All Metro articles – Page 122
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NewsValencia metro Line 9 opens
SPAIN: An opening ceremony for Valencia metro Line 9 took place on March 6 after a month of test running. The inaugural passenger service from Riba-roja del Túria departed at 13.05. Line 9 includes a 9·5 km, four-station branch off the western end of lines 3 and 5 at ...
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NewsWarszawa opens second metro line
POLAND: The second line of the Warszawa metro opened on March 8 with the departure of the inaugural train from Świętokrzyska at 9.40. Although no official opening ceremony took place, the first train carried Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, and travel was free on the first day of service, and 233 000 ...
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NewsStation navigation app for visually impaired people
UK: A six-week trial due to end on March 13 aims to assist blind and partially sighted people to navigate London Underground stations independently through a smartphone app. The prototype Wayfindr app has been developed by ustwo in response to the Royal London Society for Blind People’s Youth Forum. ...
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NewsStockholm metro train design unveiled
SWEDEN: Bombardier Transportation revealed the design of its articulated Movia C30 metro trainsets for the Stockholm metro Red Line at EurasiaRail 2015 in Istanbul on March 6. The air-conditioned trains feature three sets of double doors per car rather than two, as well as a reconfigured seating layout, to ...
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NewsCaracas metro welcomes refurbished trains
VENEZUELA: The first refurbished first-generation train has entered passenger service on Line 2 of the Caracas metro following six months of work. The oldest trains on the metro, built by Alsthom Atlantique, date from the early 1980s and have run for more than 3 million km. The entire fleet ...
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NewsSilom Line extension options announced
THAILAND: The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced three options for the alignment of the Silom Line metro extension on March 3. In December the city’s Traffic & Transport Office awarded a 40m baht contract to TEAM Consulting Engineering & Management Co for a feasibility study into extending the line north ...
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NewsJakarta metro trains ordered
INDONESIA: MRT Jakarta has awarded Sumitomo Corp and Nippon Sharyo a ¥13bn contract for the supply of 16 six-car trainsets for the first line of the Jakarta metro. The trainsets will be designed according to the Standard Urban Railway System for Asia specification. This was developed by Japanese railway ...
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NewsSt Petersburg orders more Škoda metro cars
RUSSIA: Škoda Transportation subsidiary OOO Vagonmaš has been selected to supply eight six-car trainsets for St Petersburg metro Line 3. The 3·8bn rouble contract is expected to be signed in the next few days. The vehicles will be lighter than those of the metro’s existing fleet, thanks to the ...
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NewsOttawa O-Train relaunches as Trillium Line
CANADA: Ottawa’s C$60·3m O-Train capacity expansion project was officially completed on March 2, with the entry into service of six Alstom Coradia Lint 41 diesel multiple-units. However, the launch was delayed by a points failure, and services were suspended the following day owing to signalling problems. The line has ...
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NewsAlstom inaugurates Brazilian tram factory
BRAZIL: Alstom has inaugurated its latest tram factory in Taubaté. Alstom has invested about €15m in the 16 000 m² plant, which is intended to serve the Brazilian market and wider Latin America region. When fully operational, the facility will employ around 150 people and will be able to ...
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NewsTorino approves western metro extension
ITALY: Torino city council has approved the final design for the western extension of metro Line 1. The 3·4 km extension of the VAL driverless metro would bring the line to Cascine Vica with three intermediate stations. The easternmost of these, Certosa, will provide an interchange with Collegno main ...
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NewsBremen ticketing upgrade
GERMANY: Init is to modernise the ticketing system used on trams and buses in Bremen by the end of 2017. The upgrade includes the replacement of mobile and stationary ticket vending machines and printers, as well as the installation of a boarding control system. These will be installed on ...
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NewsHands-free mobile ticketing demonstration
TICKETING: A proof-of-concept smartphone rail ticketing app which would not require passengers take their phones out of their pockets is being developed by New York-based transport and event payment technology specialist Bytemark. Ticket gates would use Bluetooth wireless technology to communicate with the app as the passenger walks through the ...
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NewsCairo Line 3 Phase 4 contracts awarded
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has signed contracts for fit-out and signalling for the 5·7 km Phase 4A eastern extension of Cairo metro Line 3 to Cairo International Airport. The infrastructure contract was awarded to a consortium of Alstom, Colas Rail, Orascom and Arabco. Alstom has an €80m ...
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NewsMTR tests body-worn cameras
CHINA: In response to confrontations between staff and the public, Hong Kong MTR’s By-laws Inspection Unit testing the use of body-worn cameras. BIU staff will turn on their cameras when they see a need to record a situation, advising passengers that they have done so. MTR Corp says all ...
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NewsSydney is first Citadis X05 tram customer
AUSTRALIA: The ALTRAC Light Rail consortium announced on February 25 that it had achieved financial close on the A$2·1bn PPP contract to build, operate and maintain Sydney’s CBD & South East Light Rail line. ALTRAC Light Rail, then called Connecting Sydney, was selected as preferred bidder in October and ...
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NewsTfL plans to replace Oyster smart card technology
UK: Transport for London is exploring options to replace the technology which is currently used inside its Oyster smart cards. Under the proposal, future Oyster cards would incorporate the contactless payment card technology which is used by bank credit and debit cards. This would allow fare payments to be handled ...
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NewsKraków tests supercapacitor tram
POLAND: MPK Kraków started test running of a Solaris Tramino 100% low-floor tram on February 23. The vehicle will operate for three months on Route 1 of the standard gauge network, which links Nowa Huta and the city centre. Powered by four 105 kW asynchronous traction motors, the tram ...
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NewsDoha metro project management contract
QATAR: Qatar Rail has awarded a joint venture of Louis Berger and Egis Rail a US$79m project management contract for part of the Doha metro. The contract covers the elevated and at-grade sections of the Red and Green lines being built as part of Phase 1, which have a ...
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NewsTel Aviv interchange shortlist
ISRAEL: Project authority NTA has shortlisted four consortia to construct the underground Carlibach station on the planned Tel Aviv light metro network: Sikun & Binui Solel Boneh Infrastructure and China Railway Tunnel Group; Shapir Civil & Marine Engineering and Ghella Impresa Pizzarotti; Dania Sivus and China Civil Engineering Construction Corp; ...