Metro news – Page 160
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NewsMoscow metro and tram designs unveiled
RUSSIA: Bombardier Transportation and Russian partner Uralvagonzavod unveiled a proposed metro trainset design for Russia and the CIS region at the Hannover Messe trade fair in Germany on April 8, along with the styling of the 120 Flexity low-floor trams which wagon and defence equipment supplier UVZ is to build ...
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News'Metro style' suburban rail upgrade proposed for Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has published a set of long-term proposals for upgrading Melbourne's rail network on March 27, setting out a strategy to increase capacity and reach areas currently not served. The state transport authority said the Network Development Plan - Metropolitan Rail is based on detailed analysis of ...
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NewsPanamá metro trainset on test in Barcelona
PANAMA: A Metropolis trainset built for Line 1 of the Panamá City metro by Alstom Transport at its Santa Perpètua de Mogoda plant in Spain has begun eight weeks of traction, braking and endurance trials on the FGC network in Barcelona. Based at FGC’s Rubí depot, the trainset is being ...
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NewsChengdu aims to complete 291 km of metro by 2020
CHINA: The second phase of the Chengdu metro network which was approved on February 25 would see a further 183·3 km of line completed by 2020. Together with the Phase 1 works still in progress, this would take the network to 291·3 route-km and eight lines. Line 1 will be ...
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NewsTokyo Metro inaugurates Shibuya connection
JAPAN: Through services between the metro networks in Tokyo and Yokohama began running on March 16, with the inauguration of a new connection between Tokyo Metro’s Fukutoshin Line and Toku Railway’s Toyoko Line at Shibuya in the southwest of the capital. Opened in 2008, the 1 067 mm gauge Fukutoshin ...
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NewsMetro Line 2 opens in Santo Domingo
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: President Danilo Medina inaugurated the second line of the Santo Domingo metro on April 1. Line 2 runs on an east-west alignment from María Montez to Eduardo Brito. The 12·8 km line has 14 stations, including an interchange with the north-south Line 1 at Juan Pablo Duarte. ...
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NewsMore Alstom trams arrive in Bordeaux
FRANCE: Alstom Transport delivered the first of 26 Citadis trams to Bordeaux on March 29 under a contract worth €80m. The 43 m 100% low-floor vehicles are for the lines being built under the 33 km Phase III expansion of the network, and they will be delivered over the following ...
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NewsVoith to develop tram technology for China
GERMANY: Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group has selected Voith Engineering Services to develop a low-floor tram for the Chinese market. The €7m project will last until the end of 2014. As part of the collaboration between the two firms, Voith will train 15 Chinese employees at its headquarters in Chemnitz, ...
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NewsRATP stops planting bulbs underground
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded Soitec and a Philips/Step consortium contracts totalling €11m for the replacement of 250 000 lamps and strip lights at its 302 metro and 66 RER stations with LEDs in 2013-17. RATP says it will be the first existing transport network to convert completely ...
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NewsMore trains bought for Singapore Downtown Line
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority confirmed on March 28 the purchase of 15 three-car Movia trainsets from the consortium of Bombardier Transportation and Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co. The order is worth S$119·2m, with Bombardier's share valued at S$46m. LTA had already purchased 73 trainsets for the Downtown Line. Of ...
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NewsDenver North Metro Line could be brought forward
USA: A request for proposals for construction of Denver’s North Metro commuter rail line could be brought forward to July after an unsolicited proposal was submitted in February by a Canadian company. In January Denver Regional Transportation District envisaged that a request for proposals would be released in October. ...
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NewsSiemens automation open day
FRANCE: Automation and partial automation of metro networks both domestically and internationally was the theme chosen by Siemens France when it held an open day for young people interested in a career in rail on March 22. The event at Siemens’ base at Châtillon formed part of the third annual ...
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NewsZaragoza tram Line 1 completed
SPAIN: The final section of Line 1 of the Zaragoza tramway opened on March 26. The extension takes the line across the River Ebro from the former terminus at Plaza de Pilar Murallas to Avenida de la Academia in Parque Goya. There are 15 new stops, including 10 where single ...
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NewsTokyo Metro introduces silicon carbide power modules
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric has supplied silicon carbide power modules for the auxiliary power supply systems on the Series 1000 electric multiple-units entering service on Tokyo Metro's Ginza Line this year. A fleet of 37 six-car sets is being built by Nippon Sharyo to join a prototype unit which began ...
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NewsSuperstorm Sandy recovery funding
USA: New York MTA has secured the first round of funding from the Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its Superstorm Sandy recovery works. The $193·1m includes reimbursement for costs incurred by New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad during preparation ...
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NewsBuenos Aires Line A cars enter service
ARGENTINA: Line A of the Buenos Aires metro network was officially reopened on March 6 by Mauricio Macri, head of the city government, following work to adapt infrastructure and the testing of a new fleet of 45 cars supplied by China CNR Corp. The 11 km route had closed ...
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NewsSofia to get Pesa trams
BULGARIA: Sofia tram operator Stolichen Elektrotransport has named Pesa as preferred bidder to supply 20 low-floor trams. The deal is worth €50m, including €16·8m for spare parts and diagnostic equipment. The contract is expected to be signed in April and deliveries are planned for 2014. The five-section Swing trams ...
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NewsJaén light rail line to be sold
SPAIN: Jaén city council is planning to sell off the city’s light rail line, after an audit by Catalan regional operator FGC showed that it could not operate the route without state financial support. The line was opened for trial services in May 2011, but closed shortly afterwards and has ...
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NewsNottingham tram bridge slides into place
UK: The first section of the bridge to carry Phase 2 of the Nottingham light rail network over the city’s main station was slid into place during March. To be known as the Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge, the steel structure is 104 m long, 14·5 m wide and weighs 1100 tonnes. ...
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NewsJeddah transport plan approved
SAUDI ARABIA: The Council of Ministers approved a draft transport plan for Jeddah on March 11. The 45bn riyal plan includes a three-line light metro, as well as a network of buses and marine transport. Completion is scheduled within seven years. Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al Faisal said that ...