All Metro articles – Page 104
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NewsSound Transit approves 2016 budget
USA: Puget Sound transport authority Sound Transit approved a $1·2bn budget for 2016 on December 17. ‘Our region’s commuters will see historic progress in 2016’, said Chair Dow Constantine. ‘We will open light rail extensions to Capitol Hill, the University of Washington and Angle Lake and successfully complete our ...
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NewsMore Flexity Berlin trams ordered
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has exercised an option for a further 47 Flexity Berlin trams from Bombardier Transportation, valued at €176m. BVG signed a framework agreement with Bombardier for up to 206 trams in 2006. An initial order for four pre-series vehicles was followed by a contract for ...
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NewsToulouse plans third metro line
FRANCE: The outline route for a third metro line in Toulouse was unveiled on December 18. At €1⋅72bn it would be the largest public transport project in France outside Paris, according to transport authority SMTC, which hopes to complete construction in 2024. The core route for the project, known as ...
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NewsShanghai extends three metro lines
CHINA: December 18 saw the inauguration of three metro extensions in Shanghai, completing the metro development plan announced in 2005. Under the next phase of the city’s metro expansion programme, four new lines and extensions to five lines are due to open by the end of 2020. A 21·4 ...
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NewsOlsztyn inaugurates its second tram network
POLAND: The official inauguration of regular services on the Olsztyn tram network took place at 12.30 on December 19, with free travel until the end of the month. The first tram network opening since 1959 brings the number of Polish cities with trams to 15. Olsztyn’s original metre gauge ...
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NewsMontréal to call commuter rail tenders
CANADA: Agence Métropolitaine de Transport announced on December 17 that it plans to call tenders for contracts to operate Montréal's commuter rail services and supply new rolling stock. AMT expects to award the operations and rolling stock maintenance contract in autumn 2016. A separate contract for the supply of an ...
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NewsFirst X’Trapolis Mega EMU arrives in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: The first pre-series X’Trapolis Mega electric multiple-unit that Alstom is supplying for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa arrived at PRASA’s Wolmerton depot in Pretoria on December 18. The second pre-series trainset is due to arrive in early 2016. The six-car 1 067 mm gauge EMUs are ...
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NewsBuenos Aires Line H extended
ARGENTINA: On December 18 President Mauricio Macri joined Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, head of the Buenos Aires city government, to officially open the extension of metro Line H from Corrientes to Las Heras. Bringing metro services to over 75 000 inhabitants, this latest extension to Line H currently serves one intermediate ...
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NewsFunding to develop Old Oak Common station plans
UK: The European Commission is providing €4m to Transport for London towards planning new stations at Old Oak Common in west London. The funding comes from the Connecting Europe Facility and will be match-funded by TfL. The funding will support development of options for new stations on Old Oak ...
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NewsMoscow approves new tram lines
RUSSIA: The Moscow city government approved the start of planning for two new tram routes in the south of the city on December 8. The first project is an extension of a route approved in June 2014. Construction of the 8·3 km, 10-stop line from Krasnogo Mayaka to Biryulyovo ...
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NewsInnsbruck orders Regionalbahn LRVs
AUSTRIA: The city of Innsbruck, the Land of Tirol and transport authority IVB signed a contract on December 16 for the supply of rolling stock for the city’s Regionalbahn light rail project. Bombardier Transportation is to supply 20 Flexity light rail vehicles, along with maintenance support under Bombardier’s FlexCare ...
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NewsKampala light rail agreement signed
UGANDA: The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government for the construction of a light rail network in Kampala. To be built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corp, the first phase would cost US$440m to build and would extend for 35 km on an elevated ...
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NewsQingdao metro opens
CHINA: The first metro line in Qingdao opened for trial passenger operation at 11.00 on December 16. Services on Line 3 operate between 06.30 and 21.30 using six six-car trainsets. The 12 km northern section of Line 3 links Qingdao North railway station with Shungshan in the city centre. ...
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NewsTesting starts on Bangkok’s Purple Line
THAILAND: On December 14 concessionaire Bangkok Metro Public Co started test running on the first section of the Purple Line in Bangkok, in the presence of Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. The 23 km elevated route linking Bang Yai in northwest Bangkok to Tao Pun in the city centre ...
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NewsHamburg S-Bahn trains take shape
GERMANY: The first of six pre-series dual-system EMUs for suburban operator S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH is expected to begin dynamic testing before the end of the year, according to manufacturer Bombardier.The trains are being assembled at Bombardier’s Hennigsdorf plant north of Berlin under a €327m contract placed by S-Bahn Hamburg’s parent ...
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NewsFreiburg expands its tram network
GERMANY: The latest expansion of the metre-gauge tram network in Freiburg was inaugurated on December 11 with a 1·6 km branch from Robert-Koch-Straße to the Technical Faculty of Universität Freiburg. Serving four stops, trams on this section of Route 4 run every 10 min. Construction began in 2013 and ...
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NewsKöln opens next section of light rail tunnel
GERMANY: The third phase of the Nord-Süd Stadtbahn project in Köln was inaugurated on December 12 at a ceremony attended by around 450 invited guests. Regular services began the following day. The 2·4 km section forms a branch off Route 16 at Schönhauser Straße, running north to Bonner Wall, ...
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NewsKiewit selected to renew Chicago Green Line track
USA: Chicago Transit Authority approved a $13m contract for the Green Line West Track Renewal Project on December 9. Lowest bidder Kiewit Infrastructure Co has been selected to replace the track between Laramie and Harlem/Lake stations at the western end of the CTA’s Green Line. Work on the 4 ...
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NewsCairo metro receives EBRD loan
EGYPT: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has agreed to provide a €100m loan to the National Authority for Tunnels, which will support the procurement of 13 trainsets to be used on Line 2 of the Cairo metro. The supplier would also maintain the trains, which are intended ...
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NewsBerlin S-Bahn operator chosen
GERMANY: Berlin’s Urban Development & Environment Senator Andreas Geisel announced on December 8 that following a competitive tendering process, DB subsidiary S-Bahn Berlin GmbH is to be awarded a further contract to operate the Berlin S-Bahn’s ‘Ring & Branches’ service group. The contract due to be signed on December ...