Metro news – Page 193

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    CAF wins Urbos tram contracts

    2011-01-05T07:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Spanish manufacturer CAF has won three export orders for its Urbos tram, signing deals to supply vehicles to Stockholm, Besançon and Nantes.Stockholm transport authority SL has initially ordered 15 three-module trams costing around €40m but, with options to supply up to 121 vehicles, the total contract value could rise ...

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    Gyeongchun Line reopens in Seoul

    2011-01-04T15:42:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: KR’s Gyeongchun Line to the east of Seoul was reopened on December 21 following the completion of a 2·7 trillion won project to replace the former single-track regional diesel route by a new double-track elevated and electrified alignment. The reconstruction of the 81·3 km route from Mangu ...

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    Urban rail news in brief

    2010-12-30T05:00:00Z

    A 2 km extension of München metro line U3 between Olympia-Einkaufs-zentrum and Moosach opened on December 11, providing a connection to S-Bahn services. The U-Bahn network is now 103·1 km long with 100 stations. No further extensions are envisaged for the time being. Following the completion of two short ...

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    Urban rail news in brief

    2010-12-28T05:00:00Z

    The timetable change on December 12 was marked by a spate of urban rail openings in Germany, including the 5·2 km tram Line 6 from Rotes Tor to Friedberg West in Augsburg, a 1·8 km extension of Köln tram Line 5 from Rektor-Klein-Str to Butzweilerhof and a branch of Hannover ...

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    Honolulu light rail prospects look positive

    2010-12-23T10:27:00Z

    USA: Hawaii’s newly-elected Governor Neil Abercrombie has signed the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Honolulu’s proposed $5·3bn light rail project, clearing the way for final approval from the Federal Transit Administration. The 32 km elevated line was stalled when Abercrombie’s predecessor, Linda Lingle, refused to approve the ...

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    Tbilisi tram design contract signed

    2010-12-22T11:15:00Z

    GEORGIA: The Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava signed contracts with French consultancy Systra on December 17 covering studies for a proposed tram network and the development of an urban master plan as part of the city's railway bypass project.The French government is financing the development of plans for a tramway. ...

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    Oslo orders more metro cars

    2010-12-22T10:23:00Z

    NORWAY: On December 21, rolling stock leasing company Oslo Vognselskap AS signed a €180m contract with Siemens Mobility for the supply of a further 32 three-car metro trainsets. The MX3000 vehicles will be manufactured in Wien and delivered to Oslo in 2012. They will allow the operation of more frequent ...

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    Tramino runs for charity in Poznan

    2010-12-22T06:58:00Z

    POLAND: A Solaris Tramino low-floor tram decked in festive Christmas designs has been running in Poznań to raise money for children suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, an incurable hereditary condition. The 32 m long five-module articulated prototype vehicle currently in passenger service is 2 350 mm wide and has a narrow ...

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    Sonoma-Marin orders commuter DMU cars

    2010-12-21T15:58:00Z

    USA: The board of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit voted unanimously on December 15 to award a US$56·9m contract for nine two-car diesel multiple-units to Sumitomo Corp and Nippon Sharyo. The 18 vehicles will be assembled at Nippon Sharyo’s new factory in Rochelle, Illinois, in compliance with ‘Buy America’ rules, ...

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    Alstom to overhaul PATCO fleet

    2010-12-21T13:22:00Z

    USA: Meeting on December 15, the Delaware River Port Authority’s board of commissioners agreed to award a contract to Alstom Transportation Inc for the overhaul of the 120-car fleet of EMUs used on the PATCO cross-river express metro line linking Philadelphia and Lindenwold, New Jersey. The company’s competitive low bid ...

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    Tram Bern West opens

    2010-12-17T06:43:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Trams now serve the business and residential areas of Bümpliz and Brünnen in the western suburbs of Bern, replacing two former trolleybus routes. On December 12 public transport operator Bernmobil inaugurated its Tram Bern West project, a 6·8 km Y-shaped extension of the city’s light rail network from Kaufmännischer ...

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    False start for tram line T1 in Toulouse

    2010-12-16T14:27:00Z

    FRANCE: Industrial action by trade unions representing drivers at local transport operator Tisséo led to the cancellation of the opening celebrations for tram line T1 in Toulouse on November 27-28.Revenue services on the 10·9 km, 18-stop line finally got underway on December 11. The line links the Arènes stop on ...

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    Glattfest celebrates Glattalbahn completion

    2010-12-16T13:52:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Project promoter Zürcher Verkehrsverbund and concessionaire Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal organised a day of festivities to celebrate the opening of the final Auzelg — Stettbach section of the Glattalbahn light rail project north of Zürich on December 11. The completed route runs from Stettbach to Zürich Airport via Wallisellen, Auzelg and ...

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    Light rail contracts awarded in Kuala Lumpur

    2010-12-16T11:28:00Z

    MALAYSIA: Public transport authority Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd has awarded the first construction contracts for the 7bn ringgit Kelana Jaya and Ampang light rail expansion project in Kuala Lumpur. Both routes will eventually meet at Putra Heights, creating a ring around the city.The Kelana Jaya Line extension from its current ...

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    Tangentielle Nord project launched in Paris

    2010-12-14T14:57:00Z

    FRANCE: Jean-Paul Huchon, President of Ile de France region and STIF, officially launched work on the first phase of the Tangentielle Nord project between Epinay-sur-Seine and Le Bourget on December 13.Speaking at the ceremony at Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Jean-Paul Huchon described the project as ‘historic’. ‘It is the biggest railway achievement in ...

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    Toronto Transit City project in doubt

    2010-12-14T10:14:00Z

    CANADA: Newly-elected Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford came into office on December 1 and declared that the ambitious C$8·15bn Transit City light rail expansion scheme was ‘over’ and that he would immediately begin pursuing his campaign promise to expand the metro network. Insisting that ‘the war on the car stops ...

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    Alstom wins contracts in Panamá and Santo Domingo

    2010-12-14T09:36:00Z

    LATIN AMERICA: Alstom announced on December 13 that it had won two contracts in Panamá and Santo Domingo worth €300m. The Línea Uno consortium of Odebrecht and FCC recently appointed to build Line 1 of the Panamá metro has selected Alstom to manage the engineering, integration and commissioning of the ...

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    NTA to go ahead with Red Line

    2010-12-14T06:26:00Z

    ISRAEL: Following the collapse of the concession agreement with the MTS consortium to build the long-planned Red Line in Tel Aviv, the government has decided to push ahead with the 22 km light metro using public funds as ‘a project of national significance’.In a joint statement issued on December 12, ...

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    Mulhouse tram-train enters service

    2010-12-13T14:35:00Z

    FRANCE: Tram-train services were inaugurated on a 22 km interurban route between Mulhouse and Thann on December 11, worked by 12 Siemens Avanto vehicles. A third tram route linking Mulhouse and Lutterbach started operation at the same time. Free rides were available between the city centre and Lutterbach during the ...

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    Crossrail awards tunnelling contracts

    2010-12-10T10:42:00Z

    UK: On December 10 Crossrail Ltd awarded tunnelling contracts worth £1·25bn covering 18 km of the 21 km of twin bores required for the cross-London rail link. Contracts covering four sections of tunnel have been provisionally awarded, subject to the mandatory 10-day review period required under European contract law. The ...