Metro news – Page 94
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Metro Report InternationalBeijing receives first maglev train
CHINA: CRRC Tangshan delivered the first of 10 maglev trains to Beijing on December 16. These will be used on the ‘medium-low speed’ maglev Line S1 due to open next year. The six-car Linglong trainsets have a maximum speed of 100 km/h and capacity for 1 302 passengers. The ...
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NewsCatania metro extension opens
ITALY: A 1·9 km extension of the Catania metro opened at 12.00 on December 20, the first since the inauguration of the line in 1999. The new section runs underground from Galatea to Stesicoro, with an intermediate station at Giovanni XIII. The surface section from Galatea to the previous southern ...
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NewsSeoul Line 9 train order
SOUTH KOREA: The Seoul Metropolitan Government has awarded Hyundai Rotem a 44bn won contract for the supply of 32 metro cars for use on Line 9 of the city’s metro. To be built at Hyundai Rotem’s Changwon plant, the cars are to be delivered to Seoul by December 2018. ...
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Metro Report InternationalSouth Island Line completed in Hong Kong
CHINA: Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung attended a ceremony at Ocean Park station on December 19 to celebrate the completion of the South Island Line. Ocean Park is one of the four stations on the metro line which is due to open for passenger service on December ...
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Metro Report InternationalMore SkyTrain vehicles ordered for Vancouver
CANADA: Vancouver regional transport authority TransLink signed a C$93m contract on December 16 for Bombardier Transportation to supply 28 SkyTrain Mark III light metro cars for use on the Expo and Millennium lines. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2018, with entry into service starting in early 2019. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalGeneration 15 trainsets enter service in Wuppertal
GERMANY: A ceremony at Kluse station on December 18 marked the entry into service of the first five Generation 15 vehicles on Wuppertal’s schwebebahn suspension monorail. The first Generation 15 car was presented in Wuppertal in November 2015. The 31 three-car sets are being supplied by Stadler Rail Valencia ...
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Metro Report InternationalQingdao metro doubles in size
CHINA: The length of the Qingdao metro network more than doubled at 18.00 on December 18 when the southern section of the city’s only line opened. The 12·8 km extension of Line 3 runs from Shungshan to Qingdao railway station, serving 12 stations. The first phase opened almost exactly ...
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NewsKlang Valley MRT Line 1 opens
MALAYSIA: Passenger services began at 06.00 on December 16 the first phase of Klang Valley MRT Line 1, after the opening by Prime Minister Najib Razak at Kwasa Damansara station the previous day. The first month of travel is free. The 21 km northern section of the route, also ...
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NewsRotterdam light rail vehicle loan agreement signed
NETHERLANDS: The European Investment Bank announced on December 14 that it had signed a €120m loan agreement with Rotterdam transport authority RET. The low-interest loan will be used towards the purchase of rolling stock and signalling equipment. RET is purchasing 16 three-section light rail vehicles from Bombardier to operate ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC to supply 120 more cars for Boston’s Red Line
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal & Management Control Board has approved the award of a $277m contract for CRRC MA Corp to supply an additional 120 metro cars for Boston’s Red Line, with an option for a further 14. Subsidiaries of what is now CRRC were selected in 2014 ...
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NewsFS buys stake in Milano metro concessionaire
ITALY: State railway group FS is to acquire its first stake in a metro line, with the signing of an agreement to purchase a 36·7% holding in Milano metro Line 5 concessionaire Metro 5 SpA from Astaldi for €64·5m. Astaldi will retain a 2% stake. FS Chief Executive Renato Mazzoncini ...
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NewsJohor Bahru – Singapore RTS Link to use metro technology
ASIA: Following their annual retreat, on December 13 Prime Minister of Malaysia Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong welcomed the progress which the bilateral Transportation Links Work Group has made with the developing proposals for the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System ...
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NewsSt Petersburg metro chooses TMH
RUSSIA: Transmashholding has been selected to supply five eight-car trainsets to be used on Line 1 of the St Petersburg metro. TMH’s bid of 19bn roubles was cheaper than that submitted by Škoda Transportation subsidiary Vagonmaš. Deliveries of the Yubileyny trainsets are due to take place between January 16 ...
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Metro Report InternationalBangkok monorail PPP concessionaire selected
THAILAND: The BSR joint venture of BTS Group, Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating has been selected to build and operate two monorail lines in Bangkok under a PPP concession. BSR beat Bangkok Expressway & Metro, the operator of the Blue and Purple metro lines. The concession ...
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NewsParis metro Line 4 train order
FRANCE: Paris public transport operator RATP is to exercise an option for a further 20 six-car MP14 metro trainsets from Alstom, the supplier announced on December 7. The order is to be placed in January and forms part of a framework contract awarded by RATP on behalf of Île-de-France transport ...
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Metro Report InternationalChangzhou Metro selects Bombardier signalling
CHINA: The Bombardier NUG Signalling Solutions Co joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and New United Group has won a 226m yuan contract to supply communications-based train control for Line 1 of the Changzhou metro. Announcing the contract on December 6, Bombardier said that it was the first for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalSalvador metro Line 2 opens
BRAZIL: The initial section of the second metro line in Salvador opened on December 5. The first 2·2 km phase of Line 2 links Acesso Norte on Line 1 and Rodoviária, with an intermediate station at Detran. The initial section of Line 2 serves an area that is home ...
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Metro Report InternationalEvergreen Extension opens in Vancouver
CANADA: The Evergreen Extension of Vancouver SkyTrain’s Millennium Line opened for passenger services on December 2. The 11 km extension runs east from Lougheed Town Centre to Lafarge Lake Douglas, serving six intermediate stations. Interchange with Westcoast Express commuter rail services is provided at Moody Centre and Coquitlam Centre. ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh takes delivery of first Bombardier metro train
SAUDI ARABIA: Bombardier Transportation delivered the first driverless trainset for Line 3 of the Riyadh metro to the Saudi capital on November 29. Bombardier is supplying 47 two-car Innovia 300 trainsets to operate on the 40·7 km Orange Line under its US$383m share of a US$5·21bn contract awarded to the ...
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NewsTest running begins on Lucknow metro
INDIA: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav flagged off a train to mark the official start of test running on the Lucknow metro on December 1. Lucknow Metro Rail Corp is conducting tests on a 5 km section between Transport Nagar depot and Alambagh of the city’s first metro ...