Metro news – Page 187
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NewsMetro tunnel floated underneath Amsterdam Centraal
NETHERLANDS: Construction experts from around the world were in Amsterdam on May 31 to observe the complex operation to float a 20 000 tonne concrete immersed tunnel section for the north–south metro line into place beneath Centraal station. The Noord/Zuidlijn will provide a fixed link from the north bank of ...
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NewsSiemens unveils London Underground concept train
UK: A design concept for a next-generation train for London Underground’s small-profile ‘tube’ lines was unveiled by Siemens during the Railtex exhibition. Building on its successful role in supplying replacement bogies for Central Line and Waterloo & City Line stock, Siemens was asked by LU to develop a ‘concept ...
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NewsAMT electro-diesel arrives in Montréal
CANADA: Montréal commuter rail authority Agence Métropolitaine de Transport took delivery of its first Bombardier-built ALP-45 electro-diesel locomotives on June 9. The first of 20 locos was officially received by AMT President & CEO Joël Gauthier and the Vice-President of Business Development & Communications for Bombardier Transportation North America Ann ...
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NewsBombardier awarded London Underground SSL signalling contract
UK: Transport for London formally announced Bombardier Transportation as the winner of the £354m contract to upgrade signalling on London Underground's Sub-Surface Lines on June 14, following the statutory standstill period required under EU tendering rules. The company had been named preferred bidder on April 12. Bombardier will provide its ...
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NewsNew Orleans streetcar project breaks ground
USA: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood joined New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and other officials at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Loyola Avenue streetcar line on June 7.The 2·4 km tram route with four stops linking Union Passenger Terminal and Canal Street will receive $45m in federal funding. Six bids ...
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NewsBordeaux orders more Citadis trams
FRANCE: Greater Bordeaux authority Communauté Urbaine de Bordeaux has selected Alstom as preferred bidder to supply 26 Citadis trams for Phase III of the city’s network expansion programme. The new vehicles will be 43 m long with capacity for up to 400 passengers. The first unit is due to be ...
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NewsTalbot Avenue station groundbreaking in Boston
USA: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick joined Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino and a score of elected officials on June 7 to break ground for the $15·9m Talbot Avenue station, which is being built under Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Fairmount commuter rail rehabilitation project. The $37m renovation of the 14·6 km ...
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NewsLake Oswego streetcar
USA: The Portland and Lake Oswego city councils have voted to move ahead with a $458m streetcar route linking the two communities, which includes a junction with Portland’s existing streetcar network on the South Waterfront. Once initial approvals are received from Multnomah County, Clackamas County, the regional Metro Council and ...
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NewsCarbon credits fund Tallinn tram fleet renewal
ESTONIA: The government intends to spend €45m raised through the sale of surplus carbon credits to purchase up to 16 trams for use in Tallinn. The sale of an undisclosed number of Assigned Amount Units to Spain was approved during a cabinet meeting on May 5. The new vehicles could ...
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NewsDenver commuter rail design
USA: The Federal Transit Administration has granted a Record of Decision to the largely-unfunded 29 km North Metro commuter line in Denver, clearing the way for final design to begin. The route would follow BNSF Railway and former Union Pacific rights-of-way from Denver Union Station to 162nd Avenue in Thornton. ...
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NewsMurcia tram line 1 inaugurated
SPAIN: Tranvía de Murcia launched services on its 17·5 km V-shaped light rail network on May 28.The main route has 24 stops and runs from Estadio Nueva Condomina in the northeast to the University of Murcia campus in the northwest, via the city centre. A branch with four stops connects ...
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NewsScomi wins Line 17 monorail project in São Paulo
BRAZIL: Metro São Paulo awarded the Monotrilho Integracao consortium of Scomi, Andrade Gutierrez, CR Almeida and Montagens e Projetos Especiais a R$1·4bn turnkey contract to build the Line 17 monorail on June 2.The 18 km elevated Gold Line with 18 stations will link São Paulo-Morumbi on Line 4 with Jabaquara, ...
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NewsToronto Rockets to enter service in June
CANADA: The first of 420 new Rocket subway cars being built for Toronto Transit Commission by Bombardier will enter revenue service on the Yonge-University line in June, according to TTC. The first four cars have been undergoing testing for several months, and more are now being delivered from Bombardier’s ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - June 2011
Under a programme to ‘improve’ public transport in Toshkent 26 km of tram track is being removed from the city centre and trams will be restricted to the inner ring road. Four new sections of track totalling 16 km are being built and 20 trams will be ...
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NewsSão Paulo Line 4 growth
BRAZIL: São Paulo metro opened Pinheiros station between Faria Lima and Butantã on the driverless Line 4 on May 16. It is expected to increase daily ridership from 50000 to 80000. Operating hours on the Paulista – Butantã section of the Yellow Line were extended on May 2. The ...
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NewsDresden Messe tram extension opens
GERMANY: Music, dancing and vintage trams featured in opening celebrations for an extension of Dresden tram Line 10 to the exhibition centre on May 29. The 'Messelinie' extension runs for 1·3 km from the former terminus at Friedrichstadt, which has been renamed Vorwerkstraße, and has four stops. Studies for ...
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NewsFirst Stadler Variobahn arrives in Potsdam
GERMANY: The first Stadler Variobahn for the Potsdam tram network was officially presented to transport operator ViP on May 13. The vehicle will now be tested and certified prior to entering commercial service, which is provisionally set for September 17. ViP placed a €25m order for 10 Variobahn low-floor trams ...
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NewsAlstom enters 'second tier' Chinese metro signalling market
CHINA: A joint venture of Alstom and CASCO announced contracts totalling €85m for the supply of Urbalis CBTC signalling equipment for metro projects in Shanghai and Kunming on May 24. The contracts are 'important milestones', according to Ling Fang, Managing Director of Alstom Transport China, as they demonstrate that Alstom ...
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NewsTramino and Moderus Beta trams go into service in Poznan
POLAND: The first series-build Solaris Tramino for Poznan was handed over to city transport operator MPK on May 23, and is expected to enter service this week. 'Poznan's passengers will experience one of the most comfortable trams in Europe', said Krzysztof Olszewski, founder of bus manufacturer Solaris which has ...
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NewsOttawa O-Train extension proposed
CANADA: The Ottawa Transit Commission approved C$200 000 for a study into a southern O-Train extension to Leitrim Park & Ride and Riverside South at a meeting on May 18. The line would use the corridor designated for the proposed north-south LRT line that was scrapped by City of Ottawa ...