Metro news – Page 191
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NewsTransport for London to launch contactless payment in 2012
UK: Transport for London is upgrading its smart card reader software to enable passengers to pay for travel using contactless credit and debit cards. Underground, Docklands Light Railway, tram, London Overground and bus services will be covered by the end of 2012, and discussions are underway with train operating companies. ...
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NewsFirst tram-train arrives in Lyon
FRANCE: The first of 24 Citadis Dualis tram-trains for the TER network west of Lyon arrived at the L'Arbresle maintenance centre on February 18, having left Alstom’s assembly plant in Valenciennes two days earlier.Two more vehicles will be delivered to SNCF in Lyon during the next few weeks. The three ...
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NewsBucuresti metro expansion tendering
ROMANIA: Bucuresti metro operator Metrorex has announced its intention to call tenders for a 2·26bn lei, 30-month contract to build the first section of metro Line 5 between Eroilor and Statia Piata Iancului. The line will eventually link Drumul Taberei in the southwest to Pantelimon at the eastern end ...
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NewsPublic asked to name Montréal metro trains
CANADA: Montréal metro operator STM unveiled the design of its future trains on February 18, and is preparing to launch a publicity campaign across stations, local media and Facebook to find a name for the fleet. A consortium of Bombardier and Alstom was awarded the C$1·2bn contract ...
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NewsTurkish metro project management transferred
TURKEY: The decision taken by the Council of Ministers in June 2010 to transfer responsibility for urban rail projects to the Ministry of Transport has now been enacted. The intention is to relieve the pressure on municipal budgets created by the high cost of metro investments, especially in Istanbul and ...
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NewsNew Orleans tram project approved
USA: The Regional Transit Authority in New Orleans has approved moving ahead with final design on the French Quarter tram loop from Canal Street to Press Street via North Rampart Street and St Claude Avenue. In addition, a 1·9 km spur would be built on Elysian Fields Avenue to a ...
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NewsMetro automation gets green light in Brussels
BELGIUM: Presenting its results for 2010 at the beginning of February, Brussels public transport operator STIB unveiled a programme of enhancements to increase network capacity in 2011 and beyond.STIB carried a total of 311·6 million passengers in 2010, up 7% on the previous year, with the metro handling 48% of ...
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NewsFunding allocated to 78 French urban transport projects
FRANCE: Transport Minister Natahalie Kosciusko-Morizet announced the final tranche of light rail, metro and bus funding allocations under the Grenelle de l’Environnement on February 9. The announcement covers a total of €590m allocated to 78 urban transport projects in 54 conurbations outside Ile-de-France. These include 29 tram projects (152 km), ...
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NewsLow-floor trams in service as Istanbul extension testing begins
TURKEY: The Mayor of Istanbul attended a ceremony on February 3 marking the entry into service of the first 14 of 37 Citadis trams being supplied by Alstom Transport. The remainder will enter traffic in the coming weeks. The €73m contract for the trams was awarded by operator Istanbul Ulasim ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou to supply Ningbo metro cars
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou signed a contract to provide 22 six-car metro trains for the first metro line in Ningbo on January 27. The 21 km east-west Line 1 with 20 stations is expected to open in 2014, the initial phase of a planned six-line network in the port city in ...
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NewsGovernment confirms local transport project funding
UK: Following a review which has brought a 14% reduction in the total cost, on February 4 the Department for Transport confirmed the allocation of funding that will enable nine rail and other local transport projects to go ahead. Additional schemes have been invited to bid for funding which is ...
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NewsMilano metro M5 extension contract signed
ITALY: The city of Milano and the Metro 5 SpA special purpose vehicle signed a concession agreement on February 2 to build and operate the second phase of the automated metro Line M5. Metro 5 SpA began construction of the 6 km first phase of M5 in 2007. Linking ...
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NewsZhengzhou metro Line 1 train contract awarded
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou signed a 900m yuan contract to supply 25 trains for Zhengzhou metro Line 1 on January 18. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in June 2012 for opening during the first half of 2013. The aluminium-bodied Type B metro cars will be 19 m long ...
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NewsHudson-Bergen extension opens in New Jersey
USA: A 1·6 km extension of the Hudson-Bergen light rail line south from the former terminus at 22nd Street to a new stop at Eighth Street in Bayonne opened on January 31. The ribbon-cutting was attended by US Senator Robert Menendez, Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith and New Jersey Transit Executive ...
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NewsLondon Tramlink seeks bids for additional trams
UK: Transport for London subsidiary Tramtrack Croydon Ltd is seeking bids for the lease of 10 new or second-hand trams to increase capacity on the light rail network in south London from the end of summer 2011. A new service is planned to run between Therapia Lane and Elmers End ...
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NewsCitadis remains popular in Paris
FRANCE: Alstom announced on January 28 that it has won a contract to supply up to 70 Citadis low-floor trams to operate on tram lines T7 and T8 in Paris. The purchase is being funded jointly by RATP and STIF.The five-module vehicles will be 32 m long and 2 400 ...
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NewsAtlanta upgrades its metro controls
USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has awarded Alstom a $117m contract to overhaul and modernise the aging train control and safety systems installed on the city’s metro network.The work will be funded from MARTA’s capital budget and is expected to take five years. The contract also includes two five-year ...
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NewsMetrolinx approves electrification plan
CANADA: On January 26 the Metrolinx Board of Directors approved staff recommendations to move forward with a phased implementation of plans to electrify GO Transit’s Lakeshore and Georgetown routes and the future rail link to Pearson International Airport. A detailed study prepared by the regional transport authority found that electrification ...
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News€32·4bn to fund Grand Paris automated metro
FRANCE: Minister for Cities Maurice Leroy and President of Ile-de-France Jean-Paul Huchon announced on January 26 that they had reached ‘an historic agreement’ about the future development of public transport in Greater Paris. Between 2010 and 2025 no less than €32·4bn will be invested to build an automated metro around ...
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NewsRBS places NExT EMU contract
SWITZERLAND: Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn announced on January 24 that it had exercised its option to buy a further eight NExT low-floor EMUs from Stadler, at a cost of around SFr64m. The first six trainsets have been operating express services on the metre-gauge line between Solothurn and Bern since 2009. This has ...