All Metro articles – Page 182
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NewsThe Tide comes in
USA: The Tide light rail line in Norfolk, Virginia, opened on August 19. More than 46 000 people took advantage of free rides during the first two days, far more than anticipated, and so the planned three days of free travel was extended until August 28. The 11·8 km line ...
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NewsStadler wins London Tramlink tram order
UK: Stadler Rail has won a contract to supply six Variobahn trams to increase capacity on the Tramlink light rail system in south London, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced on August 18. The first of the new trams is scheduled to be delivered 'this winter' and all will enter ...
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NewsKwun Tong Line extension project launched
CHINA: A pig roast and 'energetic hip-hop dancing' by youth groups accompanied the groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong MTR's Kwun Tong Line extension on July 25. Scheduled to open in 2015, the 2·6 km extension will run in tunnel from Yau Ma Tei to serve two new stations at Ho ...
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NewsCSR awarded Nanjing metro train contract
CHINA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen signed its largest order in recent years on July 27, a 3·13bn yuan contract to supply a total of 402 metro cars for Nanjing Lines 3 and 10 ready for when the city hosts the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Line 3 will get 46 six-car Type ...
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NewsPoznan fast tram extension contract
POLAND: A contract to extend Poznan's Poznanski Szybki Tramwaj express tram line by 2 km and two stops south to a new terminus at the current platform 7 of Poznan Glówny station been awarded to ZUE. EU sources are meeting half of the 77m zloty cost of the project, ...
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NewsLinz inaugurates Leonding tram extension
AUSTRIA: Celebrations were held on August 13 to mark the opening of a 5·3 km extension of Linz’s 900 mm gauge tram network. Under construction since 2009 at a cost of €140m, the line running southwest to Leonding is the first to be built outside the city boundary and ...
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NewsMakkah metro expansion plan
SAUDI ARABIA: On August 10 Makkah municipality's development organisation AlBalad AlAmeen Co announced plans to hold a 'market sounding' exercise for the development of four more metro lines in the city. Expressions of interest will be invited in the third quarter of this year, with construction to begin in 2013 ...
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NewsManaus monorail contract awarded
BRAZIL: The state of Amazonas has awarded a R$1·46bn contract to build a 20 km straddle monorail in the city of Manaus to a consortium of Scomi, CR Almeida, Mendes Junior and Serveng-Civilsan. The line from Largo da Matriz to Jorge Teixeira will have nine stations and a capacity of ...
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NewsS-bane signalling deal confirmed
DENMARK: Siemens confirmed on August 5 that it had been awarded a contract by national infrastructure manager Banedanmark for complete renewal of the signalling for the København S-bane commuter rail network, together with maintenance for 25 years. The company said the €252m deal was ‘the biggest rail automation order that ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - August 2011
The first rail was laid on the T7 tram route in Paris at a ceremony on June 29. Due to open by the end of 2013, the 112 km route will link the Line 7 metro terminus at Villejuif-Louis Aragon with Athis-Mons via Orly airport. A future ...
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NewsMetro de Santiago orders more trains
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has awarded a US$144m firm order for CAF to supply a further 12 nine-car trainsets in 2012-13 for use on lines 1, 2 and 5. The rubber-tyred trains will be equipped for CBTC and unlike previous vehicles for Santiago will feature air-conditioning. The contract announced on ...
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NewsSalt Lake City launches two TRAX extensions
USA: Celebrations are being held in Salt Lake County on August 3 to mark the completion of Utah Transit Authority's Mid-Jordan and West Valley TRAX light rail extensions, with free rides being offered on both routes. The two lines are being built as part of UTA's Frontlines 2015 expansion programme, ...
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NewsSão Paulo Line 5 expansion gets underway
BRAZIL: São Paulo state governor Geraldo Alckmin officially launched work on an 11·5 km extension of Metrô de São Paulo's 8·4 km Line 5 on July 23. An initial one-station extension from Largo 13 to Adolfo Pinheiro has been under construction using NATM since September 2009, and is scheduled for ...
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NewsRATP buys Manchester Metrolink operator
UK: The RATP Dev UK Ltd subsidiary of Groupe RATP bought Manchester light rail operator Stagecoach Metrolink Ltd from Stagecoach Group on August 1. SML operates and maintains the Metrolink network under a 10-year contract with Transport for Greater Manchester which runs to July 2017. There are currently four Metrolink ...
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NewsFoothill Extension contract awarded
USA: Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority announced on July 27 that it had awarded the Foothill Transit Constructors joint venture of Kiewit and Parsons a US$485m contract to design and build the 18·3 km extension of the Los Angeles light rail Gold Line from East Pasadena to Azusa, ...
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NewsZürich West tram extension nears completion
SWITZERLAND: Zürich transport operator VBZ has begun test running on the 3 km Zürich West extension of tram Route 4 from Escher-Wyss-Platz to Altstetten Nord, scheduled to open on December 11. Seven stops will serve the Zürich West area where redevelopment is expected to increase the number of local ...
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NewsFreiburg begins work on tram extension
GERMANY: A groundbreaking ceremony in Freiburg on July 26 launched work on the 1·8 km Zähringen tram extension north from Reutebachgasse to Dorfbach, where it will serve a park and ride site on the city boundary. The three-stop extension of the metre-gauge network along a mostly segregated and grassed alignment ...
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NewsFortaleza metro South Line test running underway
BRAZIL: Test running began on June 17 on a 2·5 km section between Rachel Queiroz and Virgilio Tavora on the South Line of the Fortaleza metro (RG 1.11 p54). ‘Today is a victory’, announced Ceará State Infrastructure Minister Adail Fontenele, confirming that civil works for the rest of the 24 ...
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NewsNew Starts funding
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a funding package worth $1·58bn on June 27 for 27 urban transport projects across the country under the New Starts initiative. While some of this total includes Full Funding Grant Agreements which are already in place, $345m has been allocated to rail projects as ...
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NewsNorth-south tram line approved
SLOVAKIA: On June 30 Bratislava council approved construction of the first phase of a long-awaited urban transport backbone which will be centred on a north-south light rail route connecting Safárikovo námestie in the city centre with Bosákova ulice in Petrzalka. This will involve heavy renovation of the old bridge ...