Metro news – Page 161
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NewsParis Line 4 reaches Montrouge
FRANCE: Celebrations including music and dancing marked the inauguration of the newest section of the Paris metro on March 23, a 1·5 km southern extension of Line 4 to Mairie de Montrouge. The new station is the 303rd on the metro. Two of its three entrances are open, with ...
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NewsFreiburg orders Urbos trams
GERMANY: Freiburg public transport operator VAG has signed a contract for 12 CAF Urbos 100 trams for its metre-gauge network. The exact contract value is undisclosed, but is less than €40m, according to VAG. The seven-section low-floor trams will be 43 m long with capacity for 250 passengers. They ...
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NewsTBM arrives for Rio Line 4
BRAZIL: Work is now underway in Rio de Janeiro to assemble a 2 000 tonne Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine that is to be used in the construction of metro Line 4 from Ipanema to Barra da Tijuca. At 120 m long and with a diameter of 11⋅5 m, the TBM ...
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NewsNS to buy stake in Den Haag city transport operator
NETHERLANDS: National passenger train operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen confirmed on March 13 that it is to go ahead with the purchase of a 49% stake in Den Haag city transport operator HTM. The €45m deal is still subject to final approval from the city council, which would hold a 51% ...
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NewsCorte 8 opens on Rio commuter network
BRAZIL: A new station was officially opened at Corte 8 on the Rio de Janeiro commuter network operated by SuperVia on March 11. Located between Gramacho and Duque de Caxias on the route to Saracuruna, the station has been built at a cost of R$10m to serve a local population ...
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NewsLos Angeles approves streetcar funding
USA: On March 6 Los Angeles City Council approved the provision of $300m over 30 years for the operation and maintenance of a light rail line in central Los Angeles. This follows voters’ approval in December of a tax that is expected to raise $62·5m towards the construction cost. ...
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News€26⋅5bn Grand Paris metro expansion programme confirmed
FRANCE: The government is to proceed with the project to build 200 km of new metro lines by 2030 to serve the outer suburbs of the capital, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in a speech given on March 6. Following a review of the programme inherited from the Sarkozy administration, ...
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NewsPreferred bidder for Gdańsk airport line
POLAND: A consortium of Budimex and Ferrovial Agroman has been chosen as preferred bidder to build Phase II of the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway linking Gdańsk Wrzeszcz with Gdańsk Airport. The 716m złoty contract is expected to be signed in April. Construction is due to start in late 2013, for completion ...
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NewsDallas to get off-wire capable light rail vehicles
USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has selected Brookville Equipment Corp to supply two off-wire capable light rail vehicles for use on the Union Station - Oak Cliff extension. The $9·4m contract signed on February 26 includes an option for two additional vehicles. The three-section Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcars will ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - March 2013
Stockholm County Council and EIB signed a SKr3·5bn loan agreement on February 15 to fund development of the metro Red Line. This includes new rolling stock and CBTC, a new depot in Norsborg and work at Nyboda depot. The UK's Department for Transport has confirmed a further £23m for upgrading ...
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NewsLinz tram Line 3 extension approved
AUSTRIA: The Linz city authorities confirmed on March 5 that the planned southwestern extension of the 900 mm gauge tram Line 3 from Leonding to Pasching and Traun is to go ahead next year. The StadtRegio-Tram project will add a further 4·4 km and eight stops to the 5·3 km ...
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NewsFirst CSR cars arrive in Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: An initial batch of 41 coaches built by CSR of China for the San Martín commuter route was unloaded in Buenos Aires on February 28. The shipment also included a further two CSR Qishuyan diesel locomotives for the San Martín route. Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo ...
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NewsŠkoda Transportation wins Konya tram contract
TURKEY: Škoda Transportation announced a €104·7m contract to supply 60 trams to Konya on March 4. The five-section air-conditioned Type 28T trams will be 100% low-floor bidirectional vehicles based on 31 trams ordered by Miskolc in Hungary. Konya municipality is planning to expand the city's 21 km tram line, which ...
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NewsAutomated metro opens in Brescia
ITALY: Linking Prealpino in the north of the city with S. Eufemia Buffalora in the southeast, the 13·7 km Brescia metro opened to the public on March 2 with a weekend of free travel. The automated metro has been built by a consortium of Ansaldo STS (railway systems, train control, ...
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NewsŁódz tramway modernisation contract
POLAND: City transport authority ZDiT Łódz has awarded PRM Mosty Łódz a 308·4m złoty contract to modernise part of the metre-gauge tram network in Łódz. The route from Retkinia in the west of the city to Widzew in the east is to undergo a complete modernisation, and will be extended ...
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NewsParis T7 tram rolled out
FRANCE: Alstom presented the first of 19 Citadis 302 trams for Paris Line T7 at its plant in La Rochelle on January 12. This forms part of a framework contract placed in January 2011 for 70 trams to work lines T7 and T8. The second tranche will cover 20 ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International magazine. Comment Marking 150 years of metro operation, London Underground Managing Director Mike Brown describes improvements being made to the city’s iconic network News Review Chinese metros Wuhan, Hangzhou and Beijing have all opened metro lines in ...
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NewsLatest Metrolink extension reaches Rochdale
UK: The first revenue-earning trams ran on the latest extension of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network on February 28. The 7·4 km section allows light rail services to be extended from Shaw & Crompton to Rochdale railway station, with intermediate stops at Newhey, Kingsway, Milnrow and Newbold. The opening ...
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NewsToronto tram depot power supply contract
CANADA: Ozz Electric has awarded ABB a contract to supply traction power equipment for Toronto Transit Commission's Leslie Barns tram depot. Pomerleau Inc is general contractor for the C$238m depot which is under construction at Leslie Street in Ashbridges Bay. When completed the site will provide modern facilities for stabling ...
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NewsTunnel cleaning in Taipei
TAIWAN: Dirt is being cleaned from tunnels on the Taipei metro network in order to reduce fire risk, using a specialised tunnel cleaning train manufactured by China Steel Corp and fitted with a pumpset supplied by Hughes Pumps. Taipei is the second metro to use the technology, after it was ...