Metro news – Page 225
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Mumbai car order
INDIA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Company is to supply 16 four-car trains for Line 1 of Mumbai metro under a Rs6bn contract. The first four trainsets are due to be delivered in 18 months' time, with the whole fleet arriving in Mumbai by mid-2010. Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd ...
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Hamburg's DT5 takes shape
GERMANY: Hamburger Hochbahn AG presented its next generation U-Bahn trainset at the Alstom LHB works in Salzgitter in July, unveiling a full-size mock-up showing the car end, driving cab and interior layout. HHA ordered 27 trainsets in December 2006 from a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier at a cost of ...
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NewsInterfleet appointed 'shadow operator' for Sydney metro
AUSTRALIA: Premier of New South Wales Morris Iemma announced the appointment of Interfleet Technology to oversee planning of the A$12bn North West Metro on July 27. Interfleet Technology will be 'shadow operator' during the development and design of the proposed 38 km metro line between central Sydney and ...
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NewsThree bids for Athens metro contract
GREECE: Attiko Metro and the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning & Public Works have received three bids for a contract to supply 17 six-car trainsets for Athens lines 2 and 3. Technical and financial offers were submitted by AnsaldoBreda, CAF and a partnership of Hyundai-Rotem and Hanwha. The ...
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East End Corridor construction
USA: Houston's $1·3bn Metro Solutions expansion programme took a significant step forward on June 30 with the start of construction along the East End Corridor, one of five planned extensions to the existing single-route light rail network. The 6·4 km East End Corridor will run from Magnolia Transit Center to ...
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Trial running to Jinzhou
CHINA: Test running has commenced on a 14·3 km extension of the Dalian Fast Rail Link. The first trains took to the branch on July 8 after the extension was handed over by the China Railway Electrification Bureau, which led the construction project. The present Line 3 provides a suburban ...
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NewsTram tender in trouble
CANADA: Plans to replace Toronto's tram fleet were thrown into disarray on July 18 when Toronto Transit Commission unexpectedly rejected both of the bids it had received on June 30. TTC had issued a Request for Proposals to supply 204 new 100% low -floor vehicles worth around C$1·25bn to replace ...
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NewsMetro openings as Beijing prepares for Olympic influx
CHINA: Two extensions to the Beijing metro network opened for traffic on July 19, and public services commenced on the dedicated airport link which had been ceremonially inaugurated on June 30. With the start of the Olympic Games later this month, lines 8 and 10 are designed to ease ...
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Valley LRV on test
USA: The first Valley Metro light rail vehicle entered central Phoenix under its own power on July 10 accompanied by Mayor Phil Gordon and a host of dignitaries. Construction of the 32·6 km system is about 90% complete and line testing is now underway along most of the route in ...
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Amsterdam metro fleet tenders
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam has called tenders for the replacement of the city's metro trains, and the supply of stock for the north-south line now under construction. GVB is seeking 23 six-car trainsets 114 to 118 m long and 3 m wide, with all axles driven. They will replace the existing ...
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Expansion programme confirmed
ARGENTINA: The Buenos Aires city legislature has passed a bill confirming the metro expansion programme that will be undertaken by the administration of Mauricio Macri, who was elected to lead the municipal government at the end of last year. As well as the northern extension of Line H to ...
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NewsTram-trains and electrification planned
AUSTRALIA: Plans to electrify four suburban lines around Adelaide have been outlined in the South Australian government's latest budget, which offers A$2bn for transport projects over the next decade. Preliminary work to electrify the Noarlunga, Grange and Outer Harbor lines at 25 kV 50 Hz will commence later this year, ...
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Kayseri cars arrive in August
TURKEY: The first cars to operate the 17 km light rail line in Kayseri are set to arrive next month. The line will serve an east-west corridor across the city from an industrial park to Mimar Sinan with 31 stops. Trams will run at 4 min headways and total end-to-end ...
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Metro to reach Bulacan
PHILIPPINES: Universal LRT Corp signed a concession agreement on June 18 to build and operate the MRT-7 line to link the existing elevated metro network in Manila with San Jose del Monte in Bulacan. The US$1·23bn project has been approved by the Department of Transport & Communications some seven years ...
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NewsA €14bn vision for Ile-de-France
FRANCE: The President of the Ile-de-France region Jean-Paul Huchon was joined by the presidents of RATP, RFF, SNCF and the Mayor of Paris to unveil an ambitious regional transport vision for the next 12 years on June 19. Huchon hopes to see investment of €13·7bn by 2020 on a series ...
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NewsMake your own information display
USA: San Francisco metro operator BART is encouraging local retailers, offices and coffee shops to use spare computer screens to provide their customers and staff with real-time train running information. A simple file available to download from www.bart.gov enables almost any internet-linked computer to display departure information for a chosen ...
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NewsRijnGouwe design award
NETHERLANDS: Movares has been awarded a contract by ProRail to design the project to convert the Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn – Lammenschans line to light rail standards. The section from Gouda to Alphen is expected to be completed in 2010, the remainder by 2015. The move follows the ...
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NewsCities must learn to 'love their trams'
AUSTRALIA: Yarra Trams Chief Executive Dennis Cliche wore this simple message on his lapel at a recent light rail conference, where he outlined how the Melbourne operator is taking positive measures to manage increasing congestion and surging ridership.
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NewsTramlink transferred to Transport for London
UK: Ownership of the Tramlink light rail system in Croydon was transferred to Transport for London on June 27. Tramtrack Croydon Ltd held a 99-year private finance initiative concession to build and operate the 28 km network, but on March 17 the shareholders accepted TfL's offer to purchase the business ...
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Frankfurt LRV handed over
GERMANY: Frankfurt Transport Authority VGF has taken delivery of the first of 146 Flexity Swift light rail vehicles which are being built by Bombardier. A further 11 will be supplied from the Bautzen factory this year, with deliveries continuing until autumn 2015. The bi-directional vehicles have been custom designed for ...