Metro news – Page 163
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NewsDoha tram track to be provided by Rail.One
QATAR: Construction contractor Habtoor Leighton Group has awarded Rail.One a contract to supply Rheda City ballastless track for the Education City tram project in Doha. About 15 km will be concreted, with a short section will be covered with turf. Around 14 000 TB/BZ concrete sleepers for the track ...
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NewsBidirectional Pesa trams coming to Warszawa
POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has selected Pesa to supply 45 new bidirectional low-floor trams to the Polish capital for 380bn złoty. Delivery will start in April 2014. The trams will be similar to the six Pesa Swing Duo trams that arrived in Warszawa in September, which are twin-cab versions of ...
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NewsSão Paulo Line 6 tender called
BRAZIL: São Paulo state governor Geraldo Alckmin called tenders for a PPP concession to develop metro Line 6 (the Orange line) on January 30. The project is valued at an estimated R$7·8bn and construction is due to start in July 2014. The concession will run for 25 years, allowing six ...
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NewsDriverless metro technology on test
SINGAPORE: Invensys Rail Dimetronic is using a test track at Changchun in China to verify the automation systems that it is to deploy on Singapore's Downtown Line, where trains are to run without onboard staff. Invensys Rail is supplying Sirius CBTC and Rail 9000 automatic train supervision technology, Westrace Mk ...
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NewsThree Chinese metro projects approved
CHINA: Three new metro projects have recently been approved, in Fuzhou, Nanchang and Urumqi. A feasibility study for Line 2 of the Fuzhou metro was approved in November. The line is planned to run 26·3 km from Shadi to Gushan, with 22 stations. Fuzhou Metro will build and operate the ...
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NewsSzczecin fast tram builder selected
POLAND: Tramwaje Szczecińskie has selected a Mytoll-Strabag consortium to build a fast tram line in Szczecin. The consortium beat three other bidders with its 165·8bn złoty offer. Construction will be co-financed from the EU budget for 2007-13, and so must be finished by the end of 2015. The 4 ...
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NewsNew Orleans streetcar extension opens
USA: The Loyola Avenue extension of the New Orleans tram network opened on January 28, ahead of Super Bowl XLVII which is to be held at the nearby Superdome stadium on February 3. Starting at the Union Passenger Terminal inter-city rail and bus station, the new double-track line runs 1·3 ...
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NewsChongqing metro expands
CHINA: A 20 km western extension of Chongqing metro Line 1 from Shapingba to Daxuecheng opened on December 21, with eight intermediate stations. One week later Line 3 opened from Ertang to Yudong. Of the nine intermediate stations, three are still to open. Elsewhere on the line, Gongmao and ...
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NewsSingapore to double size of metro network
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has announced plans to expand the island’s metro network from the current 178 km to about 360 km by 2030, putting 80% of households within a 10 min walk of a station. The Land Transport Masterplan 2013 includes the construction of two new lines and extension ...
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NewsSydney's Light Rail Future
AUSTRALIA: Sydney’s Light Rail Future plan announced by New South Wales Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian on December 13 includes a 12 km line connecting Circular Quay to Moore Park, with branches serving Randwick and Kingsford via the University of NSW. Construction is due to start in 2014, and the A$1·6bn ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem cars ordered for Cairo Line 1
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels signed an E£2·16bn contract on December 19 for Hyundai Rotem to supply 20 nine-car air-conditioned trainsets for Cairo metro Line 1. The national government will fund the purchase of the trains. Four trainsets will be manufactured in South Korea, with the rest assembled in ...
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NewsMetro cars blown up to test bomb resilience
EUROPE: Controlled explosions have been carried out on a decommissioned Madrid Metro car and a prototype redesigned vehicle as part of a research project which aims to develop blast-resilient metro cars better able withstand a terrorist attack. The three-year EU-funded SecureMetro project is being led by the NewRail research centre ...
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NewsAlstom to test onboard flywheel energy storage
ENERGY: Alstom Transport and Williams Hybrid Power signed an agreement on January 17 to test Williams’ energy storage technology on a Citadis tram. Under the exclusive relationship, the two companies will adapt Williams’ composite MLC flywheel energy storage. Trials will start in 2014, with a view to installing a ...
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NewsBudapest updates fleet management system
HUNGARY: Budapest’s integrated public transport authority BKK is to install IVU Traffic Technologies’ fleet management and passenger information systems on its tram network in the next few months. Around 600 trams are being fitted with the IVU.fleet operational control system. This will send data to the control centre using ...
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NewsBelkommunmash to supply trams to Daugavpils
LATVIA: Belkommunmash has been selected to supply 12 trams to the city of Daugavpils. The Belarusian company, bidding with the local Agmen Consulting Bureau, was chosen over the Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Factory on January 8. The value of the bid is around 4·6m lats, and the trams are to be ...
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NewsPiraeus tram extension contract signed
GREECE: After a delay of almost four years, the contract for the construction of a tram extension in Piraeus was signed on January 14 by Attiko Metro and contractor Themeli. The project is valued at €61·5m and is to be funded with EU structural funds. The 5·4 km single-track ...
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NewsState support for French railway supply industry
FRANCE: Chaired by Arnaud Montebourg, the minister charged with reviving France’s manufacturing sector, a strategic committee for the railway supply industry met for the first time in Valenciennes on January 11. The meeting was also attended by Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier and Foreign Trade Minister Nicole Bricq. Comprising several large ...
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NewsTamsui light rail approved
TAIWAN: The Council for Economic Planning and Development approved the first phase of a light rail system in the Tamsui district of Taipei on January 7. Construction is expected to start later this year. Due for completion in 2018, the 9·6 km first phase comprises the Green Mountain Line, ...
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NewsSecond Phoenix light rail extension breaks ground
USA: Phoenix city officials attended a groundbreaking ceremony on January 12 for the Northwest Extension of the Valley Metro light rail line. The first phase of the Northwest Extension will take the line from Montebello to Dunlap Avenue, adding 5·1 km and three stations. It is expected to open ...
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NewsCSR to renew Buenos Aires EMU fleet
ARGENTINA: Complete renewal of the EMU fleet operating suburban services on the 1 676 mm gauge Sarmiento and Mitre routes in Buenos Aires was announced by President Cristina Fernández on January 10. Under a contract valued at US$506m, Chinese manufacturer CSR is to supply 55 trainsets totalling 409 vehicles, which ...