Metro news – Page 98
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NewsBangkok Red Line E&M contract awarded
THAILAND: State Railway of Thailand has awarded a 32·4bn baht contract for E&M works for Bangkok’s Red Line to a consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi and Sumitomo Corp, the consortium announced on March 30. Hitachi will supply rolling stock and MHI will be responsible for track, catenary, power ...
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NewsLiège tram PPP to be retendered
BELGIUM: The Wallonie regional government has announced that its transport agency Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport is to re-tender the DBFM concession to build and maintain the planned Liège light rail line. In December 2014 SWRT selected the MobiLiège consortium of Alstom, BAM PPP PGGM and DG Infra to finance ...
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NewsFirst Honolulu metro cars arrive
USA: The first two metro cars for the driverless light metro arrived in Honolulu on March 24 from Hitachi Rail Italy’s factory in Pittsburg, California. The bodies were assembled in Reggio Calabria in Italy, before the cars were fitted out in Pittsburg. Shipping was co-ordinated by Baggio, with Pasha ...
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NewsModernised trams enter service in St Petersburg
RUSSIA: St Petersburg tram operator Gorelektrotrans put two modernised LM-68M3 trams into service on March 26. The single-section trams run permanently coupled on Route 6. The trams were modernised by Transmashholding’s Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant under a 162m rouble agreement signed with Gorelektrotrans in 2015 covering nine ...
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NewsLondon Underground concrete mixing plant delivered
UK: London Underground has taken delivery of a concrete mixing and distribution unit ordered from Italian company Blend Plants for use on a project to convert 6·4 km of the Baker Street to Finchley Road section of the Metropolitan Line from ballasted to slab track. The dismountable mixer is carried ...
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NewsTaipei ticketing upgrade
TAIWAN: Taipei Rapid Transit Corp has selected Thales to upgrade the metro fare collection system. Thales is to roll out its Transcity platform throughout 2016. This which will include the upgrade of more than 1 500 fare gates at 120 stations, replacing contactless smart card readers and providing a ...
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NewsMore tram-trains ordered for Karlsruhe
GERMANY: Karlsruhe tram-train operator AVG announced it had awarded a consortium of Stadler Rail Valencia and electrical equipment supplier Vossloh Kiepe a firm order for a further 25 Citylink NET 2012 low-floor vehicles on March 24. This is the second option on a contract signed in October 2011. The 25 ...
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NewsGenova metro trainset unveiled
ITALY: The first of seven new generation trainsets for the Genova metro was unveiled at Brignole station on March 24. Comune di Genova placed a €31m order in 2012 with a consortium of AnsaldoBreda (now Hitachi Rail Italy) and Ansaldo STS. The 39 m long four-car sets have three ...
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NewsLondon Underground track renewals contract extended
UK: London Underground has extended its Track Partnership alliance with Balfour Beatty for further two years to March 2018 in a deal worth £170m. Track Partnership undertakes turnout and ballasted track installation and renewals across the London Underground network, as well as associated drainage, signalling, traction power and conductor rail ...
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NewsDoha metro tunnel breakthrough
QATAR: Qatar Rail celebrated the completion of tunnelling on the Red Line North section of the metro when a TBM broke through between Legtaifiya and Qatar University stations on March 21. Boring of the 11·3 km tunnel started on July 19 2014 and used four earth pressure balance TBMs. ...
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NewsBrookville takes Oklahoma City Streetcar contract
USA: The Oklahoma City council approved a $24·9m contract on March 22 under which Brookville Equipment Corp is to supply five low-floor streetcars. The city council had previously approved a $22m contract with Inekon last September, but this was not finalised, as the supplier could not provide the required ...
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NewsLos Angeles County MTA publishes 40-year capital plan
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority published a draft expenditure plan on March 18 outlining capital projects for the next 40 years. These would be funded with revenues generated through a tax increase that could be put to a vote in November. Following public feedback, Metro’s board of ...
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NewsBozankaya delivers its first tram to Kayseri
TURKEY: Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality took delivery of the first of 30 trams from Bozankaya on March 23. It will now undergo a month of testing on the standard gauge network. Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality placed a €42m order in August 2014 for 30 trams that will augment its existing fleet ...
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NewsTest running begins on Changsha metro Line 1
CHINA: Regular test runs on Changsha metro Line 1 started on March 21, following the first through run of a train on the route on January 20. The mostly underground Line 1 is expected to open to passengers at the end of June. The 23·6 km north-south route has ...
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NewsFurther Xi’an metro plans approved
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has approved plans for the further development of the Xi’an metro. One new line and further phases of two more are among the projects approved, in addition to revised plans for Phase 2 of Line 5 and Phase 2 of ...
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NewsSan Diego MTS approves capital funds
USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System approved $108m for its capital improvement programme for the 2017 financial year on March 17. Among the projects included in the funding is the purchase of eight low-floor light rail vehicles, which has been allocated $31m. Construction of new stop to serve San ...
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NewsNingbo metro Line 1 extended
CHINA: March 19 saw the start of trial operation on Phase 2 of Ningbo metro Line 1. The 25·3 km extension runs east from Donghuan Nanlu to Xiapu. Qiuga station is underground, while the other eight are elevated. The 20·9 km first phase of Line 1 opened on May ...
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NewsStacked depots in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded GS Engineering & Construction Corp a S$2bn civil works contract for the East Coast Integrated Depot, which LTA says will be the first in the world to integrate three train maintenance depots and one bus depot in a single site. The 36 ha ...
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NewsUniversity Link opens in Seattle
USA: The University Link extension of Seattle’s light rail line opened on March 19, six months ahead of schedule. The 5·1 km underground extension runs north from Westlake to the University of Washington. An intermediate stop at Capitol Hill provides interchange with the First Hill streetcar line. Journey time ...
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NewsNorthwest Extension opens in Phoenix
USA: The first phase of Valley Metro’s Northwest Extension opened on March 19 with a day of free travel across the Phoenix light rail network. The 5·2 km extension runs north along 19th Avenue from Montebello Avenue to Dunlap Avenue, with intermediate stops at Glendale Avenue and Northern Avenue. ...