All Metro articles – Page 170
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NewsStockholm maintenance deals move responsibility to contractor
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority SL has awarded Strukton Rail new contracts totalling €340m to maintain the 106 km metro network and 65 km Roslagsbanan narrow gauge commuter line. The contracts run for five years from January 2013, with an option to extend for a further four years. They place ...
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NewsRoma metro opens Line B1
ITALY: Metropolitana di Roma has started commercial services on Line B1, which forms a northern branch off the existing Line B between Laurentina and Rebibbia. Diverging from a junction at Bologna, Line B1 currently runs for 3·9 km to Conca D'Oro. Designed to carry 24 000 passengers/h, the branch took ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - July 2012
Following a study of the Kolkata tramway undertaken by the Institute of Urban Transport, India’s Ministry of Urban Development has asked states to consider the use of trams for metro feeder services or to replace bus rapid transit. As part of a €12m street remodelling scheme, Stadtwerke München has begun ...
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NewsCeremony marks start of Sarmiento tunnelling
ARGENTINA: What Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo described as ‘the most important railway project of the last 100 years’ was officially launched in Buenos Aires on July 2. Under plans announced in 2006, a 33 km tunnel is to be bored between Moreno and Caballito in order ...
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NewsBombardier licenses Flexity 2 design to China South
CHINA: On July 5 Bombardier Transportation announced the conclusion of a technology licence agreement with the CSR Puzhen subsidiary of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp. Under the agreement, Bombardier will provide CSR Puzhen with a 10-year licence to use its technology to manufacture and sell Flexity 2 ...
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NewsDiesel locomotives delivered to New York subway
USA: MTA New York City Transit has taken delivery of the first of 28 diesel-electric locomotives ordered from MotivePower for use on works trains when the third rail power supply is turned off. Designated MP 8AC-3 by the manufacturer and R156 by NYCT, the 51 tonne locomotives have been specially-designed ...
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NewsUijeongbu inaugurates U Line light metro
SOUTH KOREA: An 11·1 km elevated light metro serving the city of Uijeongbu was officially opened for traffic on July 1, providing an east-west route connecting with north-south services on Seoul metro Line 1. With almost 500 000 inhabitants, Uijeongbu lies 20 km north of the South Korean capital. When ...
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NewsSound Transit sets budget and timescale for North Link project
USA: Seattle's Sound Transit board approved project scheduling and a $2·1bn budget for the North Link light rail extension from the University of Washington to Northgate on June 28. North Link will be a continuation of the 5·1 km Westlake - Capitol Hill - University of Washington extension, which is ...
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NewsOdense picks light rail consultants
DENMARK: Odense Municipality has selected Parsons Brinckerhoff to assist with project management for the city’s light rail project, which was one of the schemes outlined in the government’s latest public transport strategy unveiled on June 12. Under an agreement announced on July 2, the consultants will provide strategic and economic ...
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NewsUK must start developing tram-train now
UK: Detailed planning for tram-train projects should begin immediately rather than wait for the outcome of the recently-confirmed Sheffield - Rotherham pilot project, Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive of West Midlands transport authority Centro, told the All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group on June 13. The pilot scheme is scheduled to run ...
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NewsBrest tramway opens
FRANCE: Ceremonies took place on June 23 for the opening of the new tram line in Brest. The 14·3 km route runs from Porte de Plouzané in the west to Porte de Gouesnou and Porte de Guipavas northeast of the city centre, serving 28 stops including four park and ride ...
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NewsMumbai monorail independent assessor appointed
INDIA: The LTSE consortium of Larsen & Toubro and Scomi Engineering which is building the Mumbai monorail has appointed Mott MacDonald as independent assessor for testing and commissioning. Mott MacDonald will review plans and documentation, and undertake simulations to assess emergency procedures and equipment. LTSE is building the 19·7 ...
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NewsLion dance launches Shatin to Central Link construction
CHINA: A groundbreaking ceremony and lion dance officially launched construction of Hong Kong's HK$65bn Shatin to Central Link on June 22. The Hong Kong government's Chief Secretary for Administration Stephen Lam Sui-lung officiated at the ceremony, saying SCL would 'enhance the entire railway network by linking up several existing railway ...
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NewsNavi Mumbai metro tendering
INDIA: Tendering is underway for works on the first line of a planned 106 km metro network in Navi Mumbai, a satellite new city near Mumbai. Preliminary works began last year for the initial 11·1 km Belapur - Pendher phase of Line 2, which will be the first line to ...
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NewsSão Paulo commuter operator orders Sygnet diesel locos
BRAZIL: São Paulo commuter rail operator CPTM has ordered an initial batch of four diesel locomotives from local manufacturer EIF Locomotivas, with an option for more locos. CPTM operates six lines totalling 260 route-km, serving 89 stations, and carries more than 1·7 million passengers a day. The 1 600 mm ...
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NewsMülheim exercises Essen tram option
GERMANY: Mülheim transport operator MVG has ordered five Flexity Classic trams from Bombardier Transportation for delivery in 2015, exercising a €13m option on a €72m contract for 27 trams which was signed by Essen operator EVAG in December 2011. The trams for Mülheim will be identical to the Essen vehicles, ...
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NewsPrototype metro trains and more trams approved
GERMANY: The board of Berlin urban transport operator BVG approved plans to order two prototype metro trains and exercise an option for a further 39 trams at its meeting on June 22. The Land of Berlin is to provide €158m to fund an order for new U-Bahn trains to replace ...
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NewsBerlin S-Bahn split to go ahead
GERMANY: Meeting on June 19, the Berlin Senate voted to push ahead with controversial proposals to split the city’s S-Bahn network into three separate businesses in order to introduce competition when tendering the next round of operating concessions. Bids are expected to be called later this month for a ...
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NewsEnergy storage offers Macau metro 10% saving
CHINA: Hitachi is to supply 15 lineside battery energy storage systems for the rubber-tyred light metro under construction in Macau. Hitachi says this will be the first metro to use lineside battery energy storage along its entire route, and it expects this to reduce electricity consumption by ...
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NewsWork starts on Midland Metro extension
UK: Work on the extension of the Midland Metro light rail route that will link Snow Hill and New Street stations in the centre of Birmingham was launched by Transport Minister Norman Baker on June 13. With utility diversion now underway, the 1·4 km route running via Bull Street and ...