Metro news – Page 227
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Improved information in Delhi
INDIA: Passenger information systems supplied by Thales have gone live at three stations under the second phase of the Delhi Metro, and a further 71 stations are to be equipped by the time the city hosts the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Thales is responsible for the supply and installation of public ...
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NewsEspoo votes for Länsimetro
FINLAND: The last hurdle to the planned westward expansion of the Helsinki metro was overcome on May 19, when the council in the neighbouring city of Espoo voted 56-9 in favour of financing its part of the €714m Länsimetro project. Helsinki is contributing €144m for the two-station section within ...
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NewsKuwait finalising ambitious metro plans
KUWAIT: Tenders for the construction of a 165 km metro network are to be called in July, Dr Hussain Al-Sayegh, Chief Consultant at the Kuwait Overland Transport Union, told the Rail Infrastructure MENA conference in Dubai. The government will finalise its specification for the proposed four-line metro network in ...
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NewsEdinburgh tram contracts awarded
UK: City of Edinburgh council and tram project promoter Transport Initiatives Edinburgh announced on May 14 that contracts worth £512m had been placed for the 18·5 km tram network being developed in the Scottish capital. The BBS consortium of Bilfinger Berger and Siemens has a €350m fixed-price construction contract, under ...
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NewsSiemens announces biggest US light rail order
USA: Utah Transit Authority gave Siemens notice to proceed with the production of 77 Avanto S70 light rail vehicles for Salt Lake City on May 15. The $277m order is the fourth UTA has placed with Siemens, and the manufacturer's largest US light rail contract. The cars are needed ...
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Granada light metro progress
SPAIN: The Andalucía regional government has awarded a joint venture of Ferrovial and Ucop a €62·8m contract to build the 3·5 km Río Genil - Campus de la Salud section of the Granada light metro. Due to take 30 months to complete, this section runs underground for 30% of its ...
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U-Bahn to the football
AUSTRIA: A 4 km extension of Wien metro line U2 from Schottenring to Praterstern, Messegelände and the Ernst-Happel stadium was opened in May 10, a month before the city hosts the first match of the 2008 UEFA European football championship. The extension more than doubles the 3·5 km ...
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Brazilian upgrade funds
BRAZIL: BNDES has approved loans totalling R$177m for metro upgrades and construction in Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza, state capital of Ceará. A loan of R$142m is destined to assist the ongoing project in Fortaleza, where a cross-city tunnel is being built to provide through running onto two converted suburban ...
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Pyongyang buys Czech trams
NORTH KOREA: Pyongyang Transport Authority is to buy 20 second-hand Type T3 CKD-built single-ended trams from Praha transport authority DPHMP in a contract worth KC13m. Pyongyang already operates 129 Type T6B5K single-ended trams delivered in 1991 and 45 Type KT8D5K bi-directional articulated trams supplied in 1990. A further 50 ...
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City operators to merge
ITALY: Milano's ATM and GTT of Torino have announced plans to merge. The intention is to create a public transport operating business better placed to compete on the international stage with British and French rivals. The group would become Europe's ninth largest transport undertaking by revenue, but Elio Catania, President ...
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Škoda plans next Praha tram
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Transportation has unveiled proposals to develop a fully low-floor, three-section tram for use in Praha. Designated 15T and branded ForCity, the unidirectional cars are destined to form a key element in the renewal of the Czech capital's tram fleet. Around 250 vehicles are to be delivered to ...
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Praha opens metro extension
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha transport authority DPHMP was due to inaugurate a 4·6 km underground extension of metro Line C from Ládví eastwards to the northern suburb of Letnany on May 9. The extension serves stations at Strízkov, Prosek and Letnany, where a bus interchange and park and ride facility ...
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Urban rail news in brief - May 2008
FGV has ordered a further 14 bi-directional 100% low-floor Flexity Outlook trams which Bombardier will deliver to Valencia and Alacant in 2009-10. On April 10 preferred bidder Serco announced that it had signed a contract with the Roads & Transport Authority covering the operation and maintenance of the Dubai Metro ...
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Sydney extensions edge forward
AUSTRALIA: Metro Transport Sydney has submitted proposals for two extensions at either end of Sydney's sole light rail line for consideration by the New South Wales government. The most ambitious of the two would see a 4·1 km route created to link the present terminus at Central Station with Circular ...
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NewsOntario investment plan
CANADA: The province of Ontario pledged financial support for a number of urban transit and suburban rail projects in the 2008 budget presented on March 25. Of the C$1bn in funding for municipal infrastructure allocated in the budget, C$497m is to be spent on public transport projects in the Greater ...
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NewsDriverless operations start in Nürnberg
GERMANY: Nürnberg U-Bahn operator VAG quietly slipped its first driverless trains into passenger service on Line U3 on May 4. Authority to run Germany's first automated U-Bahn services with fare-paying passengers had been granted on April 30, and VAG lost no time in taking advantage of the ruling. Linking Maxfeld ...
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Sha Tin - Central Line gets the go-ahead
HONG KONG: The Executive Council has finally approved construction of the long-planned Sha Tin - Central metro line, although it is not expected to be completed until 2019. Following the West Island Line, South Island Line and Express Rail Link (p272), it is the latest rail project in the special ...
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Yokohama opens Green Line
JAPAN: Yokohama Municipality op-ened its second metro line on March 30, the 13·1 km Green Line serving Kohoku New Town northwest of the city centre. Also known as Line 4, the route runs from Nakayama to Hiyoshi, interchanging with the Blue Line at Centre-Kita and Centre-Minami. Connections are provided with ...
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NewsMetronet signalling will be re-tendered
UK: Resignalling of London Underground's Sub-Surface Lines is to be re-tendered following the exit from administration of Public-Private Partnership contractor Metronet (RG 12.07 p750). The contractual changes are subject to a court order which the PPP Administrator is to seek enabling the transfer of Metronet to a LU nominee company; ...
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Seltrac IS to be used in Dubai
Sir – I was very surprised to see that you reported last month that Alcatel was supplying the Seltrac S40 train control system for the Dubai metro (RG 4.08 p228). I should like to remind your readers that although the contract was originally awarded to Alcatel TAS, we have subsequently ...