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NewsManaus monorail contract signed
BRAZIL: The Infrastructure Secretariat of Amazonas signed a contract with a consortium of Scomi Engineering, CR Almedia, Mendes Junior and Serveng, on January 20 to build a 20 km straddle monorail in the city of Manaus. Total value of the contract is put at R$1∙45bn. Scomi Engineering’s share is worth ...
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NewsCAF named preferred bidder to supply new Midland Metro trams
UK: Having received bids submitted from 'all over the world, not just Europe', on February 2 West Midlands transport authority Centro named CAF as preferred bidder to supply new trams to replace the existing Midland Metro fleet and provide additional capacity on the 21 km light rail route linking Birmingham ...
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NewsSingapore offers loyalty prizes to encourage off-peak metro travel
SINGAPORE: 'Incentives for Singapore's Commuters' has been launched by Land Transport Authority as part of a programme to examine methods for spreading peak travel demand. Metro commuters participating in the Insinc study are awarded credits proportional to the distance they travel, with the credits entered into a lottery with cash ...
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NewsWeight challenge for Wuppertal monorail car designer
GERMANY: Swiss-based engineering group Prose is taking responsibility for all the mechanical aspects of a rolling stock project for the first time, in its role as Vossloh Kiepe's mechanical engineering partner for the development of a new fleet of cars for the schwebebahn suspension monorail in Wuppertal. Wuppertaler Stadtwerke awarded ...
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NewsThree-car trains to Woolwich Arsenal
UK: London’s Docklands Light Railway introduced three-car operation on its Bank – Woolwich Arsenal route with effect from January 30, adding capacity for an extra 1 500 passengers/h ahead of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This means all DLR routes are now worked with three-car trains during the morning ...
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NewsDijon takes delivery of first new tram
FRANCE: The first of 33 Alstom Citadis trams for the two-line network being built in Dijon was delivered to the depot in the former SNCF workshop at Dijon-Chenôve on January 26, having left the Alstom's La Rochelle factory six days earlier. The 33 m long 100% low-floor trams will be ...
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NewsMünchen transport gets €135m investment
GERMANY: München transport operator MVG has announced plans to invest €135m in its metro and tram networks during the coming year. Around €70m will go on metro improvements, including the modernisation of Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz U-bahn stations and signalling at Scheidplatz. Other projects will include upgrading the power supplies to ...
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NewsTrial services begin on Lima metro
PERU: More than a quarter of a century after work began on Lima’s first metro, trial services on the full 22 km Tren Eléctrico line between Villa El Salvador and Miguel Grau began on January 9. There was a limited free service for the first month, with revenue operation expected ...
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NewsShenyang metro opens second line
CHINA: Revenue services on Shenyang metro Line 2 between Santaizi and Quanyunlu began on January 9, serving business facilities being developed along the city’s ‘Golden Corridor’. Work on the 21∙8 km north-south route with 19 stations began in 2006. Line 1 had opened in September 2009. The capital expenditure on ...
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NewsLondon Tramlink takes delivery of Stadler cars
UK: The Tramlink light rail network in south London has begun taking delivery of six Stadler Rail Variotrams which Transport for London ordered in August 2011 at cost of £16∙3m.The first of the 32 m long five-section 100% low-floor air-conditioned trams underwent trial running in the German city of Chemnitz ...
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NewsTaipei Xinzhuang Line extension opens
TAIWAN: The 8∙2 km southern branch of Taipei’s Xinzhuang Line from Daqiaotou to Fu Jen University in New Taipei City was opened by Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin and New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu on January 5. Full revenue services are expected to begin in February, after a month of ...
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NewsOlsztyn chooses Newag trams for new line
POLAND: A consortium of Newag and Modertrans has been selected as preferred bidder to supply cars for the tramway being developed in Olsztyn, beating bids from Solaris and Pesa Bydgoszcz. Newag and Modertrans are to supply city transport operator MPK Olsztyn with 15 trams at a cost of 113·6m z?oty, ...
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NewsBuenos Aires city government takes control of metro
ARGENTINA: The Buenos Aires city government has taken over control of the Subte metro network from the national government after an agreement was signed by Mayor Mauricio Macri and Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on January 3. Daily operations are managed by operator Metrovías, but the city will now ...
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NewsHelsinki metro automation ambitions are scaled back
FINLAND: Helsinki metro operator HKL announced last month that the contract for Siemens to automate the city’s metro line could not be fulfilled due to cost and technical factors. Following two days of discussions, the scope has been scaled back and Siemens has offered a discount on the €100m ...
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NewsTesting underway on first section of Salvador metro
BRAZIL: Test running on the first 6∙5 km section of Salvador metro Line 1 between Lapa and Acesso Norte began on December 22. Testing is scheduled to continue until April, when a free passenger service will be introduced until the start of commercial services in June. The line will serve ...
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NewsHo Chi Minh City metro design and supervision contract
VIETNAM: Ho Chi Minh City's Management Authority for Urban Railways has awarded the design, tender documentation and site supervision services contract for metro Line 2 to a consortium of Pöyry, ILF Beratende Ingenieure, Obermeyer Planen + Beraten and local partner Tedi South. The design and documentation phase is scheduled to ...
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NewsFirst C Stock trains enter service in Hong Kong
CHINA: Hong Kong MTR put its first C Stock trains into passenger services on the Kwun Tong Line on December 7. MTR awarded CNR Changchun a HK$1·1bn contract to supply 10 eight-car trainsets in December 2008, the first time it had ordered metro trains from a manufacturer on the Chinese ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - January 2012
Metro Bilbao has completed a programme to add a fifth trailer car to 13 Series 500 and all nine Series 600 trainsets, using vehicles ordered at a cost of €32m. Infrastructure work costing €26m included depot lifting equipment and changes to signalling software. The first of 60 MI09 double-deck ...
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NewsMoscow metro expansion plans announced
RUSSIA: The Moscow city government has announced plans to build a further 98 km of metro over the next nine years, taking the total network to 400 km and adding 44 stations at an estimated cost of 344bn roubles. Of this, 75 km and 36 stations would be completed by ...
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NewsBeijing metro lines open
CHINA: The first phase of Beijing metro Line 9 and two other extensions were opened on December 31, with over 126 000 passengers carried on the first day. The three routes are officially being operated as a trial service for the fist 12 months, pending formal approval. The new lines ...