Metro news – Page 228
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Tianjin metro car order
CHINA: CNR Dalian has won an order to supply 23 six-car stainless steel bodied trainsets for the 27 km east-west metro Line 2 now under construction in Tianjin. The trains will be formed of three motor and three trailer cars, with a seating capacity of 1?440 and maximum capacity of ...
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Al Sufouh tram project consortium selected
UAE: The Dubai government's Roads & Transport Authority announced on April 29 that the ABS consortium of Alstom, Besix and Serco has been selected to undertake the Al Sufouh tram project, also known as the Yellow Line. Final negotiations will now begin before a contract is signed. The 10 km ...
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Tenders called for Bangkok Purple Line
THAILAND: A 2013 opening is now envisaged for Bangkok's Purple Line, after Japan Bank for International Co-operation signed a 25-year loan agreement worth ¥62·4bn following months of negotiations. Invitations to tender were issued at the end of April, and bids are due to be returned by August. Work is ...
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NewsPreferred bidder for Metrolink expansion
UK: On April 25 Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive announced it had selected the M-Pact Thales consortium as the preferred bidder for a three-line expansion of the Metrolink light rail network (RG 10.07 p649). GMPTE is now seeking final sign-off from the Department for Transport before awarding the ...
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NewsBurj Dubai tram plan unveiled
UAE: Emaar Properties has announced plans for a peoplemover and 4·6 km tramway to link the Dubai metro to its 73bn dirham Burj Dubai mixed-use development of 30 000 homes, nine hotels and 350 00 m2 of retail space. The transport plan announced on April 23 is costed at 500m ...
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Automation in a medium-sized city
BRESCIA: The Metrobus light metro will bring the benefits of automated operation to a city considered too small to justify a conventional metro
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Urban rail news in brief - April 2008
China Northern was awarded a contract on March 4 to supply 24 six-car Type B trainsets with stainless steel bodies for Shenzhen metro Line 3. Deliveries will run for a year from the end of August 2009. A previous contract signed on January 12 covered 60 Type A cars for ...
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London Overground calling
GSM-R: The UK division of Siemens Mobility has won a contract to supply cab radios for the fleet of 44 Electrostar suburban EMUs for London Overground services currently under construction at Bombardier's Derby facility. The units are to be equipped with radios to operate on both the current analogue cab-to-shore ...
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NewsVariobahn arrives in Bochum
GERMANY: Bochum-Gelsenkirchen tram operator Bogestra has taken delivery of the first of 30 Stadler Variobahn low-floor trams. These were ordered in 2004 under a €80m contract which included six Tango high-floor cars (RG 10.07 p602). The metre-gauge trams are 29·62 m long and 2 300 mm wide, ...
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Córdoba private metro proposed
ARGENTINA: The federal Transport Secretariat is considering a proposal from a consortium of Iecsa, Ghello and Alstom to build a 15·8 km metro network in the city of Córdoba with private finance. Comprising two routes with tunnels 9 m in diameter excavated with TBMs and running at a depth of ...
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Tram-trains to serve Alacant airport
SPAIN: The Valencia regional government hopes to begin tendering next year for an 11·5 km extension of the Alacant light rail network to the city's airport, with the aim of opening the route in 2011. As well as conventional LRVs, operator FGV is planning to use tram-train vehicles with a ...
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Serco signs £500m Dubai metro contract
UAE: International services group Serco announced on April 10 that it had signed a contract with Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority covering the operation and maintenance of the emirate's first two metro lines (RG 4.08 p255). Serco had been named as preferred bidder in June 2007. The five-year operations contract ...
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PPP consortium builds Seoul's first automated metro line
SOUTH KOREA: Due to open in 2010, the 18·5 km first stage of the fully-automated Sin Bundang line will connect the rapidly-growing residential areas around Bundang with the capital's metro and suburban rail networks Construction work is well advanced in ...
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Tehran places €360m Chinese train order
IRAN: Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Co signed a €360m contract with China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry Group for 455 metro cars and 160 double-deck coaches on March 26. CNR said the contract is its largest-ever export order. CNR has delivered 1?408 coaches and 432 metro cars to ...
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Twin Cities project gets local backing
USA: A coalition of local elected officials has agreed to support the Central Corridor light rail project connecting the centres of Minneapolis and St Paul, although the $909m plan will still require federal funding. The 17·7 km line would serve 20 stations from a MultiModal Terminal in Minneapolis, running via ...
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Freight ring to relieve metro
RUSSIA: Meeting on March 14, the board of Russian Railways formally adopted a master plan for converting the circular freight railway that runs round the city for use by local passenger trains. The 54 km line is to be electrified throughout, and 30 new stations built by 2011. Under an ...
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Genève to get S-Bahn
SWITZERLAND: Transferis has been established as a joint venture of SBB and SNCF to manage the launch of intensive cross-border suburban services for the Genève region from 2013. SNCF CEO Guillaume Pepy joined Paul Blumenthal, Head of Passenger Traffic at Swiss Federal Railways, at a ceremony to mark the inauguration ...
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NewsLänsimetro contribution
FINLAND: The cabinet voted on March 11 to provide €200m towards the total €713m cost of extending the metro westwards into the neighbouring city of Espoo. In the wake of the decision, planning tenders are expected to be received this month, with construction likely to start in 2009 and the ...
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Tram-train trials
UK: Five tram-trains are to be procured for trials in northern England, the Department for Transport confirmed on March 18. The two-year test starting in 2010 will 'establish whether tram-trains similar to those operating successfully in Europe are suitable for Britain's railway network.' Tram-trains will replace DMUs on the 60 ...
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Kaohsiung Red Line launched
TAIWAN: Public services began running on the island's second metro network on March 9, following the formal opening of Kaohsiung's 28 km Red Line the preceding day. Heading the list of VIPs riding the inaugural train were Premier Chang Chen-Hsiung and Mayor Chen Chu. Outgoing President Chen Shui-Bien had visited ...