All Metro Report International articles – Page 149

  • Warszawa bus operator MZA has ordered 130 electric buses from Solaris at a cost of 399·6m złoty.
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    Solaris to supply 130 articulated battery buses to Warszawa

    2019-07-24T13:06:28Z

    POLAND: Warszawa bus operator MZA has ordered 130 electric buses from Solaris at a cost of 399·6m złoty, the supplier announced on July 22. Solaris is to begin deliveries of its articulated Urbino 18 electric vehicles in 2020. MZA has received EU funds of 180m złoty towards the ...

  • TfL is to install 4G connectivity on a trail section of the Jubilee Line next year.
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    Bidders shortlisted for London Underground 4G network contract

    2019-07-23T14:06:37Z

    UK: Transport for London has shortlisted four bidders for a contract to roll out 4G mobile connectivity across the underground sections of the London Underground network. The shortlisted bidders are BAI Communications, Cellnex UK Ltd, Wireless Infrastructure Group, and a consortium of Axia and SC. TfL aims to ...

  • ADM Aéroports de Montréal held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 19 for the REM station at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport.
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    Work begins on Montréal airport metro station

    2019-07-22T12:36:07Z

    CANADA: Greater Montréal airport authority ADM Aéroports de Montréal held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 19 for the Réseau Électrique Métropolitain station at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. Due to open in 2023, the C$250m station is being funded by ADM. It forms part of a larger C$2·5bn project that ...

  • Hitachi Rail Italy is supplying 47 four-car driverless trainsets to operate on Milano metro Line M4.
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    Driverless train delivered for Milano’s Linate Airport metro line

    2019-07-22T11:15:36Z

    ITALY: Hitachi Rail Italy has delivered the first driverless trainset for the future metro Line M4 in Milano to the site of Linate Airport station. HRI is supplying 47 four-car trainsets from its Reggio Calabria factory. The 50 m long sets have capacity for 600 passengers. They will ...

  • Škoda Transportation is supplying 40 ForCity Smart trams to Ostrava.
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    Ostrava tram design revealed

    2019-07-22T10:26:06Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Tram operator DP Ostrava has published an artist’s impression of the trams that it has ordered from Škoda Transportation. Styled by Tomáš Chludil, the trams are based on Škoda’s ForCity Smart design. Last year DP Ostrava selected Škoda to supply 40 trams for KC1·9bn. The two-section ...

  • Bogdan is supplying 57 T701.17 trolleybuses to Kharkiv.
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    Bogdan trolleybuses enter service in Kharkiv

    2019-07-22T09:17:29Z

    UKRAINE: The first two of 57 trolleybuses that Bogdan is supplying to Kharkiv have started revenue operations in the city. The 354·5m hryvnia purchase is partly financed through a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The contract includes spare parts and maintenance equipment. ...

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    Electric buses presented in Mendoza

    2019-07-19T08:00:00Z

    ARGENTINA: Mendoza bus and light rail operator STM unveiled 18 battery electric buses on July 11. All are equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries. The 12 m long buses include 12 K9 vehicles supplied by Shenzhen-based manufacturer BYD. The other six have been supplied by local manufacturer ...

  • Federal Way Link Extension will extend the light rail line south from Angle Lake to Federal Way.
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    Seattle light rail extension designer selected

    2019-07-18T14:00:00Z

    USA: Seattle-Tacoma transport authority Sound Transit has selected Parsons as lead designer for the Federal Way Link Extension project, the company announced on July 11. Parsons will work as part of a team led by Kiewit Infrastructure West Company, which was awarded a design-build contract earlier this year. ...

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    Daugavpils tram delivered

    2019-07-18T06:00:00Z

    LATVIA: PK TS has delivered the first of eight trams that it is supplying to Daugavpils transport operator Daugavpils Satiksme. The City Star vehicle travelled by road from the manufacturer’s factory in St Petersburg. Daugavpils Satiksme signed a €4·1m contract in November with Lithuanian company UAB Railvec, which ...

  • Stadler’s factory in Dunakeszi has rolled out the first Kiss double-deck electric multiple-unit for national passenger operator MÁV-Start.   MÁV-Start has so far ordered a total of 19 Kiss EMUs under a 2017 eight-year framework agreement for up to 40.
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    MÁV-Start’s first Kiss rolled out

    2019-07-17T09:02:44Z

    HUNGARY: Stadler’s factory in Dunakeszi has rolled out the first Kiss double-deck electric multiple-unit for national passenger operator MÁV-Start, which has so far ordered a total of 19 under a 2017 eight-year framework agreement for up to 40. Testing is to be undertaken in Germany and the Czech Republic, ...

  • Stadler is supplying 12 trams to Cochabamba.
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    Stadler rolls out first Cochabamba trams

    2019-07-17T08:47:00Z

    BOLIVIA: The first two Metelitsa trams that Stadler is supplying to Cochabamba have left the manufacturer’s factory at Minsk in Belarus. One of the vehicles is being transported by road to the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania to be shipped to Arica in Chile before continuing its journey by road ...

  • Andy Lord is to become Managing Director of London Underground and TfL Engineering effective from November 4.
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    New London Underground Managing Director appointed

    2019-07-17T06:00:00Z

    UK: Andy Lord is to become Managing Director of London Underground and TfL Engineering effective from November 4, Transport for London announced on July 15. Lord was previously Executive Vice President for Menzies Aviation, and is also a Non-Executive Director for Defence Equipment & Support at the Ministry ...

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    Roma Line C extension brought forward

    2019-07-16T07:00:00Z

    ITALY: Roma Mayor Virginia Raggi has confirmed that the phase of metro Line C currently under construction will reach Piazza Venezia, making it one station longer than previously envisaged. A tunnel boring machine has been excavating a tunnel westwards from San Giovanni, and is expected to reach Colosseo ...

  • Bombardier Transportation has a contract to supply up to 34 light rail vehicles to Wiener Lokalbahnen.
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    Wiener Lokalbahnen LRV design revealed

    2019-07-15T13:57:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Wiener Lokalbahnen has revealed the external design of the light rail vehicles that it ordered from Bombardier Transportation last year. The first of the 28 m long bidirectional vehicles is due to be delivered from Bombardier’s Wien factory in the first quarter of 2021, with passenger-carrying tests ...

  • Test running on Xiamen metro Line 2 started on July 12.
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    Tests begin on Xiamen metro Line 2

    2019-07-15T10:22:33Z

    CHINA: Test running on Xiamen metro Line 2 started on July 12 using 30 trainsets. The 41·6 km route serves 32 stations between Xiamen Island in the east and Tianzhushan in the west. Interchange with the north-south Line 1 is provided at Lücuo. Construction started in July 2015. ...

  • The Métropole Mobilité Aix-en-Provence transport network includes 26 bus routes.
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    Open payment coming to Aix-en-Provence as operating contract renewed

    2019-07-12T14:00:00Z

    FRANCE: The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis has renewed its contract with Keolis to operate the Métropole Mobilité Aix-en-Provence transport network. The contract announced on July 3 lasts for nine years from November 4. Keolis has operated the network since 2012. It is made up of 26 bus routes including a bus ...

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    Keolis to operate Paris tram route T9

    2019-07-12T11:00:00Z

    FRANCE: On July 2 Île-de-France Mobilités selected Keolis to operate tram Route T9 for 5½ years. Due to open next year, the 10 km route between Porte de Choisy on Paris metro Line 7 and the centre of Orly will serve 19 stops and provide interchange with ...

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    Further Xi’an metro network development approved

    2019-07-12T06:30:00Z

    CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has approved the third phase of the Xi’an metro plan. The planned projects would add 150 km to the network, taking the total to 423 km and 12 lines. The third phase of Line 1 would extend the route westwards ...

  • Stadtwerke Osnabrück had previously ordered 13 electric buses from VDL.
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    VDL to supply 49 more articulated battery buses to Osnabrück

    2019-07-11T14:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Stadtwerke Osnabrück signed a contract on July 5 for VDL Bus & Coach to supply a further 49 electric buses. The Citeas SLFA-181 buses are due to be in service by the end of 2021. They will supplement the fleet of 13 such buses that were ordered last ...

  • Bozankaya wins Timișoara tram order
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    Bozankaya wins Timișoara tram order

    2019-07-11T09:30:00Z

    ROMANIA: Bozankaya is to supply up to 40 trams to Timișoara, the Turkish manufacturer announced on July 9. The firm order for 16 trams is worth €33m excluding VAT, which would rise to €80m if all options were to be exercised. Bozankaya’s bid beat one from Pesa. ...