All Metro Report International articles – Page 146

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    ​Bern orders Stadler trams

    2019-09-04T10:49:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Bern transport authority Bernmobil has selected Stadler to supply its next generation of trams, placing a framework contract for up to 50 vehicles and a firm order for 27. Bernmobil had invited tenders in October 2018 for 20 new trams with an option for 30, receiving ...

  • Lineside trees issued with electronic ID cards
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    Lineside trees issued with electronic ID cards

    2019-09-03T16:27:00Z

    CHINA: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has assigned electronic ID cards to around 33 000 trees growing along open air sections of its routes, as part of plan to reduce the impact of fallen trees during the typhoon season. Maintenance staff can use NFC mobile devices to retrieve ...

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    First battery trolleybus delivered to Salzburg

    2019-09-03T14:42:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Swiss manufacturer Hess delivered the first of 15 battery trolleybuses that it is supplying to Salzburg AG to the operator’s depot on August 27. The vehicle travelled to Salzburg on a low-loader. Salzburg AG ordered 15 battery trolleybuses for €15·3m, with deliveries to be completed by ...

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    Preferred bidder selected for Hurontario LRT project

    2019-09-03T14:30:00Z

    CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected the Mobilinx consortium as preferred bidder for the contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Hurontario Light Rail Transit project to the west of Toronto. The contract is expected to the be awarded later this year. Mobilinx is ...

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    Phoenix voters reject plan to block light rail funding

    2019-09-03T14:28:00Z

    USA: Residents of the city of Phoenix have voted overwhelmingly to reject a local legislative measure that would have halted funding for expansion of the city’s Valley Metro light rail network. Mayor Kate Gallego confirmed on August 28 that voters had rejected the Proposition 105 and 106 ...

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    First Circle Line junctions converted to CBTC operation

    2019-09-03T14:00:00Z

    UK: A second section of London Underground’s Circle Line was converted to automatic train operation over the weekend of August 31-September 1, with the commissioning of CBTC signalling under the Four Lines Modernisation programme. Covering the so-called Signal Migration Areas 1 and 2, the work ...

  • tn_ru-st-petersburg chizhik tram depot Vladimir Waldin
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    St Petersburg’s Chizhik tram route completed

    2019-09-03T13:55:00Z

    Source: Photo: Vladimir Waldin RUSSIA: The Chizhik fast tram route in St Petersburg has been completed, with revenue services on the third section commencing on September 1. The final section includes 4·6 km of modernised and 1·8 km of new double-track alignment, as well as two turning ...

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    ​First phase of Limmattalbahn opens in Zürich

    2019-09-03T12:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: The first section of the Limmattalbahn light rail line serving Zürich opened to passengers on September 2. The initial 2·9 km section serves seven stops between Farbhof and Geissweid in western Zürich, and is operated by VBZ as an extension of tram route 2. When complete, ...

  • Singapore non-fare business concessions awarded
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    Singapore non-fare business concessions awarded

    2019-08-30T07:00:00Z

    SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded two contracts for non-fare revenue operations on the future Thomson-East Coast Line. The 16-year concessions are due to begin when the line opens in 2024. The advertising concession has been awarded to Hong Kong-based Asiaray Connect, which is to pay S$140m ...

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    Urban transport news in brief

    2019-08-27T13:44:36Z

    TSA is to supply traction motors to the seven trams that CAF is supplying for the tram project in Lund. Uber is integrating public transport information into its app for users in Sydney. CRRC Zhuzhou has tested its Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit articulated battery ...

  • Metro de Bogotá has shortlisted five bidders for the DFBOMT concession covering the initial phase of the city’s first metro line.
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    Five shortlisted for Bogotá metro concession

    2019-08-27T12:41:00Z

    COLOMBIA: Metro de Bogotá has shortlisted five bidders for the design-finance-build-operate-maintain-transfer concession covering the initial phase of the city’s first metro line. It expects to award the concession on October 21. The shortlisted consortia are: APCA Transmimetro: China Harbor Engineering Co, Xi’an Metro Co, CRRC Changchun, ...

  • The Greater London Authority’s East London Line - Growth Capacity programme aims to support the development of new homes.
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    East London Line capacity increase project receives government funding

    2019-08-27T11:00:00Z

    UK: The Greater London Authority’s East London Line – Growth Capacity programme has been allocated an £80·8m from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. This project envisages an increase in the frequency of London Overground services on the core section of the East London Line between Dalston Junction and ...

  • The planned 23 km light rail route would run along Queen Street and Dominion Road in Auckland city centre, before passing through Mount Roskill, Onehunga and Māngere to reach Auckland Airport.
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    Two shortlisted for Auckland light rail project

    2019-08-27T10:50:36Z

    NEW ZEALAND: The government has shortlisted two organisations to develop the City Centre – Māngere light rail project in Auckland, it announced on August 22. It expects to select a preferred bidder early next year. The shortlisted bidders are the NZ Transport Agency, a government body, and the ...

  • A public trial of on-demand transport using autonomous vehicles has started on Sentosa island, and will run until November 15.
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    Public trial of autonomous vehicles begins in Singapore

    2019-08-27T09:25:28Z

    SINGAPORE: A public trial of on-demand transport using autonomous vehicles has started on Sentosa island, and will run until November 15. Two minibuses and two smaller shuttles operate on a private road from Silso Point to Palawan Beach taxi stand, and then along public roads to the Sentosa ...

  • The first of seven Tramino II vehicles on order for Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH arrived in Braunschweig on August 22.
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    First Tramino II arrives in Braunschweig

    2019-08-23T09:01:23Z

    GERMANY: The first of seven Tramino II vehicles on order for Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH arrived in Braunschweig on August 22 following a three-day road journey from Stadler’s Siedlce factory in Poland. In June 2017 BSVG ordered seven Tramino II trams from a joint venture of Stadler Pankow and Solaris. ...

  • Dresden transport authority DVB signed a contract for Bombardier Transportation to supply 30 Flexity trams on August 22.
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    Bombardier wins contract to supply 30 trams to Dresden

    2019-08-23T08:21:00Z

    GERMANY: Dresden transport authority DVB signed a contract for Bombardier Transportation to supply 30 Flexity trams on August 22. Bombardier beat eight other bidders to win the €197m contract, which includes maintenance of the vehicles for 24 years under Bombardier’s FlexCare programme. There is an option to extend ...

  • Singapore's inaugural Land Transport Industry Day was held on August 22 2019.
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    Singapore transport innovation winners announced

    2019-08-22T10:16:50Z

    SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority and operators SBS Transit and SMRT have announced the winners of the Singapore Mobility Challenge. The project, launched in June, aims to develop ‘innovative ideas’ that would help to achieve three aims of the Land Transport Master Plan 2040: ‘20-Minute Towns & a 45-Minute ...

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    Berlin U-Bahn fleet renewal on hold

    2019-08-20T14:57:06Z

    GERMANY: Plans to order up to 1 500 metro cars for the Berlin U-Bahn network have been put on hold, following a further legal challenge to the procurement, operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe announced on August 19. BVG had selected Stadler Pankow as preferred bidder for the contract to replace ...

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    Québec City transport funding announced

    2019-08-20T13:55:07Z

    CANADA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Québec’s Minister of Transport François Bonnardel announced joint funding to establish tram and bus rapid transit routes in Québec City on August 19. The Québec provincial government will provide C$1·8bn, with a further C$1·2bn coming from the federal government’s Investing in Canada ...

  • Alstom is to supply a fleet of C-series EMUs for the Transperth network.
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    Alstom to supply next generation of EMUs to Perth

    2019-08-20T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Authority of Western Australia announced on August 19 that it had selected Alstom Transport Australia as preferred bidder to supply the next generation of electric multiple-units to operate on the Transperth network serving the state capital. Details of the A$1·6bn contract are expected to be ...