Metro news – Page 162
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NewsElectrification contract for Bordeaux tram-train project
FRANCE: The greater Bordeaux authority has selected a joint venture of SFERIS and TSO Caténaires to undertake electrification work for the first phase of a project that could eventually see tram-train services operating along the SNCF route from Bordeaux to Le Verdon. The initial phase involves 7⋅2 km of new ...
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NewsFunding agreed for Monterrey Metro Line 3
MEXICO: A funding agreement that will see the federal government provide 5⋅69bn pesos to build the first phase of Monterrey Metro Line 3 was signed by Secretary of Transport & Communications Gerardo Ruiz on February 21. According to Ruiz, work on the project will begin later this year. Serving a ...
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NewsRPA provides international consultancy services
IRELAND: The state's Railway Procurement Agency earned €0·9m by providing light rail consultancy services to overseas customers during 2012. This was the first full year of operations for RPA's consultancy unit, which has the equivalent of five full-time staff. The government is encouraging its agencies to seek overseas work while ...
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NewsDetroit light rail project gets grant
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a $25m Tiger grant for the M-1 light rail project in Detroit on January 18. The 5·3 km line along Woodward Avenue with 11 stops is to be built and operated by the non-profit M-1 Rail Corp consortium, which has committed more than $100m ...
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NewsJICA signs Dhaka metro project loan
BANGLADESH: Funding for the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project is included in a ¥70·693bn official development assistance loan package signed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the government of Bangladesh on February 20. Development of a metro network forms part of the 20-year Dhaka Strategic Transport Plan approved ...
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NewsCAF trams for Besançon take shape
FRANCE: Officials from Bescançon visited the CFD Bagnères plant in Bagnères-de-Bigorre on February 12 and 13 to view progress with the fleet of 19 cars that are being supplied to the city by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. One completed tram was undergoing static testing as a further two cars ...
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NewsAlstom signs Baghdad urban rail contract
IRAQ: A US$40m agreement for Alstom to undertake detailed design studies for the first phase of an elevated metro was signed by Governor of Baghdad Dr Salah Abdul-Razzaq on February 11. The line is planned to relieve traffic congestion and help to accommodate population growth in the capital. Abdul-Razzaq ...
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NewsBTS SkyTrain expands
THAILAND: Bangkok elevated metro operator BTS SkyTrain opened a single station extension of the Silom Line from Wong Wian Yai to Pho Nimit on January 15, with a further extension to Talat Phlu following on February 14, when free rides were offered. Mass Rapid Transit Authority is to call tenders ...
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NewsAlstom launches North American light rail vehicle with Ottawa contract
CANADA: Alstom announced the launch of its Citadis Spirit light rail vehicle for the North American market on February 14, saying it had finalised a €400m contract to supply 34 LRVs and 30 years of maintenance services to the Rideau Transit Group consortium which has been selected to design, build, ...
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NewsAmsterdam orders long trains and seeks shorter ones
NETHERLANDS: Alstom announced a €42m firm order to supply a further five Metropolis trainsets for the Amsterdam metro on February 13. The order is an option on a €200m contract for an initial 23 trains signed in February 2010. The additional units are to be delivered from Alstom's Katowice plant ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - February 2013
CSR Zhuzhou’s Wind Chaser urban maglev technology has been selected for a planned 24 km line from Zhangjiajie West to Wulingyuan. The 10 km Phase 1 from Wujiayu to Chaqiyu is estimated to cost 2bn yuan. A southern extension of St Petersburg metro Line 5 from Volkovskaya to Bukharestskaya ...
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NewsBangkok Red Line phase two contracts signed
THAILAND: Two contracts for construction of the Bang Sue - Rangsit second phase of Bangkok's Red Line suburban railway project have been awarded by State Railway of Thailand, and a third contract covering railway systems and rolling stock is planned. Infrastructure contractor Italian-Thai Development signed a 21·24bn baht contract on ...
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NewsMoscow orders UKVZ trams
RUSSIA: The City of Moscow awarded Ust-Katav Car Plant a 1·1bn rouble contract to supply 67 trams on January 29. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by October 1. The single-car trams will be 16 m long with space for 125 passengers. They will be 35% low-floor, to provide access ...
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NewsTorino metro extension contract awarded
ITALY: The city of Torino's infrastructure company Infratrasporti.To has awarded the Transfirm GEIE consortium of Siemens France and Technimont a €17·1m contract to provide control systems for a 1·9 km extension of the VAL automated metro Line 1. The extension will run in bored tunnel from Lingotto to Italia '61 ...
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NewsMetrolink expansion takes trams to Droylsden
UK: Revenue-earning tram services began over a 6·3 km extension of Manchester's growing light rail network on February 11. Running east from the main line station at Piccadilly in the city centre to Droylsden, the extension serves seven intermediate stops, of which two are close to the Etihad Stadium, home ...
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NewsFive Star Electric awarded New York subway contracts
USA: MTA New York City Transit has awarded the Five Star Electric subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corp two signalling modernisation contracts in Queens with a total value of $225·5m. One contract covers the 71st Street-Continental Avenue and Union Turnpike interlockings, the second covers the Roosevelt Avenue interlocking. The scope ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - February 2013
The Saudi government has approved 60bn riyals for the construction of a metro network in Makkah. This is intended to supplement the existing Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah line, which carries Hajj pilgrims. AENA Aeropuertos Españoles has awarded Bombardier a €41m contract to operate and maintain the 2 km Innovia ...
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NewsNingtian Intercity Rail Line trains ordered
CHINA: Nanjing Metro has awarded Nanjing SR Puzhen Rail Transport a contract to supply trainsets for the Ningtian Intercity Rail Line, a route first proposed as metro Line 11. The 45·2 km line will run from Lihue to Pukou, with six underground stations and 11 stations on the 34·1 km ...
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NewsDelhi Metro launches Line 5 extension
INDIA: Construction of an 11·2 km extension of Delhi Metro Line 5 was initiated on February 2 with the laying of a foundation stone at Bahadurgarh Sector 9 by Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath and the Chief Minister of Haryana state Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ceremony was also attended ...
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NewsMilano Metro’s first driverless line inaugurated
ITALY: The inaugural journey on Line M5 of the Milano metro took place on February 5, ahead of the start of full service on February 10 at 11.00. The ceremony to mark the opening of the first fully automated line on the network was attended by Mayor Giuliano Pisapia. ...