Alstom delivers 100% locally produced metro trainset to Delhi
INDIA: Alstom Transport India Ltd handed over the first of 52 six-car driverless Metropolis trainsets for the Delhi metro on September 23.
TfL appoints Elephant & Castle tunnelling contractor
UK: Transport for London has awarded Dragados UK a contract to design and build passenger tunnels to link a new Northern Line station box at London Underground’s Elephant & Castle station with the line’s existing platforms and overbridge.
Tri-mode München metro maintenance car handed over
INNOTRANS: The first of 10 multifunctional maintenance vehicles for the München U-Bahn has been handed over at an event which included a brass band to create what manufacturer Robel Bahnbaumaschinen called a ‘traditional Oktoberfest atmosphere’ at the Berlin show.
Third rail current collection monitoring to reduce wear
INNOTRANS: Mersen is demonstrating a digital monitoring system designed to reduce the wear on metro trains third rail current collector shoes.
Automated train gangway coupling system to be tested in Toronto
INNOTRANS: Hübner has unveiled its AutoCouple concept for the fully automated coupling and uncoupling of inter-car train gangways. A trial on the Toronto subway is planned for 2025.
Bengaluru, Thane and Pune metro projects approved
INDIA: Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal said in August that India has now over 1 000 km of metro under construction or approved, following government sign-off of projects in three cities.
Kuala Lumpur MRT3 consultation underway
MALAYSIA: Mass Rapid Transit Corp has begun a three-month consultation over its plans for the Circle (MRT3) line in Kuala Lumpur.
Mobile inspection lab for urban railways launched at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Plasser & Theurer has unveiled its InfraSpector Truck road-rail mobile testing lab, which is designed to meet all the infrastructure inspection and measuring requirements of metro, tramway and local railway operators.
Berlin U-Bahn Type JK train on display at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: On show in the city where it will operate is a Stadler Type JK metro trainset for the Berlin U-Bahn’s small-profile lines.
Jakarta’s east-west line breaks ground
INDONESIA: President of Indonesia Joko Widodo and Japanese Ambassador Yasushi Masaki launched construction of Jakarta’s second heavy metro line at a ground-breaking ceremony on September 11.
Novel software to assess Transport for London clearances
UK: Transport for London is the latest customer to use D/Gauge’s Rift software for in-house structure gauging and track design activities.
Kyiv Metro completes waterpoofing works
UKRAINE: Kyiv Metro restarted passenger services on the six-station Lybidska – Teremky section of Line M2 on September 12, following the completion of a nine-month project to address water and sand ingress.
Indian domestically-designed driverless metro train production begins
INDIA: BEML has begun production of a prototype 5RS-DM driverless metro trainset for the city of Bengaluru.
Groundbreaking ceremony held for Bali metro
INDONESIA: A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for the transit-oriented development at the site of the Central Parkir Kuta station, attended by Acting Governor of Bali Sang Made Mahendra Jaya on September 4. The ceremony marked the start of construction on the Bali metro project which is to serve the ...
Suzhou opens metro Line 8
CHINA: On September 10 Suzhou Rail Transit inaugurated metro Line 8, adding 35·6 km and serving 28 stations. The line opened only 2½ months after metro Line 6 had entered service.
Moskva Metro’s Troitskaya Line heads for Novaya Moskva
RUSSIA: Early September saw the opening of two extensions to the Moskva metro, improving access to the growing Novomoskovsky district southwest of the city centre.
Robots and Hyper Tube among KRRI research projects on show at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Korea Railroad Research Institute is to highlight eight of its latest innovations and research programmes during the upcoming Berlin fair.
Cairo Metro Line 1 to be modernised
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded a €850m contract for renovation of Cairo Metro’s Line 1 to a consortium led by Colas Rail with Orascom Construction and Hitachi Rail.
Chicago Transit Authority pilots gun detection technology
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has combined its existing CCTV with computer vision and machine learning technology from ZeroEyes in a pilot project which aims to alert security officials if someone is brandishing a gun.
Transport for London says cybersecurity incident does not impact services
UK: ‘There remains no impact to our public transport services and no evidence that any customer data has been compromised’, Transport for London said on September 6 when it issued an update on an ongoing cybersecurity incident.