All articles by Metro Report International – Page 183
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Metro Report InternationalSydney to test driverless shuttle
AUSTRALIA: A two-year trial of a driverless shuttle is due to begin later this month at Sydney Olympic Park, the New South Wales government announced on August 2. Testing of a driverless shuttle supplied by Navya will shortly begin on an enclosed pre-programmed route at Newington Armory. The NSW ...
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Metro Report InternationalLos Angeles electric bus orders approved
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved contracts for the supply of 95 electric buses for use on its two bus rapid transit routes. BYD is to supply 12 m buses to be used on the Silver Line. The $45m contract covers 60 buses, spare parts and ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst CBD & South East tram delivered to Sydney
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales took delivery of first of 60 Citadis X05 trams that Alstom is supplying to operate on the CBD & South East Light Rail line in Sydney on August 1. The ALTRAC Light Rail consortium has a A$2·1bn PPP contract to build, operate and ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst tram line opens in Wuhan
CHINA: Wuhan’s first tram line began trial passenger operations on July 28. T1 serves 23 stops on a 16·9 km alignment in the southwest of the city between Deshenggang and Chelun Square, which is near the southern terminus of metro Line 3. Services initially run between 07.00 and 19.00 ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC rolls out Wuhan Line 21 train
CHINA: Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric has rolled out the first train for Wuhan metro Line 21. The 35 km line will have 16 stations. The 100 km/h trainset is equipped for automatic operation (GoA2). It also features LED lighting that the supplier says can provide 30% energy savings, which ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi to supply Baltimore metro trains and signalling
USA: Maryland Transit Administration has awarded a $400·5m contract for the supply of metro rolling stock and signalling. The supplier is the Hitachi Ansaldo Baltimore Rail Partners joint venture of Hitachi Rail Italy, which will supply 78 metro cars, and Ansaldo STS’s US subsidiary, which will replace ...
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Metro Report InternationalRanken wins Chinese metro contracts
CHINA: Sapphire Corp subsidiary Ranken Railway Construction Group Co has won four contracts for metro projects in China, the group announced on July 24. The largest is a 224m yuan civil engineering contract covering three further sections of the Ningbo metro, which are due to be completed by mid-2020. ...
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Metro Report InternationalPortland welcomes contactless ticketing
USA: An account-based smart card and contactless bank card fare collection system went into operation in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area on July 17. The Hop Fastpass is valid on bus, light rail and commuter rail services operated by TriMet, C-TRAN and Portland Streetcar. In 2014 Init signed a contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalDancing lion tram design unveiled
CHINA: Industrial design agency Italdesign has revealed its design for CRRC Guangzhou’s first tram. The first tram for Guangzhou is due to be presented in the autumn. Italdesign says that the external styling of the 70% low-floor vehicle has been influenced by Guangzhou’s dancing lion. The handrails are inspired ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC Sifang rolls out suspension monorail prototype
CHINA: CRRC Sifang has rolled out a prototype trainset for a suspension monorail that it is building in Hancheng. In November construction began on a 55 km north-south line linking the city centre and the airport. The supplier is offering the trainset in a three- or five-car version, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork begins to electrify Caltrain
USA: California Governor Jerry Brown was among those present at a ceremony at Millbrae station on June 21 to mark the start of work on the Caltrain Electrification Project. ‘Today marks the beginning of a faster, cleaner, better Caltrain, a Caltrain that will allow tens of thousands of people ...
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Metro Report InternationalTallinn receives driverless shuttles
ESTONIA: Two driverless shuttles arrived in Tallinn on July 14 ahead of entry into passenger service at the end of the month. Tallinn Transport Department will prepare a 1 km route between Viru Square and the Kultuurikatel Tallinn Creative Hub, which is the main site of the Estonian EU ...
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Metro Report InternationalMelbourne Metro tunnel contractors selected
AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria has selected preferred bidders for the civil works and railway systems packages of the Melbourne Metro tunnel project. The Tunnels & Stations works package is to be awarded to the Cross Yarra Partnership consortium of Lendlease Engineering, John Holland, Bouygues Construction and Capella Capital. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMinneapolis calls Southwest LRT bids
USA: The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council has invited bids for the first of three construction contracts to build the 23·3 km Southwest LRT light rail line between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. Tenders for the main civil works contract are due to be opened on August 15, with the contract expected ...
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Metro Report InternationalNJ Transit adopts budget after ‘laser-like look’ at business
USA: ‘NJ Transit is moving forward with a balanced budget that reflects a laser-like look at individual business lines in order to maximise efficiencies and maintain a safe transportation system’, said Executive Director Steven H Santoro when the board adopted the $2·22bn operating budget and a $1·37bn capital programme for ...
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Metro Report InternationalStation contracts awarded for Monterrey Metro Line 3
MEXICO: The Nuevo León state government has announced the preferred bidders for contracts to build the eight stations on Line 3 of the Monterrey Metro, worth a total of 479∙3m pesos. Preferred bidders for four contracts worth a total of 247∙2m pesos were announced on July 7, ...
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Metro Report InternationalTaylor Woodrow to rebuild White Hart Lane station
UK: Transport for London announced on July 12 that it had selected Taylor Woodrow for a £17·8m contract to design and undertake the rebuilding of White Hart Lane station, which is served by London Overground suburban trains and used by 1·3m passengers a year. The rebuilding is intended to support ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetrolink Trafford Park extension construction contract signed
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester confirmed on July 11 that it had signed the £200m contract for its delivery partner WSP and the MPact Thales consortium of Laing O’Rourke, VolkerRail and Thales to design and build the Trafford Park extension of the Metrolink light rail network. Trafford Park is the ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis Downer takes over operation of Newcastle transport network
AUSTRALIA: A joint venture of French public transport operator Keolis and infrastructure services company Downer EDI took over the operation of bus and ferry services in Newcastle, New South Wales, on July 1. According to Keolis, this is the ‘first multimodal transport system to be operated by a private operator ...
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Metro Report InternationalWSP to design Portland Division Transit
USA: Portland transport authority TriMet has appointed WSP USA as prime engineering consultant to design the Division Transit Project, a proposed 22 km bus rapid transit route which is intended to improve links between central Portland and the city of Gresham via Division Street. The route would serve Portland State ...