All Metro articles – Page 142

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    Urban rail news in brief - February 2014

    2014-02-25T07:00:00Z

    The Brazilian state of São Paulo has approved R$7·4bn in metro and rail investment for 2017 as part of a wider R$16·2bn transport infrastructure investment plan. Moscow metro’s Brateyevo depot on Line 2 opened on January 15. The metro is to spend 16·8bn roubles on depot modernisation, including sites ...

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    Foxtrot tram for Moscow unveiled

    2014-02-24T15:08:00Z

    RUSSIA: Pesa revealed its first tram for Moscow on February 21. The new 1 524 mm gauge low-floor tram is branded Foxtrot, and will be delivered to the Russian capital next month. Moscow ordered 120 trams from Pesa in co-operation with Uraltransmash in June 2013, with deliveries to take ...

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    First electric train runs in Adelaide

    2014-02-24T12:49:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: The first electric train in Adelaide ran on February 23, marking the completion of electrification between Adelaide main line station and the newly opened southern terminus at Seaford. The 1 600 mm gauge line, electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz, was hitherto known as the Noarlunga Line, but ...

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    Government consults on privatisation options

    2014-02-24T11:55:00Z

    PORTUGAL: Responses are due by March 7 under stakeholder consultation being undertaken by the government on options for involving the private sector in the operation of public transport services currently provided by state-owned companies Carris and Metropolitano de Lisboa. This is being undertaken in line with the terms of a ...

  • Haliç metro bridge across the Golden Horn in Istanbul.
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    Golden Horn metro bridge opens

    2014-02-18T13:41:00Z

    TURKEY: A 3·5 km extension of Istanbul metro line M2 from Sishane to Yenikapi including the Haliç metro bridge across the Golden Horn was opened by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Febraury 15. The US$671m extension connects the two parts of the European side of the city. There are ...

  • The first rail weld was ignited by Mayor of Mesa, Scott Smith, and East Valley Institute of Technology welding student, Sierra Jennings.
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    Students attend Central Mesa light rail welding

    2014-02-18T10:14:00Z

    USA: Welding students from the East Valley Institute of Technology watched and assisted with the welding of the first rails for the Central Mesa light rail extension of the Valley Metro in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 8. The process was described to the students by the Valley Transit Constructors ...

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    München to double transport investment

    2014-02-18T05:00:00Z

    GERMANY: München utility body SWM and transport operator MVG have announced planned investments of €335m for 2014. This is more than double the investment made in 2013. The budget includes €175m for new metro cars, including completion of payments for the Siemens C2 trainsets ordered in 2010. A tender ...

  • Nantes tram-trains (foreground) will not share tracks with the city's urban tram network (rear) (Photo: Jean-Paul Masse).
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    Nantes - Châteaubriant tram-train launches this month

    2014-02-17T09:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Tram-train services on a 64 km route linking Nantes and Châteaubriant are to be launched by SNCF on February 28. The tram-train service will use part of a former Nantes - Rennes railway route which originally opened in 1877. The Nantes - Châteaubriant section closed to passenger traffic in ...

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    Nagpur metro approved

    2014-02-17T08:00:00Z

    INDIA: The government has given final approval to the Nagpur metro, which will see two lines totalling 38 km opening by 2020. The first route is to connect Automotive Chowk with Mihan, where an international airport is being built. The second would run between Prajapati Nagar and ...

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    Lima metro Line 2 prequalification

    2014-02-14T11:00:00Z

    PERU: Investment agency ProInversión has prequalified three consortia for the concession to build, operate and maintain Lima metro Line 2. Award of the 35-year, US$5·7bn concession is scheduled for February 28. The prequalified consortia are: Consorcio Nuevo Metro de Lima: ACS, FCC Construcción, Impregilo, AnsaldoBreda, Cosapi; Consorcio Metro Subterráneo ...

  • The sensors have been fitted to Bombardier Cityrunner trams.
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    Smart trams in Linz

    2014-02-14T09:40:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Linz Linien, Kapsch CarrierCom and Bombardier have announced the results of a ‘smart tram’ pilot project which began in September. Sensors were fitted to 23 Bombardier Cityrunner trams. These collected data on 50 parameters and transmitted them to the operations control centre for analysis. The results were then ...

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    Ankara opens metro line M3

    2014-02-13T09:36:00Z

    TURKEY: Ankara metro line M3 opened on February 12 with a ceremony attended by President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Governor of Ankara Melih Gökçek, Minister of Transport Lütfi Elvan and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The 15·5 km line starts at Batıkent at the end of ...

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    Kochi metro agrees French loan

    2014-02-11T15:11:00Z

    INDIA: Kochi Metro Rail Ltd and Agence Française de Développement signed a €180m long-term loan agreement on February 8 to finance the first phase of the Kochi metro. The 25 km elevated north-south line would run from Aluva to Petta with 22 stations. Tenders for 25 standard-gauge ...

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    Bangkok metro projects face mixed outlook

    2014-02-11T09:22:00Z

    THAILAND: Work on urban rail projects in Bangkok is continuing amid the ongoing political turmoil, interim Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt reported following a tour of construction sites in the city on February 5. Sittipunt provided a progress report on three metro projects. These were the extensions of the Blue Line ...

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    Sound Transit approves 2014 budget

    2014-02-11T07:00:00Z

    USA: Seattle’s Sound Transit has approved a 2014 budget of $1·1bn. This includes $146·9m for construction of the University Link, $141·1m for East Link final design, and $138·6m for Northgate Link Extension tunnelling and station construction. Another $31·2m will continue project development for light rail extensions south from South ...

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    Linz orders more Cityrunner trams

    2014-02-10T14:10:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Linz Linien has ordered six more Cityrunner 100% low-floor trams for €19m, Bombardier Transportation announced on February 10. The trams, from Bombardier’s Flexity family, are to be manufactured in Wien. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid-2015. The trams will be 40 m long and 2 300 mm ...

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    Salvador metro train order

    2014-02-10T12:23:00Z

    BRAZIL: Salvador metro PPP concessionaire CCR has ordered 49 four-car trainsets from a consortium of Hyundai Rotem and Iesa. The cars are to be assembled in Iesa’s Araraquara plant, with some components manufactured in South Korea. They will join the six trainsets built by a Mitsui-Rotem consortium that were ...

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    Rail plus property project gets underway

    2014-02-10T07:00:00Z

    CHINA: MTR Corp has begun construction of its first rail plus property project in mainland China, based on the model it has used in Hong Kong. MTR Corp is paying a premium of 2bn yuan to develop the site above the Longhua depot on Shenzhen Metro Line 4, which ...

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    Paris regional transport authority approves €787m budget

    2014-02-08T07:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Paris regional transport authority STIF has approved an investment budget of €787m for 2014, including a new funding agreement for the extension of metro Line 14 to Mairie de Saint-Ouen. The €450m cost of the project, including four new stations and a depot, is to be met by ...

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    Bombardier wins Crossrail train contract

    2014-02-06T10:28:00Z

    UK: Bombardier Transportation has beaten bids from Hitachi and CAF to be selected for the contract to supply and maintain trains and a depot for London's Crossrail project, the Department for Transport and Transport for London announced on February 6. With a capital value of £1bn, the 32-year contract is ...