All Metro Report International articles – Page 82

  • Frankfurt U-Bahn (Photo: Siemens Mobility)
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    Siemens Mobility wins Digital Train Control Frankfurt CBTC contract

    2021-12-14T16:09:00Z

    GERMANY: Frankfurt transport operator VGF has selected Siemens Mobility for the Digital Train Control Frankfurt contract to replace the conventional train control systems on its U-Bahn and tram networks with communications-based train control. Wireless digital communications between the control system and the vehicles will enable services ...

  • Andorra (Photo: Tomasz Hanarz/Pixabay)
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    Tramway and cable cars proposed to relieve Andorra’s roads

    2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

    ANDORRA: Construction of a light rail line is proposed in a study commissioned by the government to consider options for reducing unsustainable growth in road traffic. The tramway would run from Sant Julià de Lòria to Escaldes-Engordany, with three connecting cable car links to the airport, ...

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    Karlsruhe Kombilösung tram tunnels inaugurated

    2021-12-13T15:40:00Z

    GERMANY: The cross-city tram tunnels in Karlsruhe were opened for revenue service on December 11, with Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe operating its first trams through the link from 14:30 and its regional partner Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft starting the following day. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, there was ...

  • Bratislava Skoda tram
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    Bratislava orders trams

    2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Bratislava transport operator DPB has awarded Škoda Transportation two contracts to supply 30 single-ended and 10 double-ended trams for its metre gauge network. The city already operates 30 bidirectional ForCity Smart Plus trams designated Type 30T supplied by Škoda in 2014-15 and 30 unidirectional variants ...

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    Transport for London bans e-scooters following fires

    2021-12-10T09:13:00Z

    UK: Privately-owned e-scooters and e-unicycles will not be permitted on Transport for London services or premises from December 13, as a result of safety concerns following fires at Stanmore and Parsons Green on the London Underground network. A review by TfL found that defective lithium-ion batteries ...

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    Rostov-na-Donu tramway expansion plan

    2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Plans are being developed for a major modernisation of the Rostrov-na-Donu tram network and the construction of extensions to new residential districts as part of a transport strategy for 2035 which has been adopted by the city council. The programme would ...

  • Nizhny Novgorod metro Gorkovskaya station (Photo: Vladimir Waldin)
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    Nizhny Novgorod metro extension contract

    2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Sole bidder Mosproekt-3 has been awarded a contract to extend the Nizhny Novgorod metro’s Avtozavodskaya Line 3 km underground from Gorkovskaya station to Sennaya. This will be the first urban rail extension funded via a government infrastructure loan, with an initial 8·3bn roubles allocated. The ...

  • Moscow Metro Line 11 (1)
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    Moscow Metro opens its longest extension

    2021-12-08T12:23:00Z

    RUSSIA: The 21 km Mnevniki – Kakhovskaya southwestern section of Moscow Metro’s Bolshaya Koltsevaya ‘Big Circle’ Line 11 was opened on December 7, with President Putin joining via video link. Mostransproekt director Vladimir Titov said this was the longest section of the Moscow metro network to ...

  • Almaty metro Hyundai Rotem train
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    Urban transport industry news round-up

    2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

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

  • Tel Aviv from the air (Photo: mfvgml/Pixabay)
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    Tel Aviv Metro network management contract awarded

    2021-12-07T15:31:00Z

    ISRAEL: Tel Aviv metro project promoter NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit Systems has awarded its network management contract to the METAV consortium of Egis and local partner Gadish Group. METAV will act as chief consultant to NTA during the development of the proposed €40bn three-line network totalling ...

  • Siemens Mobility Avenio tram in München.
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    Noise and energy consumption cut during SiC tram testing

    2021-12-07T14:14:00Z

    GERMANY: A ‘sharp’ reduction in motor noise and a 10% drop in energy consumption were observed during a year-long test of Infineon Technologies silicon carbide power semiconductors in one of the two traction converters fitted to a Siemens Mobility Avenio tram in München.

  • PK TS Corsair tram (1)
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    Kaliningrad tram fleet renewal agreed

    2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: An order for 16 PKTS 71-921 Corsair trams for the metre-gauge network in Kaliningrad is to be financed by Sberbank’s leasing subsidiary under a 2·9bn rouble leasing deal running for 10 years from their delivery at the end of February 2022.

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    Szeged tram-train service inaugurated

    2021-12-06T04:57:00Z

    HUNGARY: The country’s first public tram-train service between Szeged and Hódmezővásárhely has started revenue service ahead of the introduction of a full timetable in January.

  • Firenze tram
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    Urban rail grants allocated to Italian cities

    2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Urban rail investments in various cities have been allocated funding from national or European sources.

  • Tyne & Wear Metro new Stadler train bodyshell (2)
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    First Tyne & Wear Metro train bodyshell completed

    2021-12-02T15:40:00Z

    UK: The first aluminium bodyshell for the Tyne & Wear Metro’s new fleet of custom-designed trainsets been completed at Stadler’s St Margrethen factory in Switzerland, and is now ready for fitting out. ‘Completing the first bodyshell is a highly symbolic landmark in the manufacturing process, and ...

  • Delhi Metro refubished train
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    Delhi metro train refurbished

    2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: Mid-life refurbishment has been completed on the the first of the 70 trainsets supplied for Delhi Metro Phase I in 2002-07. Work on an initial 10 trainsets is being undertaken by Escorts Ltd Railway Equipment Division and Naledi Rail Engineering with ...

  • Chicago bypass line from the air
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    Grade separated junction opens in Chicago

    2021-12-01T08:35:00Z

    USA: Chicago Transit Authority has opened a grade-separated junction north of Belmont station, the first major improvement to be completed as part of its $2·1bn Red and Purple Modernisation Phase One project. Designed and built by a joint venture of Fluor Corp and Walsh Construction Co, ...

  • Graz trams
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    Urban transport industry news round-up

    2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

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

  • Uppsala proposed tramway impression
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    Uppsala council approves tram plan

    2021-11-30T14:00:00Z

    SWEDEN: Uppsala municipal council has voted in favour of plans to build a tramway to link Uppsala C station and the city centre with the southern suburbs of Gottsunda and Ultuna and a planned new station at Bergsbrunna. The proposed network would total 17 route-km, with ...

  • Comsa is rehabilitating the La Mata – Colonia Jordán section of the Ferrocarril Transístmico line
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    Mexico City metro track renewals contract

    2021-11-30T12:32:00Z

    MEXICO: Comsa has been awarded an €80m contract to undertake track and electrical system renewals on Mexico City metro Line 1. Work is scheduled to start in Q2 2022, with the contract including materials supply and construction works covering a total of 39 track-km including loops ...