All Metro articles – Page 173
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NewsTianjin metro train deliveries
CHINA: CNR Dalian has begun delivering 23 six-car Type B trains for Tianjin metro Line 2. The air-conditioned trains have a total capacity of 1832 passengers and top speed of 80 km/h. They will be equipped for automatic train operation, with 2 min headways. The 22·8 km east-west ...
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NewsDen Haag tram refubishment launches PanLed lighting
NETHERLANDS: Den Haag tram operator HTM is the launch customer for the PanLed LED lights developed by Belgian firm KST Lighting. PanLed is designed for both new build vehicles and as a direct replacement for fluorescent lights on existing stock. The lights offer uniform lighting across their surface, high reliability, ...
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NewsLondon Underground selects Bank bidders
UK: Four bidders have been shortlisted to undertake ‘one of London Underground’s biggest and most complex projects’, LU announced on April 24, a package of works to increase capacity at Bank station including a new southbound running tunnel for the Northern Line. The prequalified bidders are: BFK Joint Venture ...
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NewsBombardier preferred bidder for BART contract
USA: At its meeting on April 26, the Bay Area Rapid Transit District board is due to consider a recommendation to select Bombardier Transportation as the preferred bidder to supply its new fleet of metro cars. Because the Bombardier bid represents such ‘good value’, according to BART, the board will ...
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NewsBombardier opens Hortolândia monorail factory
BRAZIL: Bombardier Transportation inaugurated a US$15m monorail train manufacturing plant at its Hortolândia site in São Paulo state on April 13. The US$15m facility has been developed over 18 months as the company's global centre for monorails, and will serve local and export markets. Technology has been transferred from Bombardier's ...
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NewsMTR Corp awards signalling, track and electrification contracts
CHINA: Hong Kong's MTR Corp has awarded Alstom contracts with a total value of €71m covering the supply of signalling, track and electrification systems for two metro projects. The track and electrification contracts announced on April 17 are the first which Alstom has won in Hong Kong. One contract covers ...
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NewsSun Link streetcar construction begins in Tucson
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in Tucson, Arizona, on April 12 for a ceremony to launch major construction works for the Tucson Modern Streetcar project and unveil the Sun Link branding for the new line. The 6·2 km route will run on-street from Arizona Health Sciences Center via the ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro deliveries begin
ARGENTINA: The initial 10 of a new fleet of metro cars being built by China CNR Corp for Buenos Aires metro Line A arrived in Argentina on April 11. The first of the cars had been rolled out in Shanghai in February. The yellow and grey exterior livery and yellow ...
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NewsLines 3 and 4 take Montpellier tram network to 56 km
FRANCE: Passengers began using lines 3 and 4 of the Montpellier light rail network on April 7, following an official opening ceremony the day before. Line 3 runs for 19·8 km from Juvignac in the west of the city to Pérols-Etang de l'Or in the southeast, with a branch from ...
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NewsWellington light rail cost estimate
NEW ZEALAND: A review by AECOM has estimated that the cost of building a light rail system in Wellington would range from NZ$12m to NZ$141m per km. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown made the introduction of light rail by 2020 a major part of her campaign platform, and says the NZ$400m cost ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou awarded Ampang Line train contract
MALAYSIA: Lowest bidder CSR Zhuzhou has won a 530m ringgit contract to supply 20 trainsets for the 27 km Ampang Line metro in Kuala Lumpur, which is being extended by 17·7 km to Putra Heights. The six-car trains will each have a capacity of 1 308 passengers and a maximum ...
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NewsAlstom to resignal Amsterdam metro network
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam municipality has awarded Alstom a €100m contract to resignal the 43 km four-line metro network and supply signalling for the North-South line which is currently under construction. The contract announced on April 5 covers signalling, train control and train supervision systems and associated communications. Alstom said its Urbalis ...
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NewsWuxi metro Line 1 train order
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou signed a contract to supply 23 six-car trains for the future Wuxi metro Line 1 on March 21. Deliveries are scheduled to run from March 2013 to June 2014, when trial running on the 30·5 km line is scheduled to start. The Type B ...
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NewsExpress tram service launched in Bremen
GERMANY: Limited-stop 'express' services are being operated during the morning peak on an 4·1 km extension of Bremen tram Route 1 which opened with start of city transport operator BSAG's new timetable on March 26. Route 1 has been extended from Züricher Straße, which has been renamed Schweizer Eck, via ...
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NewsNorth Shore Connector opens
USA: Regular services on Pittsburgh's 1·9 km North Shore Connector extension of the T light rail line began on March 25, following inauguration ceremonies two days before. The Connector runs through a twin-bore tunnel under the Allegheny River to link the city centre with the North Shore area, a developing ...
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NewsRejuvenated Blackpool tramway reopens
UK: Transport Minister Norman Baker officially reopened the Blackpool tramway on April 3, following a four-year project to revitalise the only traditional tram line to have survived in the UK. The first journey carried 40 'golden ticket' competition winners, with regular passenger services scheduled to start the following day. ...
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NewsWien metro line U1 to be extended to Oberlaa
AUSTRIA: The Wien city authorities have selected the spa at Oberlaa rather than Rothneusiedl as the southern terminus of a planned extension to metro line U1, saying this would serve a larger population. The decision, announced on March 21, will enable main works on the €600m project to begin this ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - April 2012
MPK Lódz formally takes over responsibility for operating the city’s entire tram network from April 1, resuming control of the Podmiejskie and Miedzygminna interurban lines which were split off in 1993. The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso has launched a tender to design and build two light rail lines in ...
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NewsNew York MTA selects Bombardier to supply 300 metro cars
USA: The New York MTA board selected lowest bidder Bombardier for a contract to supply 300 metro cars on March 28. Bombardier's bid of $600m beat a rival offer from a consortium of Alstom and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. From late 2016 the R179 cars will replace R32 vehicles which entered ...
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NewsShatin to Central Link approved
CHINA: Hong Kong's Chief Executive-in-Council formally approved the 17 km Shatin to Central Link on March 27. The Legislative Council is expected to authorise funding for the estimated HK$64·9bn metro project before its summer recess, enabling construction to start in mid-2012. Although developed as one project, the SCL is to ...