Metro news – Page 190
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NewsMilano metro continues to expand
ITALY: A 3·7 km extension of Milano metro Line 3 from Maciachini north to Comasina entered service on March 26, adding four new stations to the Yellow Line. Interchange with LeNord local rail services is provided at Affori Nord. The next metro line to enter service in Milano will be ...
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NewsNew York MTA dedicates East Side Access TBMs
USA: Following a dedication ceremony in New York on March 21, two tunnel boring machines should soon begin digging the final set of tunnels for the East Side Access project. These will connect the Long Island Rail Road with Grand Central Terminal. The 642-tonne TBMs, named Tess and Molina by ...
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NewsExpo Line Phase II gets go ahead
USA: Clearance testing along the initial section of the Expo Line in Los Angeles began on March 22 using a jig mounted on rail wheels. Within the next few weeks, a light rail vehicle will be towed along the tracks, followed by trains running under their own power. The first ...
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NewsFuente de la Mora joins Madrid suburban network
SPAIN: Development Minister José Blanco joined Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Madrid regional government, to open a station at Fuente de la Mora on March 24. Now forming northwestern the terminus for routes C7 and C10 of RENFE’s Madrid suburban network, the new station has been built as part of ...
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NewsAnsaldo scoops Honolulu metro contract
USA: The award of two major contracts totalling $946m covering construction and fitting out of the elevated metro line in Honolulu was announced by the city’s mayor Peter Carlisle on March 21. The Ansaldo Honolulu Joint Venture, bringing together Finnmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda, has been selected as core ...
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NewsManchester Metrolink starts Phase 3b
UK: Construction work has started on a 3·9 km extension of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne, following a groundreaking ceremony held on March 8. This is the first of the projects included in Phase 3b of the network expansion programme to get underway. The work ...
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NewsMadrid metro Line 2 extended to Las Rosas
SPAIN: Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Madrid regional government, inaugurated an eastern extension of metro Line 2 from La Elipa to Las Rosas on March 16. The 4·6 km extension, with three intermediate stations at La Almudena, Alsacia and Avenida de Guadalajara, cost €315m and took 28 months to build. ...
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NewsPreliminary engineering approvals for LA urban rail projects
USA: A $21·5m planning and engineering services contract for the Regional Connector light rail project in Los Angeles has been awarded to a joint venture led by AECOM. The scope of work encompasses advanced conceptual design and preliminary engineering, including the completion of environmental impact reports. The Regional Connector is ...
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NewsGlasgow Subway upgrade approved
UK: Driverless operation, new rolling stock and infrastructure upgrading are set to go ahead on the 1 220 mm gauge Glasgow Subway under a £290m renewal programme announced by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Scotland’s Finance Secretary John Swinney confirmed on March 9 that following ‘careful consideration’ of ...
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NewsTaichung awards turnkey metro contract
TAIWAN: A 16·7 km automated metro is to be built in Taichung under a turnkey contract valued at ¥29·5bn, which was confirmed by the Taichung city government on March 9. Under consideration since 1990 and approved in 2004, the Green Line is the first of three routes for the proposed ...
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NewsBangkok to complete Blue Line loop
THAILAND: Mass Rapid Transit Authority has awarded a further package of civil works valued at 46·6bn baht covering construction of extensions to the Bangkok Blue Line heavy metro (table below). These works would see the completion of a loop connecting the existing termini at Bang Sue and Hua Lamphong via ...
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NewsRFF backs Line E extension
FRANCE: Meeting on March 17, the board of Réseau Ferré de France confirmed its intention to press ahead with its plans for a western extension of Paris RER Line E, with a view to seeking a Declaration of Public Utility giving powers to build the line. Following public consultation between ...
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NewsSiemens to energise Kolkata's east-west line
INDIA: Third rail electrification and power supplies for Kolkata’s east-west metro line are to be supplied by Siemens Mobility under a contract from Kolkata Metro Rail Corp announced on March 17. Siemens is to provide the 750 V DC traction power supply, with nine substations and the depot to be ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - March 2011
Tendering for operating concessions in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Den Haag, due to have been completed by January 2012, has been postponed for a year by Transport Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen. The Federation of Netherlands Mobility Companies, comprising Connexxion, Arriva, Syntus and Veolia, believes the deferral ...
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NewsTren Eléctrico concession awarded
PERU: State agency Proinversión has awarded the Tren Lima, Línea 1 consortium of Graña y Montero SA and Ferrovías a 30-year concession to operate and maintain metro Line 1 in Lima. GYM and Ferrovías have promised to invest US$290m in the network, US$200m of which will be spent on new ...
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NewsTorino metro reaches Lingotto
ITALY: Torino metro operator GTT inaugurated the 3·6 km section of Line 1 between Porta Nuova and Lingotto on March 6, adding six more stations. Work on the extension started in September 2009. Testing and commissioning began in October last year and the route was handed over to GTT ...
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NewsSEPTA Silverliners enter service
USA: The first two locally-produced Silverliner V commuter EMU vehicles entered revenue service on February 22, approximately a year behind schedule. They were coupled to three prototype cars produced at Hyundai Rotem’s plant in South Korea. Five additional cars should join the fleet this month.The 120 cars, costing $330m, were ...
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NewsHouston buys Siemens Avantos
USA: Harris County Metropolitan Transit Authority on February 24 allocated up to $83m to purchase an additional 19 Siemens S70 Avanto light rail vehicles, supplementing its existing fleet of 18. The 29 m long 70% low-floor cars will be part of a 180-unit option on a base order of 77 ...
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NewsMetrolinx orders DMUs to work airport rail link
CANADA: The Metrolinx board of directors has approved the purchase of 12 two-car diesel multiple units for Toronto’s future airport rail link from Sumitomo Corp and its partner Nippon Sharyo Inc for C$53m. The DMUs will be similar to the 18 cars ordered by Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Authority to ...
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Metro Report InternationalHawaiian blessing marks start of Honolulu light rail project
USA: A 90 min ceremony complete with a hula and a traditional Hawaiian blessing marked the official groundbreaking for the 32 km high-capacity light rail line linking East Kapolei with Ala Moana Center on February 22. State and local officials and supporters from the business community were ...