Metro news – Page 181
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NewsAlmaty metro opens and Phase 2 funded
KAZAKHSTAN: President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the first section of the Almaty metro on December 1, and the Ministry of Transport & Communications has announced that funding has been secured to construct the second phase. The 8·5 km Phase 1 from Alatau to Rayimbeka has seven stations. Phase 2 will extend ...
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NewsAnsaldo Honolulu signs metro contract
USA: The Ansaldo Honolulu consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda has signed a contract with Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to supply the technology and rolling stock for the Honolulu driverless metro. The $1∙3bn contract is for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the 32 km Honolulu ...
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NewsMetrolinx readies Kitchener extension
CANADA: Toronto commuter operator GO Transit ran its first train to Kitchener on November 26 as part of testing ahead of the launch of regular services on December 19. Regional transit authority Metrolinx is investing C$18m to extend services on its Georgetown Line to serve the Kitchener-Waterloo area under ...
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NewsMiskolc awards tram contract to Ganz-Skoda
HUNGARY: Miskolc muncipality has awarded Hungarian-Czech joint venture Ganz-Skoda Kozlekedesi a contract to supply 31 trams for the city’s tram network.The tender was the fourth to be called for trams as the previous three were cancelled by the Public Procurement Arbitration Board. These included a contract awarded to AnsaldoBreda in ...
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NewsAlstom unveils Metropolis trainset for Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS: The first Alstom Series M5 Metropolis trainset for the Amsterdam metro operator GVB was officially unveiled on November 24. Testing is well underway at Alstom’s Valenciennes plant in northern France with the first trainset scheduled to be in service by autumn 2012.A €200m contract signed in February 2010 will ...
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NewsArriva wins Stockholm rail and bus operating contracts
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority SL named DB subsidiary Arriva as the winner of two rail and bus operating contracts on November 22. One contract covers the operation of Saltsjöbanan suburban rail, Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan light rail and local bus services from August 20 2012. A separate contract covers the narrow ...
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NewsUrban transport energy saving grants awarded
USA: Solar panels, energy storage and technology to reduce locomotive engine idling are included in 46 rail and bus projects which the Federal Transit Administration announced had won funding under the Transit Investment in Greenhouse Gas & Energy Reduction programme on November 17. The TIGGER III grants were awarded competitively, ...
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NewsCubic wins Chicago fare collection contract
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has selected Cubic Transportation Systems to supply and maintain the agency’s fare collection system in a 12-year contract worth $454m. The technology will accept bank cards and ultimately mobile phone payments, while passengers without credit or debit cards will be able to use reloadable prepayment ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - November 2011
Lagos metro project concessionaire Ekorail has agreed to buy 255 second-hand Toronto Transit Commission H5 and H6 subway cars to operate the 27·5 km Blue Line under construction from Okokomaiko to Marina. Ekorail is negotiating with the Lagos state government to finalise a 25-year agreement to run the Blue Line, ...
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NewsBeograd metro planning agreement signed
SERBIA: Plans for a metro in Beograd are to be developed following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Mayor Dragan Djilas and representatives from Alstom Transport and the Serbian and French governments on November 18. Alstom and the city council have agreed to define a framework for co-operation ...
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NewsDen Haag orders Siemens Avenio trams
NETHERLANDS: Siemens has been confirmed as the winner of a contract to supply 40 low-floor trams to Den Haag transport operator HTM, after an appeal from rival bidder CAF failed. The contract announced on November 18 is worth more than €100m, including driver training, documentation and spares, and has ...
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NewsBombardier to supply München airport peoplemover
GERMANY: Bombardier is to supply an Innovia 300 peoplemover to provide access to a satellite facility being built at München airport Terminal 2. The underground line will be 400 m long with a journey time of less than 60 sec. The contract is worth a total of €89m, including ...
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NewsExpress tram to be developed for St Petersburg
RUSSIA: Alstom and its Russian strategic partner Transmashholding are to develop an 'express' tram for St Petersburg within the framework of a memorandum of understanding signed with city governor Georgy Poltavchenko on November 16. The companies will also advise the city on modernising its 1 524 mm gauge tram ...
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NewsWuppertal monorail fleet replacement contract signed
GERMANY: Wuppertaler Stadtwerke signed a €122m contract for Vossloh Kiepe to supply 31 articulated cars for Wuppertal's 13·3 km schwebebahn suspension monorail on November 10. The cars will replace the 1970s vehicles currently in service. They will be built by Vossloh Rail Vehicles in Valencia, with traction equipment from Vossloh ...
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NewsIle-de-France tram leasing package
FRANCE: A €378m leasing package that will enable regional transport authority STIF to acquire 107 vehicles for new light rail routes in the Ile-de-France region was announced on November 7. Deliveries to operator RATP are now underway for completion in 2014. With a term of 33 years, the package includes ...
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NewsChicago L upgrade package announced
USA: A $646m contribution by the state of Illinois to complete a $1bn funding package for a major overhaul of Chicago's Red and Purple metro lines was announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Pat Quinn on November 3. The grant from Illinois' 'Jobs Now!' capital programme will be combined ...
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NewsSeattle tramway to be electrified in only one direction
USA: The City of Seattle has selected Czech firm Inekon and its local assembly partner Pacifica Marine to supply six cars for a short tram line planned to connect First Hill with the future Capitol Hill light rail stop and the Chinatown/International District. The Inekon-Pacifica partnership was one of three ...
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NewsTver assembles first metro car body
RUSSIA: Transmashholding's Tver Carriage Works completed its first metro car bodyshell in October. After assembly the Type 81-760 intermediate car shell was transported by road to TMH's Metrovagonmash plant for fitting out before delivery to Moscow Metro. Metro cars are a new area of activity for the TVZ plant, which ...
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NewsVossloh tests Tramlink light rail vehicle
SPAIN: Vossloh España has begun testing of a prototype Tramlink light rail vehicle at its Albuixech plant outside Valencia. Developed at a cost of €20m, Tramlink is designed for both surface and underground operations; Spanish metre-gauge operator FEVE has ordered four units for the future tram-train network in León. Built ...
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NewsAutomated trains launched on Paris Line 1
FRANCE: The first automatic trains to operate in revenue service on Paris metro Line 1 were officially launched on November 3 by RATP Chairman & CEO Pierre Mongin, at an event attended by Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport & Housing Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, and Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Ile-de-France ...