Metro news – Page 210
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NewsSão Paulo metro resignalling signed
BRAZIL: A €280m contract to upgrade signalling and automatic train control on São Paulo metro lines 8, 10 and 11 was signed by operator CPTM and a consortium of Invensys Rail, Brazilian engineering company Montagens e Projetos Especiais and Spanish telecoms supplier Infoglobal on October 22. Line 8 is ...
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NewsCourt ratifies Warszawa Line 2 award
POLAND: Warszawa City Hall can finally sign the contract with the winning bidder and start construction of its second metro line following the conculsion of legal proceedings. Following an international tendering process, a consortium comprising Italian contractor Astaldi, Gulermak of Turkey and Przedsiebiorstwo Budowy Dróg i Mostów was announced ...
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NewsTramino prototype unveiled
POLAND: Solaris Bus & Coach unveiled its prototype Tramino low-floor tram at the Trako fair in Gdansk on October 14, before the vehicle begins test running with MPK in Poznán. The five-module unidirectional car is 31·9 m long and 2350 mm wide, with 61 seats and space for 116 ...
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NewsDriverless metro car rolled out
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem's first driverless light metro car for domestic use was rolled out at the company's Changwon plant on October 15, when Chairman of the National Assembly Chair Kim Hyung Oh took a test ride. The company is supplying 50 driverless metro cars as well as electrical ...
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NewsGreen Line groundbreaking in Sacramento
A groundbreaking ceremony in Sacramento on October 12 marked the start of construction on the first 1·8 km segment of the California state capital's Downtown — Natomas — Airport light rail extension. The US$44m project, now designated as the Green Line, will run north along 7th Street from the H ...
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NewsDe Lijn and Metro de Madrid win UITP marketing awards
INTERNATIONAL: Flemish tram and bus operator De Lijn and Metro de Madrid have been named as winners of this year’s UITP Marketing Awards, announced at the association’s fifth International Marketing Conference. Held in Lisbon on October 7-9, the event was hosted by local operators Carris and Metropolitano de Lisboa.Open to ...
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NewsBrussels’ Flexity trams set off for Vancouver
BELGIUM: At an event hosted by Brussels transport operator STIB on October 12, two Flexity Outlook trams were dispatched on a lengthy voyage to Vancouver, where they are destined to operate a shuttle service during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.The first leg of the journey will take the ...
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NewsMTA capital programme makes progress
USA: The MTA board of directors has approved a draft version of its next five-year capital programme, although the US$28bn plan needs another US$10m to be fully funded. This has now been forwarded to the New York State legislature in Albany for final approval, which MTA officials hope will come ...
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NewsAecom wins Dallas contract extension
USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded Aecom Technology Corp a US$19·3m contract extension for a variety of project control, system integration and staff support services on three LRT lines now under construction. The one-year extension, the first of three that are available under a base contract signed in ...
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NewsToronto Airport link gets environmental nod
CANADA: A long-delayed programme to increase commuter service on the Georgetown Line in Toronto, including a link to Pearson International Airport, was given the go-ahead by Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen on October 5 but with numerous strict conditions including the use of clean diesel locomotives. Gerretsen attached 18 ...
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NewsFirst LRVs arrive in Norfolk
USA: The first two of 11 S70 light rail vehicles for The Tide arrived in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 6 from the Siemens plant in Sacramento. The cars were shipped by railway and were twice delayed, first by flooding in Atlanta and then by a derailment that blocked a ...
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NewsHangzhou Metro places train order
CHINA: Hangzhou Metro has ordered 48 six-car trains from CSR Nanjing Puzhen to work its first line. The 1·8bn yuan contract was signed on September 27 by Hangzhou Metro Group Chairman Ding Di Gang and CSR’s General Manager.Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, is planning a 278 km network with ...
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NewsTram and signalling agreements signed in Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN: Two co-operation agreements were signed by Alstom CEO Patrick Kron on October 6 within the framework of a Franco-Kazakh business forum held during President Sarkozy’s visit to Kazakhstan.Firstly, Kron signed a memorandum of co-operation with the Mayor of Astana for the creation of a tram network as part of ...
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NewsEDSA struggles to cope
PHILIPPINES: Having bought out the promoters of Manila’s EDSA project, the government must decide what to do with the capital’s busiest light rail route, amid suggestions that it could be returned to the private sector. Built by Metro Rail Transit Corp, the 168 km MRT3 line along Epifano dos ...
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NewsMetro operating shortlist down to two
Local transport authority Nexus has postponed naming a preferred bidder for a seven-year Tyne & Wear Metro operating contract until early 2010. Two candidates, DB Regio Tyne & Wear and the in-house Nexus bid team, have been asked to ‘revise and confirm’ their detailed tenders with a view to ...
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NewsSydney Metro operator shortlist announced
AUSTRALIA: Two consortia have been shortlisted to bid for the Integrated Metro Operations contract for phase 1 of Sydney Metro between Central and Rozelle.The successful bidders are: Kujika consortium, comprising Bovis Lend Lease, Downer EDI, Keolis, McConnell Dowell, Thales and financial advisor Plenary Group; Met One, comprising Serco, Bombardier Transportation, ...
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News€500m loan for Paris tram T3 extension
FRANCE: A €500m agreement to finance an extension of tram line T3 in the east of Paris was signed by Anne Hidalgo, First Deputy to the Mayor of Paris, and Philippe de Fontaine Vive Curtaz, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, on September 28. EIB has previously contributed €130m towards ...
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Beijing Line 4 starts trial operation
CHINA: Beijing Municipal Communist Party Secretary Liu Qi officially initiated trial operation of Beijing metro Line 4 on September 28. Following the ceremony at National Library station, Liu Qi, accompanied by Mayor of Beijing Guo Jinlong, Hong Kong Secretary for Transport & Housing Eva Cheng, MTR Corp Chairman Dr Raymond ...
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NewsGranada tram wiring contract
SPAIN: The regional government of Andalucía has awarded a €16·4m contract to Alstom Transport and Inabensa for the supply and installation of overhead line equipment and power supplies for the initial tram route in Granada.Due to open for revenue service in 2011, the 15·9 km initial route will link Armilla ...
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NewsHelsinki metro extension automation deal
FINLAND: Helsinki transport operator HKL has exercised an option for Siemens Mobility to provide automation equipment for the 14 km, seven station extension of the capital's metro westwards to Espoo. The contract announced by Siemens on September 28 is worth €56m. It follows a €100m deal covering automation ...