All articles by Metro Report International – Page 178
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Metro Report InternationalRER proposal in Moscow transport investment plans
RUSSIA: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has announced that the city plans to spend 550bn roubles per year on transport projects in 2018-20. Planned projects include the development of an RER-style network by providing links between the existing radial rail routes into the city. Some existing lines would be upgraded, ...
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Metro Report InternationalHelsinki orbital light rail contractor chosen
FINLAND: Helsinki transport operator HKL and the City of Espoo have selected a consortium of YIT and VR Track as construction contractor for the Raide-Jokeri orbital light rail line. The contract is expected to be signed by the end of November. The project costs and timescale will be finalised ...
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Metro Report InternationalFinal civils contract awarded for Singapore CCL6
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded the final civils contract for the Circle Line 6 project, it announced on November 10. The Singapore branch of China State Construction Engineering Corp won the S$205m contract for the construction of Cantonment station. Work on the three-level underground station is due to ...
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Metro Report InternationalEIB lends €200m to Madrid Metro
SPAIN: Metro de Madrid announced on November 10 that it had been granted a €200m loan by the European Investment Bank. Being provided over a period of three years on what the metro says are ‘very advantageous’ terms, the loan will fund investment projects. Major projects to be undertaken during ...
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Metro Report InternationalLas Vegas mixed-traffic driverless shuttle pilot launched
USA: The American Automobile Association has launched a one-year pilot of a driverless shuttle running in mixed traffic in central Las Vegas. Free rides will be offered on the 970 m circular route in the Innovation District, with three stops on Fremont Street and Carson Street. The AAA’s Northern ...
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Metro Report InternationalToshkent to build elevated orbital metro
UZBEKISTAN: The proposed orbital urban railway around Toshkent is to be built to metro rather than suburban rail standards, the government has decided after evaluating technical studies compiled by transport institute Boshtransloyiha with the assistance of foreign experts. The original proposal approved by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in ...
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Metro Report InternationalNorthern Line extension tunnelling completed
UK: Tunnelling on the London Underground’s Northern Line extension was completed on November 8, when tunnel boring machine Amy broke through at Kennington. Amy began tunnelling in May, following sister machine Helen the previous month. Helen broke through into a shaft at Kennington Park at the end of October. ...
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm metro resignalling contract terminated
SWEDEN: A contract for Ansaldo STS to resignal the Stockholm metro’s Red Line was unilaterally terminated by transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik on November 7. ‘There are fundamental shortcomings in Ansaldo STS's delivery and we do not trust Ansaldo STS to deliver under the agreement, so we cancelled the contract’, said ...
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Metro Report InternationalTalgo to refurbish more Los Angeles metro cars
USA: The board of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to exercise a $18·3m option for Talgo to refurbish 36 Red Line metro cars. Last year LACMTA awarded the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer a $55m contract to refurbish 38 metro cars, with an option for a further ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst driverless metro line in Santiago inaugurated
CHILE: President Michelle Bachelet opened the first driverless metro line in Santiago on November 2. Line 6 links Cerrillos to Los Leones on a 15·3 km underground alignment, serving 10 stations. Interchanges are provided with metro lines 1, 2 and 5, as well as the future Line 3 and ...
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Metro Report InternationalBreeze moves to the cloud in Atlanta
USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a $6·5m contract to migrate back office system for the Breeze Card to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. As part of the upgrade, Cubic will update the back-office software to the latest version of its NextFare package. Cubic ...
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Metro Report InternationalNanjing’s Qilin Line opens to passengers
CHINA: The Qilin Line tram route in Nanjing began trial passenger operation on October 31. Test running started last year on the 9 km route, which links Maqun station on metro Line 2 with Wang Wu Zhuang. There are 13 stops, including one elevated. Services are operated using ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC tests ‘railless train’ electric bus in Zhuzhou
CHINA: CRRC Zhuzhou has started testing its Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit vehicle on a 3 km route in Zhuzhou, ahead of the planned introduction of a 6·5 km passenger service early next year. In June the manufacturer unveiled what it describes as a ‘railless train’. The articulated electric bus ...
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Metro Report InternationalFuel cell tram enters service in Tangshan
CHINA: A hydrogen fuel tram entered commercial service in Tangshan on October 26. Built by CRRC Tangshan, the low-floor tram runs along an 13·8 km route that includes part of the Tang Xu railway. The tram can run up to 40 km between refuelling, which takes 15 min. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMultimodal journey planning and ticketing app launched in Utrecht
NETHERLANDS: Keolis has launched a multimodal journey planning and ticketing app in the province of Utrecht. The helloGo app has been developed by Keolis Nederland, journey planning software developer 9292, national passenger train operator NS, booking system LeisureKing, car-sharing service MyWheels, and taxi booking services Gogido and taxiboeken.nl. ...
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Metro Report InternationalClass 345 testing starts in Crossrail core
UK: The Crossrail commissioning programme has reached a further milestone, with the first gauging run of a Class 345 trainset through part of the cross-London tunnels scheduled to take place on the night of October 27-28. Engineering trains have been operating through the tunnels since the completion of tracklaying earlier ...
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Metro Report InternationalShanghai Pudong airport peoplemover operations contract
CHINA: The Shanghai Keolis joint venture of Shanghai Shentong Metro Group (51%) and Keolis (49%) has been awarded a 20-year contract to operate and maintain the planned airport peoplemover at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Due to open in June 2019, the 7·8 km route would link the two existing ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York to get London-style fare collection system
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected Cubic Transportation Systems to supply an account-based fare collection system to replace the current MetroCard. The $539·5m contract, which is subject to finalisation, includes the supply of fare validators and ticket vending machines for 472 Subway stations and 6 000 buses ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London consults on Holborn capacity upgrade
UK: Transport for London is undertaking public consultation until November 17 on proposals to increase capacity at Holborn station on London Underground’s Central and Piccadilly lines. Handling 63 million passengers a year, Holborn is currently the 11th-busiest station on the LU network, and TfL estimates that by 2031 demand ...
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Metro Report InternationalRio de Janeiro tram extension opens
BRAZIL: A 1·9 km extension of the VLT Carioca tram network in Rio de Janeiro opened on October 21 between Gamboa/Pereira Reis junction and Saara. The extension includes a 350 m tunnel and takes Line 2 to 9·7 km with 12 stops. A two-stop extension is planned from Praia ...