All Metro articles – Page 143
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NewsHoek van Holland light rail vehicle order placed
NETHERLANDS: Rotterdam transport authority RET has exercised a €66m option with Bombardier Transportation for a further 16 Flexity Swift light rail vehicles. These are to be delivered in 2016 for use on the Schiedam Centrum - Hoek van Holland Strand route which is to be converted from heavy rail ...
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NewsNew section of Moscow metro Line 8 opens
RUSSIA: A section of Moscow metro Line 8 opened on January 31 from Delovoy Centr to Park Pobedy. The 3·5 km section is not yet connected to the rest of the line; the section between the current western terminus of Tretyakovskaya and Delovoy Centr is due to open next ...
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NewsMumbai monorail opens
INDIA: The Mumbai monorail was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on February 1, with passenger service starting the following day. The first phase is an 8·9 km section from Wadala to Chembur with seven stations and an end-to-end journey time of 20 min. Construction, undertaken by a ...
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NewsFeature articles in the February 2014 issue of Railway Gazette International
Comment Concerns grow over crude oil safety News Main Line Urban Rail Market Industry InnovationsPointers Analysis Fourth Railway Package’s plenary reading moves closerDebunking the social dumping mythIndia welcomes foreign fundingCzech bidders still waitingNetwork Rail debt goes back on the booksSafety drive bears fruitChina changes import rulesSouth ...
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NewsBangalore metro Phase 2 approved
INDIA: The government approved Phase 2 of the Bangalore metro on January 30. This will add two new lines to the two being built under Phase 1. Ridership in 2041 is forecast at 502 000 passengers/day on the planned RV Road – Bommasandra line and 619 000 passengers/day on ...
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NewsGRP electrification mast on test
BELGIUM: A glass-fibre reinforced plastic overhead electrification mast developed by Austrian company Powerlines Group is undergoing testing at an exposed location on the coastal tram route operated by De Lijn. The manufacturer says its patented GRP mast offers server advantages over steel or reinforced concrete equivalents. It is entirely non-conductive, ...
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News'Click and collect' at London Underground stations
UK: Transport for London has reached agreements with supermarket chains and a parcel locker company for the introduction of 'click and collect' facilities at London Underground stations, enabling passengers to pick up goods ordered online. This follows a trial which supermarket Asda began at six station car parks in November. ...
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NewsAustin launches mobile ticketing
USA: Austin light rail and bus operator Capital Metro has launched a mobile ticketing system for the Texas state capital. Supplied by Bytemark, the CapMetro app can be loaded on Apple, Android and Windows devices, as well as the user management platform and backend reporting system. Passengers can buy ...
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NewsTrams come to Oldham town centre
UK: Manchester Metrolink services started running to Oldham town centre on January 27 with the opening of a loop on the Manchester – Rochdale line. The on-street loop leaves the former Manchester – Oldham railway alignment near the Westwood business park, before running north along Featherstall Road and Middleton ...
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NewsStern & Hafferl orders Tramlink light rail vehicles
AUSTRIA: Local transport operator Stern & Hafferl signed a €30m order for 11 Vossloh Tramlink V3 light rail vehicles on January 27. The metre-gauge LRVs will enter service in 2016 on the steep-graded Gmunden tramway, the Traunseebahn local railway between Gmunden and Vorchdorf and the Attergaubahn from Vöcklamarkt to Attersee. ...
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NewsHong Kong rolling stock contracts awarded
CHINA: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has awarded two contracts for 148 new metro cars and the modification of 348 existing cars for the East West Corridor section of the Shatin – Central Link. The contracts, announced on January 24, are the final two orders for rolling stock for the East ...
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NewsCrenshaw/LAX line breaks ground
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Crenshaw/LAX light rail line was held in Los Angeles on January 21 at Crenshaw station on the Expo Line. The 13·7 km north–south line will link the existing Expo and Green lines, serving the Crenshaw Corridor, Inglewood, Westchester and the area around Los ...
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NewsIsolux Corsán wins Santiago metro contract
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has awarded Isolux Corsán a €75m, 28-month contract for the construction of a section of Santiago metro Line 3. The scope of the agreement includes the boring of a 3·7 km tunnel under the Mapocho River using the new Austrian tunnelling method, as well as ...
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NewsEfacec wins Dublin tram contract
IRELAND: Efacec has been awarded a €25m contract covering E&M systems for the Luas Cross City tram line in Dublin. This includes substations, remote power control, electrical installations, signalling, fleet management, communications, CCTV and a control centre. The Cross City line would link the existing Red and Green ...
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NewsNizhny Novgorod metro extension to start soon
RUSSIA: Nizhny Novgorod city authorities announced on January 17 that construction of the Sormovskaya Line extension to Strelka will begin in April. Construction is expected to cost €261m. A further extension from Strelka to Meshcherskoye Ozero is also planned, as well as a northern extension of the Avtozavodskaya Line ...
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NewsShenzhen plans metro extension and light rail
CHINA: On January 20 MTR Corp signed a strategic co-operation framework agreement with the Longhua New District Administration Commission for an extension of Shenzhen metro Line 4, which MTR operates, and construction of a light rail line. The proposed metro extension, intended to serve the growing population in Longhua ...
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NewsFirst Škoda tram enters service in Miskolc
HUNGARY: The first of 31 Škoda Transportation 26T trams has entered passenger service in Miskolc. City transport operator MVK and the Ganz-Škoda consortium signed a KC1·85bn contract for 31 trams in February 2012. This also includes an option for 10 years of servicing worth KC200m. The first vehicle ...
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NewsAlstom to open Brazilian tram factory
BRAZIL: Alstom Transport is to open a tram factory at the group’s existing hydropower manufacturing site in Taubaté. The 16 000 m² plant, to be operational from December 2014, will manufacture trams for the Latin American market. Alstom is to invest €15m in the project. ‘The tramway is gaining ...
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NewsMilano interurban tram line to reopen
ITALY: The Milano – Seregno interurban tram line, out of use since 2011, is to be brought back into operation from 2016. The route from Niguarda to Desio, which closed in 2011, is to be realigned to run in a road median strip, and the Desio – Seregno section ...
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NewsStuttgart orders more Tangos
GERMANY: Stuttgart transport operator Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen has exercised an option for an additional 20 S-DT8.12 light rail vehicles from Stadler Pankow, the manufacturer announced on January 13. The order is worth €73m including spare parts. SSB placed an initial order for 20 LRVs in early 2010, the first of ...