All Metro articles – Page 166
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NewsTrams ordered as Olsztyn starts construction
POLAND: Representatives from the city of Olsztyn signed a €30m contract with Solaris Bus & Coach on September 21 for the supply of 15 low-floor trams to operate on Poland's first new tram system in 55 years. Due for delivery in 2014, the bidirectional Tramino cars will be 29·3 m ...
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NewsLyon tram-train service launched
FRANCE: SNCF began operating tram-train services from Lyon Saint-Paul to Sain-Bel on September 24, following an official opening ceremony two days before. On weekdays there is now a service every 30 min, increasing to every 15 min between Lyon and L'Arbresle during the peaks. It is hoped that ridership ...
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NewsSingapore to support Mauritian Light Rapid Transit plan
MAURITIUS: The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has appointed a group of organisations from Singapore to develop an 'action plan' for the construction of a rail-based light rapid transit line between Port Louis and Curepipe. The project aims to establish new transit corridors to relieve the main road arteries. The proposed ...
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NewsLast section of Noord/Zuidlijn nears completion
NETHERLANDS: The first of three sections forming the immersed tunnel that will carry Amsterdam’s north-south metro line under the River IJ is due to be moved into position on September 25. Weighing 12 000 tonnes, the 140 m long tunnel section will be moved into position at Sixhaven on the ...
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NewsFirst Tango for Stuttgart
GERMANY: The first of 20 high-floor DT8.12 LRVs that Stadler Pankow is supplying to Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen was unveiled at InnoTrans on September 20. Once the manufacturer has completed testing, the cars are to be handed over to the operator for acceptance trials. ‘Stuttgart has an interesting, demanding topography from the ...
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NewsSiemens opens the Crystal
UK: Siemens opened its first centre for sustainable urban development in London on September 19, built at a cost of €35m to provide ‘a conference centre, urban dialogue platform and technology and innovation centre all in one’. Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and named ‘the Crystal’ after its distinctive shape, ...
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NewsGmunden metre-gauge extension backed
AUSTRIA: Gmunden council has given its backing to a proposal to divert the Traunseebahn local railway from its current terminus at Seebahnhof to Klosterplatz closer to the town centre. The 14·9 km metre gauge electrified line from Vorchdorf to Gmunden is operated by Stern & Hafferl and recently celebrated its ...
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NewsGera tram go-ahead
GERMANY: Following the completion of technical studies, on September 4 Mayor Viola Hahn announced the go-ahead for a planned €53m Phase 2 expansion of Gera’s metre gauge tram network. Subject to the Land of Thüringen approving funding later this year, contracts could be awarded in January 2013 ...
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NewsChemistry tram on tour
POLAND: To celebrate the International Year of Chemistry, Warszawa Trams has been operating a special Chemical Tram, which has been roaming the city’s network making presentations to school children. Staff on the open wagon towed by a decorated works vehicle conducted a range of spectacular experiments, demonstrating ...
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NewsSiemens wins Klang Valley driverless train contract
MALAYSIA: Mass Rapid Transit Corp announced the winners of five major contracts worth a total of 3⋅474bn ringgit for the Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line on September 14. Scheduled to open in 2017, the 51 km SBK Line will have 31 stations serving 1⋅2 million people in the Greater Kuala ...
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NewsIstanbul opens line M3
TURKEY: A new metro line serving the northwest of the Istanbul metropolitan area was opened without ceremony on September 10, just a few weeks after the inauguration of Line M4 between Kadiköy and Kartal on the Asian side of the city. The Y-shaped Line M3 runs entirely underground for a ...
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NewsSiemens and Stadler form Berlin S-Bahn bid consortium
GERMANY: Siemens and Stadler Pankow have formed a consortium to put forward a joint bid to supply and maintain new trains for the future Berlin S-Bahn's 'Ring & Branches' operating concession. The Berlin Senate plans to award three concessions covering operation of East-West, North-South and Ring & Branches S-Bahn services, ...
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NewsQuito metro studies completed
ECUADOR: Madrid Metro has completed design studies for a 22 km metro line in Quito, delivering on September 11 documentation for civil works, 13 of the route’s 15 stations, power supplies and other systems. Tendering for this work was expected to start ‘immediately’, according to Mayor of Quito Augusto Barrera. ...
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NewsTendering starts for Porto Alegre metro
BRAZIL: Bidders have until November 12 to present their proposals for building a 14⋅8 km metro line in the city of Porto Alegre, following the launch of tendering on September 10. The preferred submission for civil works, rolling stock, signalling and other aspects of system design would then form the ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem wins Hyderabad metro rolling stock contract
INDIA: Hyderabad metro design, build, finance, operate and transfer concessionaire Larsen & Toubro Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Rs18bn contract to supply 57 three-car trainsets. The three-line network totalling 72 km is currently under construction and is expected to open in phases from late 2014 to ...
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NewsMaximising metro maintenance efficiency
USA: Baltimore Metro train maintenance staff are using interactive kiosks as an efficient way of accessing previously under-utilised documentation and software and to improve internal communications. Developed by ScreenPlay Interactive and hardware supplier Inelect at the suggestion of Jason Lurz, Director, Metro Operations, at Maryland Transit Administration, the kiosks have ...
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NewsSingapore LTA orders metro rolling stock
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded a consortium of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang a S$281⋅5m contract to supply 22 six-car Type C151B metro trainsets for the North-South and East-West lines. Delivery is scheduled for 2015-16. This is the third rolling stock contract to be awarded to these ...
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NewsIntegrated depot brings Saarbahn facilities to one site
GERMANY: Stadtbahn Saar officially opened its €26m depot at Lebach on September 3, replacing a site in Saarbrücken which was 'temporarily' leased from Deutsche Bahn when Saarbahn light rail services were launched in 1997. The depot brings light rail vehicle maintenance, stabling and cleaning together on one site, alongside office ...
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NewsPesa trams for Szczecin expansion plan
POLAND: Pesa was the sole bidder for a contract to supply trams for a planned extension of the Szczecin network. Part of Pesa’s Swing family, the 22 low-floor unidirectional trams will cost 150m zloty, including technical support. They will be 31·12 m long and 2 400 mm wide, with 40 ...
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NewsDowntown Line tunnel completed
SINGAPORE: Alpine Construction Co announced on September 10 that it had completed the first of six tunnels it is building for the Downtown Line metro line under a €400m contract. Boring of the 6·6 m diameter tunnel between Tan Kah Kee and Sixth Avenue stations reached a rate of 93 ...