All Metro Report International articles – Page 76

  • Alexandria (Photo: Anwar Hassan/Pixabay)
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    Alexandria metro financing agreed

    2022-03-08T16:01:00Z

    EGYPT: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is to provide a €250m loan to co-finance the conversion of an Egyptian National Railways line in Alexandria into a high-capacity metro. The EBRD funding announced on March 7 is part of a €1·76bn package co-financed by the European ...

  • Hyderabad metro passengers (Photo: Keolis)
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    Hyderabad metro operating contract extended

    2022-03-08T10:23:00Z

    INDIA: PPP concessionaire L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad has extended Keolis’ contract to operate and maintain the network for another three years. The extension to the contract was granted on March 2 and is due to begin on November 29. Hyderabad’s automated metro network, which opened in ...

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    Trams to return to Konstantynów

    2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: A consortium of Przedsiębiorstwo Drogowo-Budowlane Kemy and MPK-Łódź has been awarded a 80·6m złoty design and build contract to rehabilitate the out of use tram line between the city of Łódź and Konstantynów. The 7 km route running west from the Zdrowie terminus in Łódź ...

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    First sections of Pune metro inaugurated

    2022-03-07T14:55:00Z

    INDIA: The first two isolated sections of the Pune metro network were opened for revenue service on March 6, following an inauguration ceremony at Garware College station attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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    Sydney airport metro surface works contract awarded

    2022-03-07T10:53:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Sydney Metro has awarded the second main construction contract for the 23 km Western Sydney Airport automated metro line.

  • Littlepay Passenger-Contactless-Journeys
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    Integrating fare payments and payment information

    2022-03-07T04:00:00Z

    UK: Passenger, which produces fare payment apps and websites for a local public transport companies including Blackpool Transport, has teamed up with Littlepay to provide users of its apps with information about their contactless payments and fare caps. Littlepay says the partnership will enable it to ...

  • DMRC CPWD MoU
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    Delhi Central Vista metro loop agreement

    2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Central Public Works Department to provide technical assistance for development of a metro loop serving the Central Vista redevelopment project, which includes the new parliament building and government offices. Connecting with the Yellow ...

  • Metro de Santiago de Chile 1
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    Mobile payment comes to Santiago

    2022-03-03T15:36:00Z

    CHILE: Passengers using the Santiago metro and EFE suburban trains are now able to pay for their travel using mobile devices, following an upgrade to the fare collection system. Spanish IT specialist Indra has renewed 1 120 ticket gates at stations on the seven metro lines ...

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    Sydney Metro awards Western tunnelling contract

    2022-03-03T12:12:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Sydney Metro has selected a joint venture of Gamuda Australia and Laing O’Rourke for the second of the three main construction contracts for the 24 km Sydney Metro West line linking the city centre with Paramatta and Westmead. The A$2·16bn Western Tunnelling Package was tendered ...

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    Urban transport industry news round-up

    2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector

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    New York to trial platform screen doors

    2022-03-01T14:00:00Z

    USA: Platform screen doors are to be installed at three Subway stations in New York as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s efforts to improve the safety of the metro network.

  • Cambrils, Spain
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    Camp de Tarragona tram plan

    2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Catalan transport operator FGC has called tenders for a €1·9m, 18-month contract to produce specifications for the first phase of the proposed Tramvia del Camp de Tarragona light rail line. This would run 14·6 km through the municipalities of Cambrils, Salou and Vila-seca, using the ...

  • Tyne & Wear Metro G Pay touch image 2
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    Tyne & Wear Metro puts Pop smart card fares on Android

    2022-03-01T04:00:00Z

    UK: Tyne & Wear Metro passengers can now use Google Pay on Android devices for pay-as-you-go travel at the same price as with the Pop smart card. Transport authority Nexus worked on the project with Google Pay, local company Nebula Labs which produced the mobile app, ...

  • Bogotá metro
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    Bogotá metro extension study

    2022-02-28T16:28:00Z

    COLOMBIA: Infrastructure planning body FDN has awarded Systra and Ingetec a contract to undertake technical feasibility studies for a proposed 3 km elevated extension of Bogotá metro Line 1, which is currently under construction. Systra and Ingetec will look at options for the viaduct design and ...

  • Edinburgh tram 1
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    Tram driver trainer standards published

    2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

    UK: Light rail industry association UKTram has published a set of National Occupational Standards for tram driver trainers, which has been approved by the Scottish Qualification Authority. This forms part of a wider joint project by UKTram and the Light Rail Safety & Standards Board to ...

  • Passengers on London Underground's Piccadilly Line wearing coronavirus face coverings
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    Transport for London agrees fourth funding package

    2022-02-25T16:49:00Z

    UK: The Department for Transport and Transport for London have agreed a Fourth Funding Package to replace revenue lost because of the drop in ridership during the coronavirus pandemic. The latest package was announced on February 25, the day a short-term extension to the third package ...

  • Hangzhou metro
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    Hangzhou metro tops 400 km as three lines open

    2022-02-25T13:41:00Z

    CHINA: Hangzhou metro opened two new lines and an extension on February 21, adding more than 59 route-km to the network on a single day. Both lines 3 and 10 were authorised in 2016, as part of the city’s third phase of urban rail development covering ...

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    Millimetre-wave radio data transfer trialled on the Madrid Metro

    2022-02-25T12:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Metro de Madrid and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have tested a millimetre-wave radio system supplied by Israeli company Radwin to support data transfer between trains and between train and the lineside. Radwin said the tests showed that its TerraBridge mmWave radio technology can provide a ...

  • Mechan is supplying 10 bespoke mobile jacks that will operate in conjunction with an existing wheel change unit.
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    Extra Heathrow peoplemover cars to be delivered from September

    2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

    UK: Alstom has told Metro Report International that the 20 Innovia APM 200 automated peoplemover vehicles ordered for use on the Terminal 5 Transit at London’s Heathrow Airport are expected to be delivered from September. The bodies are being produced in Scotland by Alexander Dennis then ...

  • 155th St Subway Station by Urbahn Arch (Photo: Ola Wilk Photography)
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    Harlem Subway station storm-proofed

    2022-02-24T13:00:00Z

    USA: Urbahn Architects and Zafra Minhas Construction have completed a $1·8m flood mitigation and storm resilience programme at New York City Transit’s 155th Street/8th Avenue Subway station in Harlem, served by B and D Local trains. After the extensive flooding and damage caused by storm Sandy ...