Metro news – Page 166
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - November 2012
The Swiss government has approved plans to extend Bern tram Line 9 to Kleinwabern and build a new line from Ostermundigen to Köniz; the state will contribute up to SFr74·4m. A 3·4 km extension of Daegu metro Line 2 from Sawol to Yeongnam University with four stations opened on ...
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NewsEIB signs loan for Cairo metro extension
EGYPT: The European Investment Bank signed the €200m first tranche of a €600m loan to part-fund construction of the third phase of Cairo Metro Line 3 on November 14. Phase III will add 17·7 km and 15 stations to the network, and according to EIB is intended to enhance access ...
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NewsParis tram route T1 goes west
FRANCE: The 5 km western extension of Paris tram route T1 from Saint-Denis to Asnières-Gennevilliers – Les Courtilles was opened by the capital’s public transport operator RATP on November 15. Running through the outer suburban districts of Saint-Denis, Ile-Saint-Denis, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Gennevilliers and Asnières-sur-Seine, the extension adds 10 more stops to ...
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NewsMore trains ordered for Paris metro Line 14
FRANCE: Ile-de-France transport authority STIF and Paris transport operator RATP have awarded Alstom a firm order to supply additional MP05 metro trainsets in 2014-15. The six-car rubber-tyred trains are required for a 5·8 km northern extension of the automated Line 14 from Saint-Lazare to Mairie de Saint-Ouen which is scheduled ...
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NewsSão Paulo Yellow Line contract awarded
BRAZIL: Power supplies, communications and other systems for the second phase of São Paulo's automated metro Line 4 are to be supplied by a consortium of Alstom (72·4%) and Thyssen-Krupp under a contract awarded by metro operator CMSP and announced on November 12. Installation is due to be completed ...
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News'Flying seagull' transport interchange planned for Istanbul
TURKEY: Hakan Kiran Architecture and Dutch engineering consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV have signed a memorandum of understanding for the design of the Kabatas Seagull Transportation Hub, an interchange between tram, funicular, bus and ferry services on the European side of Istanbul. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has appointed the architectural practice to design ...
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NewsAnsaldoBreda wins Miami Metrorail train contract
USA: Miami-Dade County Commissioners gave Miami-Dade Transit the formal go-ahead on November 8 to award AnsaldoBreda a $300m contract to supply a fleet of metro cars to replace the current Budd stock on the Metrorail network. The air-conditioned coaches are to have 'an elegant exterior and interior design', with bicycle ...
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NewsSão Paulo consults on metro Line 2 extension
BRAZIL: São Paulo Metro began public consultation for its planned extension of Line 2 on November 7, with the presentation of the environmental impact report into the project. The 14·2 km extension from Vila Prudente to Dutra is intended to serve the northeastern part of the city, including the rapidly-expanding ...
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NewsEBRD backs Almaty light rail PPP
KAZAKHSTAN: A memorandum of understanding for the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development to assist the city of Almaty in awarding a PPP contract for the development of a 'fast tram' line was signed on November 7. The planned 14 km light rail line to replace the existing tram route ...
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NewsPresident opens Minsk metro extension
BELARUS: President Alexander Lukashenko officially opened a 5·14 km extension of Minsk metro's Moskovskaya Line on November 6. The extension southwest from Institut Kultury adds three stations at Grushevka, Michalowo and Petrovschina. Passenger services began the following day, with local surface transport revised to feed the metro. The extension is ...
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NewsSantiago poised to call metro E&M package bids
CHILE: Metro de Santiago expects to invite bids by mid-November for the first of nine contracts for the supply of electrical and mechanical systems to equip its new Lines 3 and 6, which are due to open in 2018 and 2016 respectively. The largest single expansion of the capital’s metro ...
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NewsBratislava urban transport funding reallocated
SLOVAKIA: The government has allocated €420m to the construction of the first phase of a segregated light rail line from Bratislava Hlavná station to Šafárikovo Námestie and Janíkov Dvor, along with modernisation of the existing tram route to Dúbravka, the purchase of new trams and trolleybuses, and the acquisition of ...
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NewsBeijing metro Line 14 PPP concession agreed
CHINA: Beijing municipality and Beijing MTR Corp Ltd initialled a PPP concession covering railway systems and the future operation of metro Line 14 on November 6. The agreement is still subject to approval by government authorities. Beijing MTR Corp Ltd is a joint venture of MTR Corp (49%), Beijing Capital ...
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News580 tonne bridge 'brings home the excitement of civil engineering'
UK: The first of two 580 tonne bridges that will carry the Manchester Metrolink light rail extension to Manchester Airport was moved into place over the weekend of November 3-4. The structure was designed to be installed during a single 24 h closure of the over the M60 motorway, but ...
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NewsGrudziadz tramway modernisation contract awarded
POLAND: A consortium of Przedsiebiorstwo Budowy Dróg i Mostów and Tor-Kar-Sson has won a contract to modernise the metre-gauge tram network in Grudziadz. The 54·8m zloty contract covers 7·6 km of track and overhead electrification renewals, doubling of single-track sections, replacement of power supply cables, drainage works and the ...
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NewsNizhny Novgorod metro extended over double-deck bridge
RUSSIA: An extension of the Nizhny Novgorod metro over a 1·3 km double-deck road and metro bridge opened to the public on November 5, after the regional governor and mayor attended inauguration ceremonies the previous day. The city's first metro line opened in November 1985, serving the main railway station ...
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NewsCCTV adapts frame rate to reduce storage needs
BRAZIL: Rio de Janerio metro operator MetrôRio chose IndigoVision and its local partner Setha Prosegur to supply an IP-based video security system incorporating an activity controlled frame rate feature. This reduces data storage requirements by regulating image capture rates according to motion observed. When there is no activity, video is ...
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NewsLight rail plan included in Canberra agreement
AUSTRALIA: The development of a light rail network in Canberra is included in a parliamentary agreement by which the Green Party’s Shane Rattenbury has agreed to support the Labor Party’s Katy Gallagher in the formation of a government for the Australian Capital Territory. The agreement signed on ...
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NewsMexico City's Gold metro line opens
MEXICO: President Felipe Calderón attended the opening of Mexico City metro Line 12, the Gold Line, on October 30, saying it 'rivals the best in the world'. Travel is free until November 4. Line 12 runs for 25 km from Mixcoac on Line 7 to Tláhuac in the southeast, an ...
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NewsAlger metro extension contract awarded
ALGERIA: A consortium of Colas Rail and local firm KOU.G.C has been awarded a contract to extend Alger metro Line 1 by 4 km. The extension from Haï El Badr to El Harrach-Centre with new stations is scheduled to open in November 2014. The 23-month construction contract announced on ...