Metro news – Page 157
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NewsCanberra light rail funding included in budget
AUSTRALIA: Government funding for a light rail network for Canberra has been set out in the Australian Capital Territory budget for 2013-14. Announced on June 5, the budget includes an initial investment of A$5m for early design work for the Capital Metro project, as well as A$12m ...
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NewsBombardier to supply Stockholm Red Line fleet
SWEDEN: Bombardier Transportation announced on June 6 that it had been awarded a contract by transport authority SL to supply 96 four-car EMUs for the Stockholm metro. The firm order is worth SKr5⋅1bn and the contract includes an option for up to 80 additional units. Deliveries from the Bombardier plant ...
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NewsCSR Qingdao Sifang to build Škoda trams for the Chinese market
CHINA: Škoda Transportation has signed an agreement for CSR Qingdao Sifang to produce ForCity 15T low-floor trams for the Chinese market under licence. Škoda Transportation said the 10-year agreement announced on June 3 could cover up to 400 trams taking the value of the contract to KC5bn. 'China ...
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NewsBogotá metro design contract signed
COLOMBIA: A joint venture of local company Cano Jiménez and Spanish consultancies Euroestudios and Idom Ingeniería has signed a 70bn pesos contract to undertake engineering design for Line 1 of the Bogotá metro. The 26·5 km route with 28 stations would run mainly underground across the city centre from ...
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NewsTram season ticket with football season ticket
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City FC have launched a Metrolink matchday season ticket for the 2013-14 football season. The Metrolink matchday ticket can only be purchased alongside a MCFC season ticket, and is valid for travel from any of the Metrolink light rail network’s 64 stops to ...
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NewsMiskolc tram on test in Plzen
HUNGARY: The first of 31 trams ordered by Miskolc transport operator MVK is now on test in the Czech city of Plzen, where the trams are being manufactured by Škoda Transportation. An initial two 26T trams are scheduled to arrive in Miskolc in July, with deliveries running until February 2015. ...
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NewsRail service restored to the Rockaways
USA: New York subway services were restored to the Rockaways peninsula of coastal Queens on May 30 following completion of more than six months of repairs to the storm-damaged metro line. A series of bridges and narrow causeways totalling 5·6 km carries subway Line A across Jamaica Bay, which separates ...
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NewsTrains ordered for Shenzhen metro Line 4
CHINA: Shenzhen metro Line 4 operator MTR Corp (Shenzhen) Ltd has awarded Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport Co a 420m yuan contract to supply 56 cars in 2013-14. NPRT is a joint venture between CSR Corp and Singapore-based aluminium alloy supplier Midas Holdings. Announcing the contract on May 29, ...
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NewsSutton presses for Tramlink extension
UK: Plans for expansion of the Croydon Tramlink network to serve the neighbouring London Borough of Sutton were endorsed by the borough council on May 23, with the publication of an 'economic benefits prospectus' commissioned by the Opportunity Sutton development partnership. Transport for London is currently developing proposals for an ...
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NewsBLT orders Tango trams
SWITZERLAND: Baselland Transport awarded Stadler Rail a second firm order to supply Tango trams on May 27. The contract is worth SFr94m and covers the delivery of 19 metre-gauge vehicles in 2014-16. This will allow all services on the Basel region operator's routes 10 and 11 to be operated using ...
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NewsSt Albans light rail conversion plan dropped
UK: Plans to convert the 10 km Watford Junction - St Albans Abbey branch line to light rail standards have been dropped, with Hertfordshire County Council saying that the proposal 'turned out to be considerably more complicated than originally expected and we have found it is not possible to deliver ...
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NewsMitsubishi to increase capacity on peoplemover lines
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corp a contract worth ¥12bn to enhance capacity on two automated peoplemover lines in northeastern Singapore. The Sengkang LRT and Punggol LRT lines together form a 22 km network, and provide interchange with the North East Line of ...
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NewsAlstom launches Axonis mini-metro concept
INTERNATIONAL: Alstom Transport Chief Executive Henri Poupart-Lafarge launched the Axonis mini-metro concept at the UITP Mobility & City Transport Exhibition in Genève on May 27. Intended to make extensive use of modular construction elements, Axonis is targeted at cities seeking to develop an automated metro network more quickly and at ...
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NewsSão Paulo tenders restarted and cancelled
BRAZIL: Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo restarted the tender for the 25-year PPP concession to build and operate metro Line 6 during April. The new bid submission date is July 30, and the value is unchanged at R$7·8bn. The original tender from January had to be cancelled because of ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro provides an oasis in the city centre
SAUDI ARABIA: Snøhetta of Norway has been appointed to design the city centre Qasr Al Hokm station on the planned Riyadh metro network. ArRiyadh Development Authority said it had selected the winning proposals for the main stations on the 177 km six-line network based on their 'outstanding conceptual thinking and ...
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Metro Report InternationalElevated gardens at station inspired by sand dunes
SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh metro project promoter ArRiyadh Development Authority has selected a design by Gerber Architekten of Germany for Olaya station, one of three major stations intended to create landmarks which 'will transform Riyadh streets as they become the most visible elements of the city's new world-class public transport system'. ...
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NewsFeature articles in the June 2013 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the June 2013 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Welcoming delegates to the 60th UITP World Congress in Genève, TPG CEO Roland Bonzon outlines the challenge of serving a growing population News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news. Chinese metros The urban ...
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NewsEast Didsbury added to Manchester Metrolink network
UK: Manchester Metrolink’s East Didsbury extension opened ahead of schedule on May 23. The 4·4 km extension of the South Manchester line from St Werburgh’s Road in Chorlton adds five stops to the network. It follows the former Midland Railway heavy rail alignment which closed to passengers in 1967. ...
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NewsWashington orders more Kawasaki metro cars
USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has ordered 100 Series 7000 metro cars from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, it was announced on May 16. The ¥18bn order follows an order for 428 cars in 2010. The contract specifies delivery by 2018, by which time Kawasaki-manufactured vehicles will make up the ...
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NewsMetro cars arrive in Jaipur
INDIA: The first trainset for the Jaipur metro arrived at the Mansarovar depot on May 20 having left BEML’s factory in Bangalore at the end of April. In 2011 BEML won a Rs3·18bn contract to supply 10 four-car trainsets for the Jaipur metro. The remaining trains are ...