Metro news – Page 229
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Docklands Light Railway car formally unveiled
UK: Decathlete Dean Macey, Chairman of Britain's Olympic Delivery Authority John Armitt, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and Transport for London's Managing Director, London Rail, Ian Brown unveiled the first of a new design of train for the Docklands Light Railway on March 13. TfL placed a £50m order ...
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NewsDelhi Metro exercises €87m car option
INDIA: Bombardier announced on March 28 that it had received a €87m order from Delhi Metro Rail Corp for an additional 84 Movia metro cars. The order is an option on a €427m contract signed in July 2007 which covered the supply of 340 cars, and brings the total number ...
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Sydney metro to serve northwest suburbs
AUSTRALIA: On March 18 New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma unveiled plans for a 38 km metro line with 17 stations to link Rouse Hill in the northwestern suburbs of Sydney with the city centre. Expected to be completed by 2017, the line is projected to cost A$12·5bn to build. ...
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Tramtrack Croydon buy out
UK: Transport for London announced on March 17 than it had reached an agreement to buy Tramtrack Croydon Ltd, holder of a private finance initiative concession to run the 28 km Tramlink light rail system in south London. TfL will pay £98m for the company, with completion of the deal ...
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NewsIstanbul to build second light metro
TURKEY: The Municipality of Istanbul has awarded a joint venture led by Italian firm Astaldi a €751m contract for civil, electromechanical and signalling works on the Kadiköy - Kartal light metro line. The contract covers the construction of a 20 km double-track underground line on the Asian side of the ...
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Roca wiring out to tender
ARGENTINA: On March 11 the federal government launched tendering for a programme to complete electrification of the Roca suburban network in Buenos Aires at a cost of US$1·39bn. At present, 55 km of the 198 km Roca system is electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz AC. Work has been divided ...
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Trains in temporary accommodation
TUBE Lines has erected a temporary workshop at Stratford Market depot on London Underground's Jubilee Line to enable trains to receive train control equipment modifications as part of the resignalling of the route. The 1 960 m2 temporary workshop provides a dedicated facility to fit the additional equipment to each ...
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Branches on Canaries
SPAIN: Work is now underway on the two branches that will form Line 2 of the light rail network in the Spanish city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (RG 10.07 p597). Under a contract worth €11·4m, a joint venture of Acciona Infraestructuras, Comsa, Promotora Punta Larga and Tinerfeña Obras ...
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NewsBritain announces tram-train trials
UK: Five tram-trains are to be procured for trials on the Penistone line in Yorkshire, Britain's Department for Transport confirmed on March 18. The two-year trial starting in 2010 will 'establish whether tram-trains similar to those operating successfully in Europe are suitable for Britain’s railway network.' The project is a ...
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SuperCap tests complete
GERMANY: Mannheim tram operator MVV and Bombardier have completed four years of trials with a Mitrac Energy Saver which uses double-layer capacitors to store regenerated braking energy (RG 7.06 p405). Long-term results showed that the tram's traction power consumption was reduced by 30%. Overall power needs including doors, air-conditioning and ...
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NewsFirst Dubai metro train arrives
UAE: The first vehicles for the two-line automatic metro which is under construction in Dubai have arrived in the emirate from Japan. Manufacturer Kinki Sharyo will deliver the remaining trainsets for the Red Line by the end of this year, ready for the planned opening on September 9 2009. The ...
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Urban Rail News in Brief
Melbourne's Yarra Trams has leased five low-floor light rail vehicles from the French city of Mulhouse to increase capacity on its East Brunswick - St Kilda route. The first of the Alstom Citadis cars arrived at the Port of Melbourne on February 15, and all five are due to be ...
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NewsMetro network to double in S$20bn expansion
SINGAPORE: Transport Minister Raymond Lim has unveiled plans to double the size of the city-state's metro network over the next 12 years. The announcement follows a year-long review of Singapore's transport needs. Two new metro lines are to be built, in addition to the Circle Line, Downtown Line and Boon ...
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NewsDocklands Light Railway car unveiled
UK: Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is due to formally unveil the first of a new design of trainset for the Docklands Light Railway on March 13. Transport for London placed a £50m order with Bombardier Transportation for 31 articulated vehicles in June 2006, a continuation of a £45m ...
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NewsManchester and Blackpool get tram funding
UK: The Department for Transport has signed off the remaining government contribution to a £102m upgrade of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network (RG 10.07 p649). The £25·7m grant announced on February 1 brings the government's contribution to £58m, and will fund work on bridges, cabling and overhead line equipment ...
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NewsBergen car order
NORWAY: The city of Bergen has signed a previously-announced €35m contract ordering 12 Variobahn trams from Stadler Pankow, with an option for a further 20. Closure of the deal was confirmed on January 29 by Stadler, which will be responsible for maintaining the cars for eight years. Top speed will ...
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NewsIndependence day inauguration of Santo Domingo metro
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: President Leonel Fernández joined representatives of the government and local businesses to ride a ceremonial 'first train' on the Santo Domingo Metro on February 27. After his independence day address to the national assembly, President Fernández walked to Centro de los Héroes metro station to board one of ...
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Ho Chi Minh City breaks ground
VIETNAM: A ceremony at Long Binh in Ho Chin Minh City's District 9 on February 21 marked the start of ground clearance works on the site chosen for a US$28m depot for the city's first metro line. Bids are due to be called imminently for four construction contracts, ...
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NewsSanto Domingo trains arrive
THE FIRST three-car Metropolis trainset built at Alstom's Barcelona plant for the 14 km metro line currently under construction in Santo Domingo arrived in the Dominican Republic last month. Transport authority Opret had announced the €92·5m contract for 19 three-car trains in June 2006. The standard-gauge units have air-conditioning, CCTV ...
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NewsAirport backs personal transit
A PERSONAL rapid transit line is under construction at London Heathrow airport to link the business class car parks with the new Terminal 5. Airport owner BAA is investing £25m in the 3·8 km line, and has taken 'a significant shareholding' in PRT technology company ATA Ltd, which sees the ...