Metro news – Page 144
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NewsChennai receives its first Indian-built metro cars
INDIA: Alstom has delivered the first two Metropolis trainsets built at its Sricity factory in India. Chennai Metro Rail Limited placed a €243m order for 42 four-car trainsets in 2010, with the first nine being built in Alstom’s Lapa plant in Brazil. Delivery is expected by 2015. The 26 ...
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NewsAmpang Line Extension train unveiled
MALAYSIA: The first of 50 metro trainsets ordered for Kuala Lumpur's Ampang Line Extension Project was rolled out at CSR Zhuzhou's factory in China on February 27. Transport authority Prasarana has ordered 50 of the trainsets, of which 30 are to replace the current fleet which has been in service ...
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NewsCanberra appoints light rail advisers
AUSTRALIA: Following bids by four consortia, the Capital Metro Agency has appointed an Arup-led consortium as technical adviser for engineering design, operations and infrastructure for the planned Capital Metro light rail line in Canberra. The consortium includes Hassell, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Brown Consulting, LandData Surveys, Phillip Chun Access, ...
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NewsDurham-Orange light rail approved
USA: The Federal Transit Administration approved project development for the Durham-Orange Light Rail line in North Carolina on February 25. ‘We can now proceed to complete the environmental process, advance our engineering and make final alignment decisions’, said David King, General Manager of transport authority Triangle Transit. Environmental ...
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NewsWenzhou suburban EMU contract awarded
CHINA: CSR Sifang has beaten five rival domestic bids to win a contract to supply 32 four-car suburban electric multiple-units for the future Line S1 in Wenzhou. The 52 km east-west line will link the city centre with Oujiangkou New District. The first EMU is scheduled to be delivered ...
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NewsDriverless metro train arrives in Hong Kong
CHINA: The first metro train for Hong Kong’s South Island Line (East) was delivered to Siu Ho Wan depot on February 19. This is the first of 10 three-car trainsets being supplied by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co, which are to be equipped for unattended train operation. According to metro ...
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NewsŠkoda tram enters service in Konya
TURKEY: The first of 60 Škoda Transportation 28T trams ordered by Konya has entered passenger service. Škoda Transportation Chief Executive Josef Bernard said: ‘In less than a year after signing the contract we have managed to develop, produce and deliver the first tram to the Turkish market. The vehicle ...
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NewsMoscow Metro orders 832 cars
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has selected Transmashholding subsidiaries Metrowagonmash and Transholdleasing to supply 832 metro cars in 2014-17. The contract is worth 143·9bn roubles, with maintenance for 30 years. The city of Moscow will provide finance in instalments over 15 years. The only other bid came from a ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Ramon Malla considers the progress of automation and shares some insights from the UITP’s Observatory of Automated Metros News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news Zhengzhou Mainland China gains its 18th metro Paris STIF’s 2014 ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - February 2014
The Brazilian state of São Paulo has approved R$7·4bn in metro and rail investment for 2017 as part of a wider R$16·2bn transport infrastructure investment plan. Moscow metro’s Brateyevo depot on Line 2 opened on January 15. The metro is to spend 16·8bn roubles on depot modernisation, including sites ...
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NewsFoxtrot tram for Moscow unveiled
RUSSIA: Pesa revealed its first tram for Moscow on February 21. The new 1 524 mm gauge low-floor tram is branded Foxtrot, and will be delivered to the Russian capital next month. Moscow ordered 120 trams from Pesa in co-operation with Uraltransmash in June 2013, with deliveries to take ...
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NewsFirst electric train runs in Adelaide
AUSTRALIA: The first electric train in Adelaide ran on February 23, marking the completion of electrification between Adelaide main line station and the newly opened southern terminus at Seaford. The 1 600 mm gauge line, electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz, was hitherto known as the Noarlunga Line, but ...
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NewsGovernment consults on privatisation options
PORTUGAL: Responses are due by March 7 under stakeholder consultation being undertaken by the government on options for involving the private sector in the operation of public transport services currently provided by state-owned companies Carris and Metropolitano de Lisboa. This is being undertaken in line with the terms of a ...
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NewsGolden Horn metro bridge opens
TURKEY: A 3·5 km extension of Istanbul metro line M2 from Sishane to Yenikapi including the Haliç metro bridge across the Golden Horn was opened by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Febraury 15. The US$671m extension connects the two parts of the European side of the city. There are ...
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NewsStudents attend Central Mesa light rail welding
USA: Welding students from the East Valley Institute of Technology watched and assisted with the welding of the first rails for the Central Mesa light rail extension of the Valley Metro in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 8. The process was described to the students by the Valley Transit Constructors ...
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NewsMünchen to double transport investment
GERMANY: München utility body SWM and transport operator MVG have announced planned investments of €335m for 2014. This is more than double the investment made in 2013. The budget includes €175m for new metro cars, including completion of payments for the Siemens C2 trainsets ordered in 2010. A tender ...
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NewsNantes - Châteaubriant tram-train launches this month
FRANCE: Tram-train services on a 64 km route linking Nantes and Châteaubriant are to be launched by SNCF on February 28. The tram-train service will use part of a former Nantes - Rennes railway route which originally opened in 1877. The Nantes - Châteaubriant section closed to passenger traffic in ...
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NewsNagpur metro approved
INDIA: The government has given final approval to the Nagpur metro, which will see two lines totalling 38 km opening by 2020. The first route is to connect Automotive Chowk with Mihan, where an international airport is being built. The second would run between Prajapati Nagar and ...
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NewsLima metro Line 2 prequalification
PERU: Investment agency ProInversión has prequalified three consortia for the concession to build, operate and maintain Lima metro Line 2. Award of the 35-year, US$5·7bn concession is scheduled for February 28. The prequalified consortia are: Consorcio Nuevo Metro de Lima: ACS, FCC Construcción, Impregilo, AnsaldoBreda, Cosapi; Consorcio Metro Subterráneo ...
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NewsSmart trams in Linz
AUSTRIA: Linz Linien, Kapsch CarrierCom and Bombardier have announced the results of a ‘smart tram’ pilot project which began in September. Sensors were fitted to 23 Bombardier Cityrunner trams. These collected data on 50 parameters and transmitted them to the operations control centre for analysis. The results were then ...