Metro news – Page 194
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NewsUrban rail network to underpin Qatar World Cup
QATAR: The successful bid to host the football World Cup in 2022 includes plans to invest US$24bn in transport infrastructure, including high speed rail lines to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and construction of a 340 km public transport network serving Doha and its environs. The proposals are based ...
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NewsBuenos Aires Line H extended to Corrientes
ARGENTINA: A one-station extension of Buenos Aires metro Line H from Once to Corrientes entered service at 15.00 on December 6, following its inauguration by Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri. Construction took 4½ years. Corrientes is located 23 m below the surface and cost US$160m to build. Like the rest ...
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NewsBTS to operate SkyTrain extension
THAILAND: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration subsidiary Krungthep Thanakom has awarded SkyTrain operator BTS a 674m baht contract to operate and maintain the 5·3 km Sukhumvit Line extension from On Nut to Bearing which is due to open on August 12 2011. The contract is initially valid for one year from the ...
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NewsMetro projects approved in Hong Kong
CHINA: The Executive Council of Hong Kong approved two metro projects on November 30 that will extend the MTR network by almost 10 km when they open in 2015.The 7 km South Island Line (East) will run from Admiralty to South Horizons, in Aberdeen, with intermediate stations at Ocean Park, ...
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NewsEIB supports Ho Chi Minh metro Line 2
VIETNAM: Magdalena Álvarez Arza, Vice President of the European Investment Bank, signed a finance contract worth €150m with Vietnamese Deputy Finance Minister Tran Xuan Ha on December 6. The loan is part of a funding package for the first phase of metro Line 2 in Ho Chi Minh City. The ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief
The consortium of Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Infocomm and Canada’s SNC Lavalin has achieved financial closure for the Rs115bn PPP project to build the 32 km Mumbai metro Line 2 from Charkop to Mankhurd (RG 9.09 p17). The consortium, which is investing Rs70bn, has set up the Mumbai Metro Two SPV ...
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NewsDallas Green Line opens
USA: Two sections of the Dallas Green Line totalling 38·6 km opened on December 6, marking completion of the $1·8bn project. A special ‘Super Saturday’ event previewing six of the 15 new stations took place on December 4, with the entire 45 km Green Line open to the public during ...
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NewsTorun tramway upgrade
POLAND: A 1·9 km metre gauge tram extension with five stops is to be built in Torun by 2013 to serve the Collegium Humanisticum and IT Technology Centre being built at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Bielany district. The project will cost 84·8m złoty, to be financed with 42·1m złoty from ...
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NewsTranstech wins Helsinki tram order
FINLAND: Helsinki transport operator HKL announced on December 2 that it had awarded a €113m contract for the supply of 40 three-section trams to domestic manufacturer Transtech Oy, with deliveries scheduled for 2014-15. The deal includes an option for another 90 cars that could continue production until 2023 and raise ...
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NewsCrossrail seeks privately-financed rolling stock
UK: Procurement of rolling stock for the Crossrail east-west link through London was officially launched with the publication of an OJEU notice on December 1 seeking expressions of interest in a privately-funded train provision contract. With a capital cost estimated at around £1bn, the package would include the supply and ...
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News'All change' awards
UK: Nexus has awarded framework agreements to five companies - Balfour Beatty Rail, BAM Nuttall, May Gurney, Serco and Morgan Sindall - as part of its £385 'all change' programme to modernise the Tyne & Wear metro (RG 1.09 p32). The government is providing £350m, with the remainder ...
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NewsMoscow metro builder to be sold
RUSSIA: The Federal Agency for State Property Management has announced its intention to auction 100% of the shares in Moscow metro construction company Mosmetrostroy before the end of this year. Founded in 1931, OAO Moscow Metrostroy has been responsible for constructing the whole of the capital’s metro network which now ...
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NewsMulti-purpose works tram delivered
FINLAND: Helsinki transport operator HKL has taken delivery of a custom-designed €2·5m Windhoff maintenance vehicle for its tram network, the first of a pair it intends to buy to replace two cars dating from the 1950s. The metre-gauge vehicle is equipped for rail grinding, snow clearance and de-icing of the ...
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NewsSan Francisco and Toronto consider Sumitomo DMUs
NORTH AMERICA: Metrolinx is considering the purchase of up to 18 two-car Sumitomo DMUs for the proposed link from Toronto city centre to Pearson International Airport. The 3·3 km branch from Go Transit’s Georgetown line to the airport is due to open in time for the Pan Am Games to ...
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NewsUrbos 3 concept on display in Málaga
SPAIN: The first impression of the Urbos 3 vehicle which will work the light metro network in Málaga when it opens in November next year was revealed on November 18 when a mock-up was unveiled at María Zambrano station. The event was attended by María Gámez, official representative of Andalucía’s ...
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NewsShanghai metro Line 13 signalling awarded
CHINA: Alstom and its joint venture partner Casco have signed a €22·5m contract with Shanghai Shentong Group to supply signalling for phase I of Shanghai metro Line 13.Phase I will be 16·4 km long, running from Huajiang Road in the west via the city centre to West Nanjing Road, with ...
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NewsKøbenhavn Cityringen contractors selected
DENMARK: At a board meeting on November 24 København metro authority Metroselskabet selected the Salini-led Copenhagen Metro Team consortium as preferred bidder to build the infrastructure and Ansaldo STS to supply rolling stock and railway equipment for the city’s DKr21·3bn Cityringen driverless metro project. Ansaldo STS says it ‘has proposed ...
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NewsFirst LRVs shipped to Mashhad
IRAN: CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles announced in mid-November that it had shipped three light rail vehicles from Dalian to Mashhad in Iran. They are due to arrive at the port of Bandar Abbas on December 20.Mashhad Urban Railway Corp signed a contract with CNR in February 2007 to supply 60 ...
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NewsMünchen U-Bahn orders more trains
GERMANY: City utility company Stadtwerke München has placed an €185m order with Siemens Mobility for 21 six-car U-Bahn trains, with delivery scheduled for 2013-15. Two-thirds of the new rolling stock, designated Type C2.11, will replace some of the existing Type A vehicles which are now 40 years old. A total ...
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NewsSiemens selected for Rennes metro Line B
FRANCE: Mayor of Rennes Daniel Delaveau announced on November 16 that Siemens has been selected as preferred bidder by transport authority Rennes Métropole to build the city’s second driverless metro line. The €200m contract will be submitted to the city council for ratification on November 18.Siemens Mobility France will be ...