All articles by Metro Report International – Page 133
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Metro Report InternationalLéman Express launches cross-border operations
EUROPE: The Léman Express cross-border suburban network serving Genève and Annemasse began regular operation on December 16, following a formal inauguration on December 12 and a weekend of public celebrations.
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Metro Report InternationalSheffield tram-train fleet taken out of service for inspection
UK: Stagecoach Supertram tram train services between Sheffield and Rotherham were suspended on December 13, after manufacturer Stadler advised the operator that the seven Citylink tram-tram vehicles needed to be taken out of service for inspection. This followed what Supertram described as a ‘tram engineering issue‘. Earlier ...
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Metro Report InternationalFlexity tram delivered to Göteborg
SWEDEN: The first of 40 trams that Bombardier Transportation is supplying to Göteborg arrived in the city on December 13 after a three-day journey from the manufacturer’s Bautzen factory. A consortium of Bombardier and Kiepe Electric is supplying 30 unidirectional and 10 bidirectional Flexity trams under a ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler delivers first tram to Kraków
POLAND: On December 13 Stadler delivered the first of 50 trams that it is supplying to MPK Kraków under a framework contract signed on January 2018. The low-floor trams is 33·4 m long and 2 400 mm wide with capacity for 227 passengers including 80 seated. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro do Porto selects CRRC to supply light rail vehicles
PORTUGAL: Metro do Porto has selected CRRC Tangshan to supply 18 light rail vehicles, the operator announced on December 13. CRRC beat bids from Siemens Mobility and Škoda Transportation. The €49·6m order is being financed from the Ministry of Environment & Climate Action’s Environment ...
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Metro Report InternationalPartly catenary-free tram route opens in Sydney
AUSTRALIA: The first phase of the CBD & South East light rail route in Sydney was inaugurated on December 14, with a weekend of free travel. The 7·3 km north-south Randwick Line, also known as L2, serves 14 stops between Circular Quay and Randwick. A second southern ...
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Metro Report InternationalUtrecht inaugurates Uithof tram line
NETHERLANDS: Revenue services began running on Utrecht’s 8km Uithoflijn express tram route on December 16, following a formal launch on December 14 attended by Minister of Infrastructure & Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen and a day of free travel.
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Metro Report InternationalMAN to supply 17 battery buses to Hamburg
GERMANY: Hamburg-Holstein transport authority VHH has ordered 17 Lion City E buses from MAN Truck & Bus. A pre-series vehicle is due to be delivered at the end of December for testing, ahead of the start of series deliveries in the second half of 2020; these are ...
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Metro Report InternationalHeiterBlick wins Würzburg tram contract
GERMANY: Würzburg transport authority WVV signed a contract with HeiterBlick for the supply of 18 trams on December 9. The Leipzig-based supplier is due to deliver the vehicles in 2022-24, when they will replace the older GT-E and GT-D vehicles. The five-section trams will have capacity for ...
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Metro Report InternationalNext generation metro train completes tests in Guangzhou
CHINA: Guangzhou Metro Group has completed two months of test running on Line 8 with a next-generation metro trainset developed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang. CRRC unveiled a prototype Cetrovo metro vehicle at InnoTrans 2018, saying it was the first metro car with a carbon fibre bodyshell. Based ...
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Metro Report InternationalNokia to trial 5G in Hamburg S-Bahn automation programme
GERMANY: DB Netz has selected Nokia to trial what the telecoms group calls the first ‘standalone 5G system for automated rail operation’.
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Metro Report InternationalSolaris to supply 100 CNG buses to Tallinn
ESTONIA: Tallinn transport operator Tallinna Linnatranspordi has ordered a total of 100 CNG buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. The contract announced on December 10 is worth €27m. Solaris will supply 60 Urbino 12 buses and 40 Urbino 18 articulated buses between September and November 2020. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom to supply 20 trams to Angers
FRANCE: Angers Loire Metropole has ordered 20 Citadis trams from Alstom to operate on the second route of the city’s tram network, which is due to open in the early 2020s. The order announced on December 10 is worth €55m. Deliveries are due to be completed by ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport news in brief
Photo: Ivan Rukovitsyn PK TS has started series production of trolleybuses at the former Trolza factory in Engels. A 1·4 km eastern extension of Zhengzhou metro Line 1 opened on November 21 from Wenyuanbeilu to Henan University New Campus. A consortium of Siemens Mobility, ST Engineering and ...
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Metro Report InternationalCatenary-free tram extension inaugurated in Birmingham
UK: The first phase of the Westside tram extension in Birmingham opened to passengers on December 11. The extension runs from Grand Central, which serves New Street railway station, to Library stop in Centenary Square, with an intermediate stop at Town Hall in Victoria Square. The extension ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst phase of Doha metro completed
QATAR: The first phase of the driverless metro network in Doha has been completed, with the opening of the third line and two extensions of the first route on December 10. The 22 km Green Line runs from Al Riffa in the west to Al Mansoura in ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney Metro reaches harbour crossing milestone
AUSTRALIA: Construction of the second phase of the Sydney metro reached a landmark on December 9 when a tunnel boring machine completed the first bore for the tunnel beneath Sydney harbour. Having completed its 880 m drive from south to north, slurry ground TBM Kathleen was disassembled at the Blues ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau metro opens
CHINA: The first light metro line in Macau was inaugurated by Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On on December 10. Travel is free until the end of the month. The elevated Taipa Line serves 11 stations on a 9·3 km U-shaped route from Oceano to Terminal ...
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Metro Report InternationalTunnelling begins on Pune metro
INDIA: Tunnelling has started on Line 1 of the Pune metro, with the flagging off of a tunnel boring machine from Agriculture College. The 85 m long Terratec TBM is to bore a tunnel 20 to 30 m below ground on the 8·2 km Shivajinagar – Swargate ...
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Metro Report InternationalHannover LRVs to be fitted with collision detection technology
GERMANY: Hannover transport operator Üstra has awarded Kiepe Electric a contract to equip 50 light rail vehicles with collision detection systems. Following a successful trial with a TW3000 vehicle, 50 more are to be retrofitted next year. Bosch Engineering will provide the technology. Radar and camera sensors ...