All articles by Metro Report International – Page 192
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Metro Report InternationalToronto Pearson transit hub proposed
CANADA: Greater Toronto Airports Authority has announced plans for a regional transit centre to be developed at Toronto Pearson International Airport. GTAA says that more than 300 000 people work in the area around the airport, making it the second-largest employment zone in Canada. However, poor public transport options ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram to link La Serena and Coquimbo
CHILE: A public consultation is being held for the proposed construction of a tramway linking the centres of La Serena and Coquimbo. Tenders are due to be called in the second half of this year, and work could begin by the end of the year, with opening expected in 2021-22. ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom wins Shanghai metro traction equipment order
CHINA: Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co has awarded Alstom a €17m contract to supply traction equipment, static inverters and train control monitoring systems for 64 metro that CRRC Nanjing Puzhen is supplying for Shanghai metro Line 2. Alstom will supply its Onix traction equipment, which includes regenerative braking. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalHamilton light rail RFQ issued
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have issued a request for qualifications for a contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a light rail line in Hamilton. A request for proposals is expected in mid-2017. The 11 km east-west B-Line would link Queenston Circle and McMaster University, serving 14 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens wins Nanjing metro communications contract
CHINA: Nanjing Metro has awarded Siemens a contract to supply its Trainguard MT automatic train protection for Line S9 of the Nanjing metro. CBTC, CCTV and passenger information data will be transferred using an LTE network supplied by TD-Tech, a company jointly owned by Nokia and Huawei. Due ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrand Paris Express civil works awarded
FRANCE: Project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced on February 1 that it had awarded a joint venture led by Bouygues Travaux Publics a €968m contract to undertake civil works on Section T2A of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express network, running from Villejuif Louis-Aragon to Créteil l’Echat. ...
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Metro Report InternationalDelhi metro to trial LED display screens from April
INDIA: XTD announced on February 3 that it will start a six-month trial of its Cross Track Media information and advertising displays at Kashmere Gate metro station in Delhi. Cross Track uses billboard-sized LED screens and high-definition sound to broadcast content to passengers waiting at stations. Four screens are ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Nagpur metro signalling
INDIA: Project promoter Maharashtra Metro Rail Corp announced on February 1 that it had selected Siemens to supply signalling for the first phase of the Nagpur metro. A consortium comprising Siemens India and Siemens Rail Automation of Spain won the contract with its bid of Rs2·87bn. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalReplacing paper tickets with mobile is 'only the start'
UK: Rambus Ecebs announced at the Smart Ticketing Global conference held in London last month that its Nevis Technologies joint venture with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport would be using the Glasgow Subway to pilot the company’s latest mobile ticketing product. Roll-out is expected to begin with selected users in mid-2017. ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst phase of Santos light rail completed
BRAZIL: São Paulo State Governor Geraldo Alckmin inaugurated two extensions of the Santos light rail line on January 31, completing the 11·5 km first stage of the city’s network. Regular passenger services began the following day. An eastern section from Bernardino to Port opened with three intermediate stops, one ...
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Metro Report InternationalMaxwell licenses ultracapacitor design to Chinese company
CHINA: Maxwell Technologies announced on January 31 that it had signed a licensing and production agreement with CRRC Qingdao Sifang Rolling Stock Research Institute Co covering ultracapacitor modules for the bus market. To meet local content requirements set out by the Chinese government, Maxwell has licensed some of its ...
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Metro Report InternationalManila metro interchange agreement signed
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation, Light Rail Transit Authority, Ayala Corp and San Miguel Corp signed an agreement on January 18 to build an interchange between Manila metro lines 1, 3 and 7. The so-called Common Station is to be built between the two shopping malls in Quezon City ...
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Metro Report InternationalContract awarded to make Lyon metro Line B driverless
FRANCE: Lyon transport authority Sytral has awarded Alstom a €91m contract to upgrade signalling for driverless operation on two lines of the Lyon metro. Alstom will supply its Urbalis 400 CBTC to Line B, which is due to be converted to driverless operation at the end of 2019. It ...
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Metro Report International‘Richer content’ in Elizabeth Line passenger information
UK: Transport for London has awarded Atos company Worldline a contract to provide passenger information systems at 22 stations on the future Elizabeth Line route. The four-year managed service contract announced on January 30 includes the installation and maintenance of information screens and the provision of a central content management ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew Jersey Transit orders training simulators
USA: Corys is to supply two training simulators to New Jersey Transit ahead of the introduction of Positive Train Control on the operator’s 12 routes. The two desk simulators form part of a $225m PTC overhaul that will integrate ACSES II. They will be used by around 1 200 ...
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Metro Report InternationalLuxembourg tram selects IVU
LUXEMBOURG: IVU Traffic Technologies is supplying its IVU.suite planning and dispatch software to the Luxembourg tram project, the first phase of which is due to open in September. The software includes a user interface in multiple languages. When complete, the tram line would be 16·2 km long with 15 ...
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Metro Report InternationalCatanzaro metro work begins
ITALY: President of the Calabria region Mario Oliverio has launched work on a metro line in Catanzaro. The 5 km underground link is part of an EU-funded €103m project that also includes upgrading existing rail lines to metro standards. The new line would link Catanzaro station on the FS ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless shuttles link Paris stations
FRANCE: The city of Paris and transport authorities RATP and STIF have launched a experimental driverless electric shuttle service carrying passengers between the capital’s Austerlitz and Lyon stations. The free service is scheduled to operate between 14.00 and 20.00 every day from January 23 until April 7. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalTunnelling completed on Riyadh metro’s longest line
SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh Governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud attended a ceremony at the future Qasr Al Hokm Downtown station to mark the completion of tunnelling on Line 3 of the Riyadh metro. The 41 km Orange Line includes 11 km of tunnels. These have been ...
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Metro Report InternationalTempe Streetcar contractor selected
USA: Valley Metro has approved the main construction contract for the Tempe Streetcar project, selecting Stacy & Witbeck as the contractor. Work is expected to begin later this year. In late 2016 Valley Metro selected Stantec Consulting Services to undertake design work. The 4·8 km route will link Marina ...