All articles by Metro Report International – Page 180
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Metro Report InternationalKharkiv metro extension tendering expected shortly
UKRAINE: Tendering is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2017 for the construction of a 3·5 km southern extension of Kharkiv metro Line 3. The scope of the works would include the construction of two stations, a depot and connecting tracks, and the supply of new rolling stock. ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom to supply Tel Aviv Red Line signalling
ISRAEL: Alstom has been selected as preferred bidder for a US$110m contract to supply signalling, control and automation systems for the 23 km Tel Aviv light metro Red Line, project promoter NTA announced on October 1 .Ansaldo STS had also submitted a bid.‘I congratulate Alstom on joining ...
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Metro Report InternationalCAF wins Seattle streetcar contract
USA: Seattle Department of Transport has awarded CAF a contract to supply 10 three-section 100% low-floor Urbos trams. Announced on October 2, the contract is worth in excess of $50m including spare parts, tools and testing equipment. SDOT has an option for up to 10 more vehicles. The bi-directional cars ...
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Metro Report InternationalTriMet orders electric buses for Portland
USA: Portland transport agency TriMet has awarded New Flyer of America a contract to supply five battery buses, the manufacturer announced on September 28. The order is being partly financed through a Federal Transit Administration grant. New Flyer will supply its 12 m Xcelsior model, under a contract that ...
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Metro Report InternationalElectric buses ordered for Minneapolis
USA: New Flyer of America is to supply 18 m long articulated electric buses to Twin Cities operator Metro Transit for use on the C Line rapid bus route, which is due to open in 2019. To be assembled at New Flyer’s factory in St Cloud, Minnesota, the Xcelsior ...
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Metro Report InternationalGorzów Wielkopolski tram network expansion and fleet replacement
POLAND: On October 1 services on the entire tram network in Gorzów Wielkopolski will be suspended for around a year for modernisation and extension, ahead of entry into service of an entire new fleet. Under a 225m złoty project, the city is modernising track on 11 route-km of its ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg metro measuring car delivered
RUSSIA: Transmashholding's Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant in St Petersburg has supplied the city’s metro with an infrastructure diagnostics car equipped with measuring technology from TVEMA. Based on a modified Type 81-717.5P vehicle, the measuring car will operate with Type 81-717/714 vehicles and can run anywhere on the city’s ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney Metro’s first trainset arrives
AUSTRALIA: Sydney Metro announced the delivery of its first trainset to the Rouse Hill depot on September 26. Alstom is supplying 22 six-car Metropolis driverless trainsets, together with Urbalis 400 communications-based train control, Iconis control systems and Smartlock 400 computer-based interlocking under a €280m contract awarded in September 2014. ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens awarded San Diego light rail contract
USA: The Mid-Coast Transit Constructors joint venture of Stacy & Witbeck, Herzog and Skanska has awarded Siemens a contract to supply power and automation systems for San Diego Metropolitan Transportation System’s 17 km Mid-Coast Corridor light rail extension. The contract announced on September 25 includes the provision of overhead electrification ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork begins on Frankfurt light rail extension
GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony for an extension of Frankfurt’s light rail network took place on September 21. The 2·7 km western extension of Line U5 from the city centre to Europaviertel is estimated to cost €281·4m excluding VAT, with the Land of Hessen providing €31m. It is planned to ...
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Metro Report InternationalMinsk metro contactless ticketing pilot goes live
BELARUS: A contactless bank card ticketing pilot started on the Minsk metro on September 19. A ticket gate at Ploshcha Lenina station on Line 1 has been fitted with a contactless card and NFC reader, which currently accepts Visa cards. The metro intends to extend acceptance to MasterCard cards ...
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Metro Report InternationalToulouse signs high speed rail grinding contract
FRANCE: Toulouse tram operator Tisséo has signed a three-year framework agreement to deploy Vossloh’s HSG-City high speed grinder for preventive maintenance on the city’s 34 route-km network. The agreement includes two options each for a further one year. The contract follows a trial of the HSG-City over eight ...
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Metro Report InternationalBallard to supply hydrogen fuel cells to Pau buses
FRANCE: Ballard Power Systems has signed a letter of intent with Van Hool to provide hydrogen fuel cells for eight buses that Van Hool is supplying to operate a BRT route in Pau. Due to be delivered in the second half of 2019, the 18 m buses with capacity ...
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Metro Report InternationalChengdu metro traction equipment contract awarded
CHINA: Chengdu Metro Corp has awarded Alstom a €57m contract to supply traction equipment for 62 eight-car trainsets for Line 5, which is due to open by the end of 2019. Optonix traction equipment will be supplied by Alstom’s joint ventures Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co and Chengdu ...
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Metro Report InternationalMaghull North station construction gets underway
UK: Contractor Buckingham Group has begun site clearance for the construction of Maghull North station between Maghull and Town Green stations on the Ormskirk branch of Merseyrail’s Northern Line. The station is being developed by Network Rail on behalf of local transport authority Merseytravel, with opening scheduled for May 2018. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMPs hear '10 reasons why the UK needs Crossrail 2'
UK: The Crossrail 2 proposal to link railway routes in Surrey and Hertfordshire via a new tunnel under central London would not merely provide a cross-city suburban link like the Elizabeth Line, but instead would be a ‘transformational’ project providing direct benefits ‘from the Wash to the Solent’ while also ...
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Metro Report InternationalBielefeld light rail stops modified for new vehicles
GERMANY: Work began on September 18 to enable Vamos light rail vehicles to run to the end of Line 3 in Bielefeld. Five stops at the southeastern end of the route, between Sieker-Mitte and Stieghorst Zentrum, are to have their platforms lengthened from 7 m to 12 m. This ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply trains for Bangkok Blue Line extension
THAILAND: Bangkok Expressway & Metro and CH Karnchang have selected a consortium of Siemens and ST Electronics to supply railway systems for the Blue Line extension of the Bangkok metro. Siemens is to supply rolling stock, signalling, power supplies and depot equipment, and will maintain the extension for 10 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSalvador metro Line 2 extends east
BRAZIL: Bahia Governor Rui Costa opened the latest phase of the Salvador metro on September 11. The 7·5 km extension of Line 2 takes the route east from Pituaçu to Mussurunga, adding four stations. Line 2 opened in December 2016 and was extended May 2017. The east-west line is ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore LTA awards Circle Line 6 civils contracts
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded the first three civil works contracts for the 4 km Circle Line 6 project, which will close the Circle Line loop by connecting HarbourFront and Marina Bay stations. Construction is expected to commence by the end of 2017 for completion by 2025. A ...