Metro news – Page 146
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NewsCrenshaw/LAX line breaks ground
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Crenshaw/LAX light rail line was held in Los Angeles on January 21 at Crenshaw station on the Expo Line. The 13·7 km north–south line will link the existing Expo and Green lines, serving the Crenshaw Corridor, Inglewood, Westchester and the area around Los ...
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NewsIsolux Corsán wins Santiago metro contract
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has awarded Isolux Corsán a €75m, 28-month contract for the construction of a section of Santiago metro Line 3. The scope of the agreement includes the boring of a 3·7 km tunnel under the Mapocho River using the new Austrian tunnelling method, as well as ...
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NewsEfacec wins Dublin tram contract
IRELAND: Efacec has been awarded a €25m contract covering E&M systems for the Luas Cross City tram line in Dublin. This includes substations, remote power control, electrical installations, signalling, fleet management, communications, CCTV and a control centre. The Cross City line would link the existing Red and Green ...
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NewsNizhny Novgorod metro extension to start soon
RUSSIA: Nizhny Novgorod city authorities announced on January 17 that construction of the Sormovskaya Line extension to Strelka will begin in April. Construction is expected to cost €261m. A further extension from Strelka to Meshcherskoye Ozero is also planned, as well as a northern extension of the Avtozavodskaya Line ...
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NewsShenzhen plans metro extension and light rail
CHINA: On January 20 MTR Corp signed a strategic co-operation framework agreement with the Longhua New District Administration Commission for an extension of Shenzhen metro Line 4, which MTR operates, and construction of a light rail line. The proposed metro extension, intended to serve the growing population in Longhua ...
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NewsFirst Škoda tram enters service in Miskolc
HUNGARY: The first of 31 Škoda Transportation 26T trams has entered passenger service in Miskolc. City transport operator MVK and the Ganz-Škoda consortium signed a KC1·85bn contract for 31 trams in February 2012. This also includes an option for 10 years of servicing worth KC200m. The first vehicle ...
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NewsAlstom to open Brazilian tram factory
BRAZIL: Alstom Transport is to open a tram factory at the group’s existing hydropower manufacturing site in Taubaté. The 16 000 m² plant, to be operational from December 2014, will manufacture trams for the Latin American market. Alstom is to invest €15m in the project. ‘The tramway is gaining ...
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NewsMilano interurban tram line to reopen
ITALY: The Milano – Seregno interurban tram line, out of use since 2011, is to be brought back into operation from 2016. The route from Niguarda to Desio, which closed in 2011, is to be realigned to run in a road median strip, and the Desio – Seregno section ...
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NewsStuttgart orders more Tangos
GERMANY: Stuttgart transport operator Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen has exercised an option for an additional 20 S-DT8.12 light rail vehicles from Stadler Pankow, the manufacturer announced on January 13. The order is worth €73m including spare parts. SSB placed an initial order for 20 LRVs in early 2010, the first of ...
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NewsMetro-North access to Penn Station endorsed
USA: Speaking in Albany on January 8, the governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo offered his support for a commuter rail investment project which would see MTA Metro-North’s New Haven Line trains routed over Amtrak’s Hell Gate bridge into New York Penn Station. Provisionally costed at around $1bn, the ...
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NewsIzmir plans three tram lines
TURKEY: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has announced plans to build three tram lines by 2017. The 12·6 km Konak Line with 19 stops would run from Fahrettin Altay Meydanı to Halkapınar via Konak. The 9·7 km Karsiyaka Line in the north of the city would link Alaybey and Mavişehir via ...
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NewsEgis wins Salvador metro contract
BRAZIL: Build-operate concessionaire CCR has awarded Egis a €12m contract for systems management and integration for the construction of the Salvador metro, as well as interface management between subsystems and civil engineering. Egis will work with Brazilian subcontractor MCA on project management. The project comprises the completion of the ...
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NewsFirst 7000 Series metro cars arrive in Washington
USA: The first 7000 Series trainset for the Washington metro was unveiled at Greenbelt station on January 6. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ordered 428 cars from Kawasaki Rail Car for $886m in May 2010 and a further 100 in May 2013. The initial cars are about to ...
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NewsAlstom wins metro contracts in Chengdu and Xi’an
CHINA: Alstom and its local joint venture Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co Ltd have been awarded two contracts to supply Optonix traction equipment for metro cars that are scheduled to enter service in Chengdu and Xi’an from 2015. A €33m order placed in November will see Optonix supplied ...
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NewsSkopje calls tenders for tram line
MACEDONIA: The City of Skopje has launched a new tendering process for a public-private partnership concession to design, finance, build, operate and maintain a light rail line in the capital. The planned 12·1 km double-track Line 1 from Novo Lisice to Gjorce Petrov would require a minimum of 22 ...
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NewsL'viv tramway extension funded
UKRAINE: Funding has been agreed for a package of urban transport improvements in L'viv including an extension of tram route 4 south to the Sykhiv district. This would improve links to the city centre for the suburb’s population of almost 150 000 people, and is predicted to increase public transport ...
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NewsZhengzhou metro opens
CHINA: The Zhengzhou metro opened for revenue service on December 28. The first phase of Line 1 runs from Xiliuhu in the west to Sports Centre in the east with 18 intermediate stations. The line serves both Zhengzhou railway station and Zhengzhou East station, where interchange will ...
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NewsMacau orders more automated light metro cars
CHINA: Macau’s Transport Infrastructure Office has ordered an additional 48 Crystal Mover rubber-tyre light metro cars and associated maintenance equipment from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Itochu Corp for use on the future Macau Light Rapid Transit line. The 21 km MLRT driverless light metro is under construction ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - January 2014
The city of Olsztyn has selected a Progreg-led consortium to finish design work on its planned tram line and gain building permits following the termination of FCC Construcción’s contract (RG 9.13 p15). The work must be completed within 20 weeks of the signing of the 7·5m złoty contract. ...
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NewsDelhi Metro starts Phase III test running
INDIA: Test running on the first section of Delhi metro Phase III began at 11.27 on December 30 when the first Line 6 train to run between Mandi House and Central Secretariat was officially flagged off by Delhi Metro Rail Corp executives. The 2·5 km section, with one intermediate ...