All Metro articles – Page 102
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NewsContactless card rail ticketing development funded
UK: The UK Cards Association, which represents the card payment industry, has received funding from the Rail Delivery Group to develop a framework which would enable contactless bank cards, mobile phones, wearables or other devices to be used for pre-purchased rail tickets. This would include long-distance and season tickets, removing ...
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NewsMore capacity in Mexico City
MEXICO: A three-year programme to upgrade 85% of the Mexico City metro fleet has been launched by operator STC, which is undertaking work in-house with the assistance of Alstom. In order to meet rising demand, trains are to be extended to nine cars on all lines, except Line 12 where ...
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NewsThales to supply Delhi metro ticketing equipment
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Thales a contract to supply ticket vending machines and ticket gates for around 100 stations on phases I and II of the Delhi metro. Thales is to supply 240 ticket gates between February and September. It is also supplying 300 ticket vending ...
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NewsManila metro maintenance contract signed
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation & Communications signed a three-year maintenance and upgrade contract for rolling stock and signalling on Manila metro Line 3 on January 7. The 3·81bn peso contract came into effect the following day. On December 24 DOTC announced that it had selected a joint venture ...
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NewsShijiazhuang metro extensions approved
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission approved two extensions to the Shijiazhuang metro on January 8. Line 1 Phase 2 would run north from the line’s current eastern terminus of Xiao Hedadao to Dongyan, across the Hutuo River. A third depot is to be built at the northern ...
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NewsInternational Urban Rail Platform for North America launches
NORTH AMERICA: International public transport association UITP has announced the creation of the International Urban Rail Platform for North America, which is designed to bring together ‘key rail industry players from the region and the rest of the world’ to share knowledge and expertise between the North American rail industry ...
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NewsYangon launches light rail line
MYANMAR: The first phase of a light rail line in Yangon was officially opened with a ceremony on January 10. The 4·8 km east-west route from Linsadaung to Wardan Jetty uses a newly electrified on-street freight railway running along Strand Road, and a three-section ex-Hiroshima tram with capacity for ...
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NewsKraków inaugurates tram workshop
POLAND: Mayor Jacek Majchrowski officially inaugurated a new building for maintenance and repairs in the Podgórze tram depot in Kraków on January 4. The inauguration coincided with the presentation of the last Krakowiak tram, which arrived in December. At 42·8 m long, the 36 trams supplied by Pesa are ...
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NewsBerlin rolling stock financing agreed
GERMANY: On January 7 the Land of Berlin’s Finance Senator Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, Urban Development Senator Andreas Geisel and Chair of transport operator BVG Sigrid Evelyn Nikutta signed a letter of intent to extend BVG’s operating contract from 2020 to 2035. During this period the city would pay an annual ...
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NewsSiemens to automate Paris metro Line 4
FRANCE: RATP announced on January 7 that it had selected Siemens for a €70m contract to automate the 12·1 km Paris metro Line 4 to enable driverless operation. The work is scheduled for completion in 2022. Siemens is to install its Trainguard MT signalling and will equip the operations ...
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NewsNorth Korean metro trainset carries passengers
NORTH KOREA: January 1 saw a ceremonial run of what the official news agency describes as the country’s first domestically manufactured metro trainset. The train carried passengers on the 20 km north-south Chollima Line of the Pyongyang metro. The four-car trainset includes screens with real-time passenger information, as well ...
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NewsDelhi Metro boosts capacity during odd-even car restrictions
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has increased the number of trains operated and deployed extra staff to cope with the additional ridership resulting from the National Capital Territory government’s imposition of restrictions on the use of cars in the city. The restrictions intended to reduce pollution are in force ...
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NewsBudapest Line M4 cleared to go driverless
HUNGARY: Budapest Mayor István Tarlós and President of national transport authority NKH Gyula Győri announced on January 6 that the final permit has been granted for Line M4 of the Budapest metro to operate without drivers on a permanent basis, following successful passenger-carrying tests without drivers between September and December. ...
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NewsBordeaux orders 10 more Citadis trams
FRANCE: Bordeaux Metropole has ordered 10 Citadis trams from Alstom under a €28m contract announced on January 6. This brings the number of Citadis trams that the city has ordered since 2000 to 115. Due to enter service in 2018, the 44 m long 100% low-floor trams will be ...
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NewsCairo signs metro Line 6 MoU
EGYPT: The Ministry of Transportation has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Railway Construction Corp for the construction of Cairo metro Line 6. Construction of the 24 km line is expected to cost US$3·5bn, with the financing still to be negotiated. Meanwhile, the European Investment Bank has ...
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NewsPowers granted for Grand Paris Express
FRANCE: By means of a decree issued on December 28, legal powers have been granted for the construction of 29 km of the Grand Paris Express network, comprising the northern extension of Line 14 from Mairie de Saint-Ouen to Saint-Denis Pleyel as well as Line 16 from Saint-Denis Pleyel to ...
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NewsFuzhou metro test running starts
CHINA: Test running on the first metro line in Fuzhou commenced on January 4. Testing on a nine-station section between Sanchajie and Fuzhou South main line station is due to last for three months. The 24·9 km north-south underground Line 1 will link Xiangfeng with Xiayangcun via Fuzhou North ...
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NewsLos Angeles selects Purple Line extension signalling
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Ansaldo STS a $31·5m contract to supply signalling and train control equipment for the first phase of the Purple Line extension. Ansaldo STS is to supply signalling with ATP, ATO and ATS functionalities, as well as train-to-wayside systems. Due to ...
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NewsBombardier to supply new Guadalajara fleet
MEXICO: The Jalisco state government has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 12 two-car trainsets for Line 1 of the Guadalajara light rail system operated by SITEUR. According to the state government, 13 companies responded to the call for tenders where the winning ...
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NewsMore tram-trains ordered for Paris
FRANCE: On behalf of Paris regional transport authority STIF, SNCF has ordered a further 15 Citadis Dualis tram-train vehicles from Alstom. The order announced on January 5 is worth €75m and forms the second option on a framework contract signed in 2007. The vehicles are to be delivered from ...