All Metro articles – Page 196
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NewsDART PPP attracts four consortia
IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann announced on August 3 that four consortia had submitted responses for the prequalification phase of the DART Underground public-private partnership project. The deadline was July 20.The consortia are: BBI: comprising Balfour Beatty Capital Ltd, BAM PPP Investments Ireland bv and Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras SA;City Connect: comprising ...
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NewsManchester Metrolink Phase 3b confirmed
UK: Confirmation that Phase 3b of the Manchester Metrolink light rail expansion programme is fully funded came on July 30 when the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities met to agree a £500m contribution from the Greater Manchester Transport Fund. The £1·5bn fund was created in May 2009 by AGMA and ...
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NewsThe coolest ride in London
UK: London Underground’s first air-conditioned S-Stock train departed Wembley Park shortly after 10.30 on August 2 bound for Watford. Joining passengers on board the Metropolitan Line train were Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy and Howard Collins, Chief Operating Officer of LU. Boris Johnson described the ...
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NewsAttiko Metro opens Holargos station
GREECE: Attiko Metro Chairman Christos Tsitouras officially opened Holargos station, between Nomismatokopio and Ethniki Amyna on Line 3, with a ceremony on July 23. The new station 22 m below Messogion Avenue is expected to handle 20 000 passengers/day. Holargos is one of three intermediate stations being built on Line ...
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NewsChicago benefits from job creation funding
USA: More than $500m has been allocated to public transit infrastructure improvements throughout the state from the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction programme. Over $442m will be spent in the Chicago area, with $253m going to Chicago Transit Authority and $157m to the Metra commuter rail network. The CTA ...
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NewsDelhi metro expands Movia fleet
INDIA: On July 23 Bombardier Transportation announced that Delhi Metro Rail Corp had decided to buy a further 40 Movia cars worth €43m, exercising an option in the €83m contract for 74 Movias placed by the operator in June.Delivery of the latest batch will follow on from the previous order ...
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NewsTram bogie turntable
UK: Mechan has supplied two bogie turntables for installation by specialist contractor Trackwork at the Starr Gate tram depot which Volker Fitzpatrick is building at Blackpool in northwest England. The turntables will be used when transferring bogies to the maintenance areas of the seafront depot, which is being built to ...
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NewsKraków orders 24 Flexity trams
POLAND: Kraków transport operator MPK has placed an order for a further 24 Bombardier Flexity Classic trams to be delivered from March 2012 to 2013. A partnership of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe was the sole bidder for the €58·7m contract signed on July 22. Bombardier's share is worth €40m and ...
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NewsWashington metro upgrades get go-ahead
USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been given the green light by the Federal Transit Administration to begin urgent repairs and upgrades to improve safety on the Metrorail network. The approval comes ahead of the actual award of the first $150m in funding under the Passenger Rail Investment & ...
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NewsTunis orders more trams
TUNISIA: Alstom has been awarded a €58m contract to supply Tunis transport authority Transtu with 16 more Citadis trams and to maintain the expanded fleet of 55 vehicles for five years. The trams will be identical to the 39 trams delivered by Alstom between 2007 and 2009. These have been ...
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NewsPioneering PPP energises Dijon tram
FRANCE: On July 1 the Grand Dijon urban authority and Inéo, a subsidiary of GDF Suez, signed a 26-year PPP agreement worth €176m to design, supply, maintain and finance the electrical and control equipment for the city’s tram network. Under the first deal of its kind in France, Inéo and ...
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NewsBoston orders MotivePower HSP46 diesels
USA: Meeting on July 14, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation board approved a contract with MotivePower Inc for 20 diesel locomotives of a new design, designated HSP46, valued at up to $114·6m. The 4 600 hp locomotives will be assembled at the company’s plant in Boise using major components ...
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NewsHyderabad metro bids announced
INDIA: Larsen & Toubro has emerged as lowest bidder to construct the Rs122bn Hyderabad metro network on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis. The project was officially approved by Urban Development minister S Jaipal Reddy at the end of June. Eight companies had been shortlisted for a new ...
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NewsNJ Transit approves FY2011 spending
USA: An order for 100 additional double-deck commuter cars, valued at up to $293·5m, and 10 dual-mode locomotives costing $78·8m, was approved on July 15 by New Jersey Transit, exercising options on existing orders with Bombardier. The decision came after the board passed a $1·8bn operating budget and $1·35bn capital ...
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NewsIn touch onboard
SAUDI ARABIA: Moxa is to provide ethernet switches for the data, information and CCTV networks onboard the 22 two-car trainsets AnsaldoBreda is to supply for the driverless metro being built at Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman women's university in Riyadh. Moxa has also supplied the Helsinki metro with ethernet switches for ...
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NewsKolkata metro station design contract awarded
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp has appointed Mott MacDonald as detailed design consultant for the six stations to be built on the 5·7 km elevated section of the East-West metro corridor between Salt Lake Stadium and Salt Lake Sector V. The capital value of the project, which includes 'landmark' ...
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NewsBarcelona metro network exceeds 100 km
SPAIN: Following the opening of a 0·6 km section of Line 2 from Pep Ventura to Badalona Pompeu Fabra on July 11, the Barcelona metro network now exceeds 100 km in length. The new station opened to the public at 15.00 after the official inauguration ceremony.The network is now 100·2 ...
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NewsLe Havre selects Citadis trams
FRANCE: On July 12 Alstom announced an €45m order to supply Le Havre local authority CODAH with 20 Citadis cars for the city’s future tram network. Continuing the tradition of French cities specifying locally-themed styling, the Le Havre cars will feature 'flowing lines and architectural references' to integrate with the ...
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NewsUS cities receive tram grants
USA: Five US cities have received nearly $105m for tram projects from the US Department of Transportation’s Urban Circulator Grant Programme, which is designed to help cities better co-ordinate transport, housing and commercial development. The recipients include: St Louis Loop Trolley: $25m for a 3·2 km, nine-stop route ...
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NewsLoan to relieve world's most overcrowded trains
INDIA: The World Bank agreed on June 29 to provide a US$430m loan towards the US$970·5m Mumbai Urban Transport Project phase 2A. This aims to improve capacity on Mumbai's suburban rail network, which the World Bank said suffers from some of the most severe overcrowding in the world with 4 ...