Metro news – Page 236
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London's smart card draws nearer
IN MAY the TranSys consortium will be unveiling the branding for the contactless smart card system that passengers on London Underground and the city's buses will begin to use from August 17 2002. TranSys Marketing Director Nicole Carroll reports that the current proposition has been 'very well received' by focus ...
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BCV and JNP shortlists
UK: London Underground announced on July 5 the shortlist of bidders for the two deep-level infrastructure companies being formed under the Public-Private Partnership, following the submission of bids on March 31. LINC and Metronet have been shortlisted for Infraco BCV (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines), with Tube Lines Group and ...
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Izmir celebrates metro start
WITH a fanfare of music and fireworks, the Mayor of Izmir Ahmet Piristina formally opened the first stage of the city's light metro network on May 22. Other participants in the celebrations included Trade & Industry Minister Kenan Tanrikulu, Finance Minister Sumer Oral, former Mayor Burhan Ozfatura, and Izmir ...
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Kaohsiung signs metro contract
CONSTRUCTION of the long-planned metro network in Taiwan's second city is set to get under way by the end of this year, following the award of a NT$172·3bn contract on May 10. The Department of Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit has selected a consortium led by local steelmaker China Steel. Other ...
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NewsLondon's PPP promises fresh thinking on asset management
London Underground has embarked upon a course of radical change that will see infrastructure and rolling stock managed, maintained and upgraded by the private sector under three contracts each lasting up to 30 years. Robert Preston reports on the drive to secure long-term funding through the Public-Private Partnership
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Skytrain takes off with a bang
Fireworks, a baby elephant, dancers carrying a royal barge mock-up, and two Russian ballet dancers joined forces in a spectacular celebration to mark completion of the world's first modern metro network to be totally funded by the private sector.
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Nürnberg airport U-Bahn link opens
OBERBURGERMEISTER Ludwig Scholz and Bavaria’s Interior Minister Günther Becker were the guests of honour on November 27 when Nürnberg Transit celebrated the extension of U-Bahn Line 2 to the city’s airport. The 3·5 km extension northwest from Herrnhütte cost DM180m, including an intermediate station at Ziegelstein which lifts the network’s ...
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Chinese metro ban is lifted
CHINA's State Planning Committee has lifted the embargo on new metro construction which was imposed in 1995 to limit demands for foreign exchange. Vice-Minister of Construction Zhao Baojiang announced on August 8 that urban rail expansion was now to be encouraged as a means of stimulating the national economy. ...
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Guangzhou metro Line 1 services start
FULL revenue operation on the 18·5 km metro Line 1 in Guangzhou began on June 28. Limited passenger services have been running since February 16, following the formal completion of the line last December (RG 2.99 p71). Guangzhou becomes the fifth city in China with an operational metro. The ...
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Prestige brings smart cards to London
Passengers on London's metro and bus network are expected to begin using contactless smart cards in August 2002. Robert Preston spoke to London Transport Project Manager Chris Oulds and TranSys consortium Marketing Director Victoria Pender about the 17-year Prestige integrated revenue collection contract
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Thessaloniki metro concession
GREECE: On February 5 the Greek Ministry for Environment, Physical Planning & Public Works signed a build-operate-transfer concession for the construction of a 9·4 km automated mini-metro in the city of Thessaloniki. The 20-year concession has been awarded to an international consortium led by French civil engineering group Bouygues SA ...
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Thessaloniki metro concessionaire selected
GREECE: A consortium of Bouygues and Bombardier Inc has been selected as preferred bidder to build an initial 9 km metro line in Thessaloniki. The contract is due to be awarded by December 31. The total package is valued at C$600m with Bombardier getting about 25% for supplying the rolling ...
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Bordeaux rouge turns yellow
VINTAGE debates have a habit of outlasting the politicians in the French wine capital Bordeaux. The one about a tram network has been going on since 1981, and it could run for a while yet. Earlier battles were about the choice between a steel-wheeled tramway and a rubber-tyred VAL mini-metro, ...
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London smartcard concession signed
LONDON Transport signed the long-awaited Prestige smartcard fare collection contract with the TranSys consortium on August 13 after what LT's Commercial Director David Bailey described as 'tough and protracted' negotiations. Worth £1bn over 17 years, the deal has been agreed under the terms of Britain's Private Finance Initiative. TranSys ...
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NewsSpace Train to boost Tube capacity
Richard Hope examines a plan to lift peak throughput on London Underground’s Victoria line to 60 000 passengers an hour
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Australia: Queensland is to build a 15 km light rail line from the Royal Brisbane Hospital to the University at St Lucia as a A$200m public-private project . Austria: Wiener Linien has ordered 10 more three-section low-floor cars worth Sch168m from Bombardier Transportation for light metro Line ...
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Jing-Jiu trunk line boosts north-south capacity
As Hong Kong returns to China on July 1, completion of the final section of the Jing-Jiu Railway between Beijing and Kowloon is a major step that strengthens the ties between the former colony and the mainland. Since construction got under way in 1993, around 40bn yuan has been spent ...
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London Underground happy with first private train deal
Two years into the 400m lease-and-maintain agreement under which GEC Alsthom is building 106 trains for the Northern line, Richard Hope explains why London Underground expects a growing proportion of investment to be privately financed