All Metro Report International articles – Page 193
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Metro Report InternationalThales acquires Guavus
ANALYTICS: Thales announced on April 28 that it had signed an agreement to acquire big data analytics company Guavus. The acquisition is worth up to US$215m and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2017. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Guavus also has offices in Montréal ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon to install 300 rapid charging points for electric taxis
UK: Transport for London has selected five suppliers to fund, maintain, operate and install a network of rapid charging points for electric taxis: The Centrica Consortium of Centrica, Evolt and ChargePoint ServicesBluepointLondonChargemasterElectricity Supply BoardFastned Five suppliers have been selected so that a competitive market is created, with the aim ...
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Metro Report InternationalFTA announces low-emission bus funding
USA: The Federal Transit Administration announced on April 27 that it is to provide up to $55m per year in grants through its Low or No Emission (Low-No) Bus programme. The deadline for applications is June 26, and winners are to be announced by September 30. The programme is to ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom and Airbus to co-operate on cybersecurity
CYBERSECURITY: Alstom and Airbus have signed a strategic co-operation agreement in cybersecurity that aims to develop a risk management model adapted to the evolution of the transport industry. Alstom notes that the expansion of the internet of things and big data, coupled with the increase in cyberattacks, requires new ...
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Metro Report InternationalPanamá City takes delivery of more Metropolis metro cars
PANAMA: The first three metro cars to augment the Panamá City metro Line 1 fleet arrived in the city on April 26 from Alstom’s Santa Perpetua plant in Spain. Alstom is supplying 70 Metropolis cars under a contract awarded in 2015. Five six-car trainsets will augment the current fleet, ...
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Metro Report InternationalABB to supply electric bus ‘opportunity charging’ stations to Harrogate
UK: ABB has won a contract to supply electric bus charging infrastructure for a fleet of electric buses that will operate in Harrogate from 2018, the company announced on April 24. Transdev Blazefield subsidiary Harrogate Bus Co ordered eight Volvo 7900 Electric buses in February. Each 12 m long ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous tram stabling experiment completed
FRANCE: Paris transport authority RATP and tram supplier Alstom have completed an experiment with a tram which can stable itself in the depot autonomously. The tram uses lidar sensors to detect obstacles, and can react by reducing speed, increasing braking or applying emergency brakes. The tram is also capable ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram components 3D printed on demand
GERMANY: Siemens is using 3D printing to reduce its lead times for the supply of customised tram components from weeks to days while eliminating the cost of specialised tooling and the need to keep parts in stock. Siemens has seen an increase in demand for customised parts, but the ...
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Metro Report InternationalLiebherr level control for Chicago metro cars
USA: CRRC Sifang America has awarded Liebherr-Transportation Systems a contract to develop and supply 400 hydraulic level control systems for use on the Series 7000 metro cars that it is to build for Chicago Transit Authority. Production of the Series 7000 cars is scheduled to begin in early 2019, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork begins on second phase of Karlsruhe tram and road tunnel project
GERMANY: Jazz played on alpenhorns accompanied Baden-Württemberg Transport Minister Winfried Hermann and Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe Frank Mentrup as they attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of the Kombilösung tram and road project on April 21. A road tunnel is being built beneath the east-west Kriegsstraße to ...
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Metro Report InternationalCatenary-free operation for Newcastle light rail line
AUSTRALIA: The six Urbos trams which CAF is to supply for the light rail line under development in Newcastle will be equipped with onboard energy storage to permit catenary-free operation, New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance has announced. ‘Removing the overhead wires will preserve the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBuenos Aires Line B power supply renewal contract
ARGENTINA: Following an international tender, Alstom announced on April 20 that it had been awarded a €17m contract to renew the power supplies on Buenos Aires metro Line B. The 15-month project includes the design, assembly and commissioning of medium voltage ring cables and third rail power supplies, as well ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom completes Los Teques metro train deliveries
VENEZUELA: Alstom delivered the last of 22 Metropolis trainsets to Los Teques on April 19. In 2011 the Consorcio Linea 2 consortium of Odebrecht and Vinccler awarded the Grupo de Empresas consortium of Alstom (61%), Colas Rail (22%) and Thales Transportation Systems (17%) a contract to supply railway systems ...
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Metro Report InternationalCourt backs Bombardier in Ontario LRV dispute
CANADA: Ontario provincial transport authority Metrolinx cannot immediately cancel a contract with Bombardier Transportation for the supply of 182 light rail vehicles without compensating the manufacturer, a court ruled on April 19.Metrolinx had launched legal proceedings against Bombardier over what it claimed were a series of delays to the production ...
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Metro Report InternationalSeattle light rail renewable energy agreement signed
USA: Sound Transit has entered into a 10-year agreement with Puget Sound Energy enabling the transport authority to purchase wind-generated energy directly. It hopes to use only renewable energy to power its light rail network from 2019. Through its 2015 Sustainability Plan and Sound Transit 3 network expansion project, ...
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Metro Report InternationalUsing mobile data to analyse transport flows
UK: A project to use mobile phone network data to analyse transport and traffic flows will be tested in a commercial environment as part of a government-sponsored competition. Innovate UK is to provide a grant to cover the proposed project cost of £1·2m. Citi Logik is working with Vodafone ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground data transmission contract awarded
UK: London Underground has awarded Finnish company EKE-Electronics a €20m contract to replace the data transmission system on the Central Line train fleet. Announcing the award on April 18, EKE-Electronics said that it had beaten three other shortlisted bidders. EKE-Electronics will supply train computers, unit computers, I/O modules and ...
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Metro Report InternationalSheffield tram-train infrastructure work progresses
UK: Work has started on the Tinsley Chord that will connect Sheffield Supertram with the main line network. The 400 m chord, which includes 160 m of new alignment, will enable tram-train services to run between Sheffield and Rotherham. The Tinsley Chord is located near Meadowhall, the terminus of ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC signs Los Angeles metro train contract
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and CRRC signed a framework contract for the supply of up to 282 metro cars at Union Station on April 12. The base order is worth $178m and includes 30 cars to replace the 25-year-old vehicles on the Red and Purple lines, ...
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Metro Report InternationalSuzhou metro Line 4 opens
CHINA: Suzhou’s third metro line opened on April 15, and carried 1·6 million passengers over its inaugural weekend, according to the transport authority. Line 4 connects Longdaobang in the north with Tongli in the south, with 29 intermediate stations on a 42 km route. A 10·8 km branch from ...
