All Metro articles – Page 197
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NewsUrban rail progress in Najaf and Baghdad
IRAQ: Canadian consortium TransGlobim International has announced a US$600m 30-year concession to finance, build and operate a 37 track-km monorail linking three major Shi'ite pilgrimage sites in Najaf. Construction is expected to take three years, and a second phase would extend the line to the international airport. The monorail is ...
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NewsGatwick Airport peoplemover shuttle reopens
UK: The 1·2 km rubber-tyred automated peoplemover which links the north and south terminals at London Gatwick airport in less than 3 min reopened on July 1, following a £43m modernisation by Bombardier Transportation, Costain Group and Vinci Construction.The twin-track elevated line opened in 1987, and airport owner Global Infrastructure ...
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NewsBTS SkyTrain receives new rolling stock
THAILAND: On June 25 Skytrain operator Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co Ltd (BTSC) marked the arrival of its new fleet of 12 four-car trains from China with a Buddhist blessing ceremony. The event at Laem Chabang port in Sriracha was hosted by Keeree Kanjanapas, Executive Chairman & CEO of ...
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NewsDelhi Metro orders more Movias
INDIA: Bombardier Transportation announced an order to supply Delhi Metro Rail Corp with a further 74 Movia metro cars on June 30. The €83m contract has an option for a further 40 vehicles. Deliveries of the additional cars for the second phase of the metro will be competed in 2011. ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou to supply Gurgaon trains
INDIA: On June 21 Siemens signed a contract for CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive to supply five three-car trains for the 6·1 km six-station elevated metro line being built in Delhi by the Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon joint venture on a PPP basis. The vehicles will be delivered between November 2011 and ...
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NewsTube Lines sale completed
UK: Transport for London confirmed on June 27 that Tube Lines had become its wholly-owned subsidiary, following the conclusion of an agreement to purchase its shares from Bechtel and Amey. The latter had entered into an agreement to sell the PPP contractor for £310m on May 7.‘This deal opens a ...
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NewsBarcelona metro lines 9 and 10 reach La Sagrera
SPAIN: On June 26 José Montilla, president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, inaugurated a third section of Barcelona metro lines 9 and 10 from Bon Pastor to La Sagrera. TMB operated a 24 h service during the weekend and free commemorative tickets were distributed to mark the occasion.The 2·8 ...
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NewsLA Gold Line extension breaks ground
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Los Angeles on June 26 for the 18·3 km first phase of the Gold Line Foothill Extension, which will take the light rail route from its current terminal in east Pasadena through the San Gabriel Valley to Azusa. However, only one contract ...
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NewsNew York Flushing Line CBTC contract awarded
USA: New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Thales a $343m seven-year contract to upgrade the No 7 Flushing Line to communications-based train control. In addition to its core CBTC technology, Thales will supply non-proprietary, free-space wireless radio communication between the train and wayside equipment. Similar open-architecture signalling systems have ...
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NewsCalgary and Edmonton funding confirmed
CANADA: The Alberta provincial government on June 22 made good on a long-standing promise and awarded Calgary and Edmonton C$800m each in transport funding. The money, part of Alberta’s C$2bn ‘Green Trip’ programme, will not come all at once. According to Transport Minister Luke Ouellette, it will be ‘pay-on-progress’.The province’s ...
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NewsMitsubishi and Hitachi to co-operate in urban rail sector
JAPAN: An agreement to co-operate in the international urban rail supply market was announced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi on June 22. The companies aim to leverage each other's expertise to strengthen their competitiveness in what they see as a growing world market, and will 'work together as ...
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NewsCoupling up
CHINA: The Wabtec Golden Bridge Transportation Technology Co joint venture formed by Wabtec Corp and Hangzhou Golden Bridge Railway Equipment Co to manufacture metro couplings in China has won its first contract. The US$7m order announced on June 22 covers the supply of couplers for Hangzhou Metro cars. 'With this ...
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NewsFuel cell tram trial
SPAIN: Metre-gauge operator FEVE is planning to start trials with fuel cell traction between Ribadesella and Llovio on its non-electrified Santander - Oviedo route by the end of this year. A hydrogen fuel cell is to be installed in a 1970s tramcar to power four traction motors, capable of ...
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NewsGood business case for Dublin interconnector
IRELAND: With responses to the prequalification tender for the public-private partnership to build Dublin’s cross-city rail link due by July 20, Iarnród Éireann announced on June 22 that a new business assessment had confirmed a ‘strong’ economic case for the Interconnector project, now officially known as DART Underground. The 7·6 ...
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NewsBybanen light rail line opens in Bergen
NORWAY: A fanfare by Bergen’s FMKV Military Band greeted the inauguration of the city’s first tram line by Queen Sonja on June 22. Accompanied by government ministers, the Queen travelled on one of the fleet of 18 orange and white Variobahn trams from Nesttun to Kaigaten, where she alighted and ...
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NewsDelhi Metro opens Gurgaon extension
INDIA: The section of Delhi Metro Line 2 south from Qutub Minar to HUDA City Centre in the satellite town of Gurgaon opened at 08.00 on June 21 with simultaneous train departures from each end. The opening adds 14·5 km and nine stations to the Delhi Metro network, taking ...
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NewsPreferred bidder chosen for Denver commuter rail PPP
USA: Denver Regional Transportation District selected Denver Transit Partners as preferred bidder for the Eagle P3 commuter rail public-private partnership on June 15. The 46-year design build, finance, operate and maintain contract is expected to be finalised by the end of the year, with the $2·085bn price coming in $300m ...
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NewsGE signalling for Tvärbanan expansion
SWEDEN: Stockholm Transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has awarded GE Transportation a €36m contract for signalling work as part of the expansion of the Tvärbanan orbital light rail line in the southern suburbs of the capital. The contract announced on June 8 covers the provision of a traffic control centre, lineside ...
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NewsSingapore metro depot design contract awarded
SINGAPORE: Parsons Brinckerhoff has been awarded a contract to provide architectural and engineering design services for a new depot at Tuas, as part of the 7·5 km western extension of the East -West metro line which is under construction for opening in 2015. The depot will have the capacity to ...
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NewsMetrolinx exercises option for 182 light rail vehicles
CANADA: Greater Toronto transport agency Metrolinx awarded Bombardier Transportation a C$770m order for a 182 Flexity light rail vehicles in June 14, immediately after the provincial government announced approval of Metrolinx's C$8·1bn '5 in 10' revised programme to complete five major transport projects in 10 years rather than eight ...