on May 26, ahead of an official opening in late June. The 29 km Line 1 runs from Yanqiao to Changguangxi with 22 intermediate stations, including the main line station. Most of the route is underground, with ...
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NewsSingapore orders driverless trains for combined line
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has ordered 91 four-car driverless trainsets from a consortium of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang for S$749m. The trainsets are to be used on the Thomson and Eastern Region lines, which will be operated as one line when both have been completed. Kawasaki ...
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NewsLOROL to operate TfL’s West Anglia routes
UK: Transport for London has selected London Overground Rail Operations Ltd as interim operator of the West Anglia routes in northeast London that are to be transferred to TfL from next year. LOROL will operate services currently run by Abellio Greater Anglia from Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt ...
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NewsMelbourne awards depot development contract
AUSTRALIA: Melbourne tram operator Yarra Trams announced on May 28 the go-ahead for ‘the biggest tram depot redevelopment’ in the city’s history. Under the A$190m project, part of the historic Preston Workshops will be transformed into a state-of-the-art facility to provide stabling, operational and maintenance facilities for the E-Class trams ...
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NewsCharlotte track contract
USA: The City of Charlotte has selected Balfour Beatty Infrastructure to undertake track and systems work for the Charlotte Area Transit System LYNX Blue Line extension and the Blue Line Capacity Expansion Project. The $131m contract covers construction of ballasted track, overhead catenary and 11 traction substations, as well as ...
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NewsSiemens to renew signalling on Wien metro Line U4
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien has awarded Siemens a €40m contract to modernise signalling on Wien metro Line U4 as part of the city’s NEU4 project to improve service and reliability of the line. The scope of the work includes installation of LZB513 automatic train control, and replacement of five SpDrS-60U ...
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NewsCrossrail flyover launched
UK: On May 27 Crossrail Ltd announced that work had been completed to launch a 120 m long bridge weighing 1 000 tonnes into position over the Great Western Main Line at Stockley in west London. The bridge forms part of an additional flyover that is being built to avoid ...
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NewsDB International to open Indian office
INDIA: DB International is to open an office in Bangalore following its appointment as quality and safety consultant for the Kochi metro. ‘This initiative has strategic significance in light of the continuing process of globalisation and the rising prominence of the Indian market’, said DB International Chairman Niko Warbanoff, ...
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NewsAvenio takes a bow
NETHERLANDS: The first of 60 Avenio low-floor LRVs being supplied to Den Haag’s urban transport operator HTM by Siemens was demonstrated to the customer’s senior management at the Wildenrath test centre on May 22. The visitors were able to ride car 5001 while it was being put through its paces ...
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NewsFeature articles in the June 2014 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the June 2014 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Phil Young explains Transport for London's open data approach to app development News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news City digest Turkish urban rail expansion, Chinese progress, Mexico City interurban line, Makkah shorlists bidders, Addis ...
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NewsYekaterinburg plans second metro line
RUSSIA: Yekaterinburg city authorities announced plans for a second metro line on May 21. The east-west line would link Verkh-Isetskaya with Kamenye Palatkiy, running through Ploshchad 1905 goda where interchange with the north-south Line 1 would be provided. The city is to spend 150m roubles for planning and design ...
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NewsDammam metro plans announced
SAUDI ARABIA: Eastern Province Mayor Fahad Al Jubair announced details of the 60bn riyal Dammam public transport project on May 21, following its approval by the Council of Ministers on May 19. The metro and bus network is to cover Dammam and the neighbouring city of Qatif. Two metro ...
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NewsLos Angeles metro extension secures federal funding
USA: Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced $2·1bn in federal grant and loan agreements for the Los Angeles metro Purple Line extension Section 1 on May 21. $1·25bn is coming from the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grant programme and $856m through the Transportation Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act. Other ...
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NewsMoscow signs metro construction agreement
RUSSIA: On May 19 the Moscow city council owned Mosinzhproyekt signed an agreement with China Railway Construction Corp and China International Fund for the construction of 150 km of metro lines with more than 70 stations in Moscow. The plans include a metro line serving the New Moscow urban ...
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NewsKøbenhavn metro extensions approved
DENMARK: The government and København city council have reached agreement to build two branches of the Cityringen metro line, to Sydhavn and Nordhavn. The circular Cityringen automated metro line is now under construction for opening in 2018. The southern branch to Sydhavn would leave the Cityringen at København H ...
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NewsIncheon Airport maglev unveiled
SOUTH KOREA: The Incheon Airport maglev demonstration line was unveiled with a ceremonial run on May 14. Passenger service is due to begin in mid-July on the first domestically-developed urban maglev line. The 6·1 km route with six stations links Incheon International Airport with Yongyu. The Ministry of Land, ...
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NewsStadler Minsk unveils new 1 524 mm gauge tram
BELARUS: The Stadler Minsk joint venture of Stadler and Belkommunmash has unveiled a 100% low-floor 1 524 mm gauge tram in Minsk. The vehicle is designated Type 853 for the unidirectional and 85300M for the bidirectional variant, and is based on the Belkommunmash 843/84300M which is in operation in Minsk, ...
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NewsCAF wins Boston Green Line order
USA: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation board approved a $118m contract on May 14 for CAF USA to supply 24 light rail vehicles for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Boston Green Line, including the Green Line Extension project. About half of the cost is to be met by a Federal Transit ...