All Metro articles – Page 210
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NewsQingdao metro enters first phase
CHINA: Shandong state government approved the plan to construct a metro network in Qingdao on August 18. Phases I and II entail the construction of 54·7 km of route by 2016, at a cost of 29·2bn yuan. The first line to be built is likely to be M3, running from ...
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NewsCrossrail tunnelling contracts advertised
UK: Crossrail Ltd confirmed on August 25 that notices have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union inviting expressions of interest for the project’s two principal tunnelling contracts - Package C300 for Tunnels West and Package C305 for Tunnels East - involving the construction of 18 km ...
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NewsDenver receives the first of 55 LRVs from Siemens
USA: On August 21 the first of 55 SD160 light rail vehicles ordered to supplement RTD’s FasTracks fleet was delivered to the Elati Light Rail maintenance facility from Siemens’ plant in Sacramento. The remainder will arrive over the next 18 months. The US$184m contract for 55 high-floor cars was placed ...
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NewsMontréal tram route announced
CANADA: On August 14 the city of Montréal released a study into proposals for a new tram line which had been commissioned from a consortium of Genivar and Systra. The consultants recommend that the first line should begin in Old Montréal, then take a serpentine route following Peel, De ...
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NewsThree extensions approved for Chicago 'L'
USA: Chicago Transit Authority board adopted locally preferred alternatives for three proposed ‘L’ extensions on August 3, a critical step in applying for federal funding. The projects include: Red Line: an 8·5 km expansion south from the existing 95th Street terminal to 130th Street with four new ...
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NewsNew York MTA capital programme released
USA: New York MTA published its preliminary US$25·5bn 2010–14 capital programme for public consultation in August, together with a 2010-29 Twenty Year Needs assessment. The documents identify MTA’s long-term needs and a short-term plan to start addressing them within current budgets. The detailed plan is due to be submitted ...
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NewsVancouver's Canada Line opens ahead of schedule
CANADA: Tens of thousands of people sampled the new Canada Line during eight hours of free rides on August 17, an opening that was more than three months ahead of schedule and within a budget of just over C$2bn. The crush of passengers, 30 000 just during the first ...
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NewsKowloon Southern Link connects East and West Rail
CHINA: The Kowloon Southern Link opened for revenue service on August 16, finally connecting the ex-Kowloon-Canton Railway West Rail and East Rail routes. Passengers using West Rail to and from Tuen Mun in the Northwest New Territories previously had to change to MTR's Tung Chung line at Nam Cheong ...
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NewsNew York orders flywheel energy storage
USA: Long Island Rail Road is to use carbon fibre flywheels to store energy regenerated during braking for reuse when trains accelerate, helping to lower energy consumption and reduce the peak power demand which can impose high power supply costs on rail operators. The $5·2m pilot project on ...
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NewsBerlin U55 metro line opens
GERMANY: Berlin’s U55 underground metro line between Brandenburger Tor and Hauptbahnhof finally entered service on August 8, following inauguration by the city’s mayor Klaus Wowereit. Passengers were able to travel for free to mark the occasion. The 1·8 km line and its three stations cost €320m to build and took ...
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NewsSydney Metro construction shortlist announced
AUSTRALIA: Three consortia have been shortlisted for the contract to build the Permanent Route Infrastructure for Phase 1 of the CBD metro line between Central and Rozelle in Sydney. The names of the successful consortia, selected from the five groups which submitted detailed expressions of interest last June, were announced ...
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NewsS70 enters revenue service in Portland
USA: TriMet placed the first of its new Siemens S70 Avanto LRVs into revenue service on August 6, following a VIP trip from Pioneer Square to Hatfield in Hillsboro. The transit agency has purchased 22 cars, which it calls the Type 4, the last of which had been delivered ...
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NewsFour shortlisted for BART Oakland Airport connector project
USA: The Bay Area Rapid Transit District has prequalified four teams to bid for the US$522m 5·2 km Oakland International Airport Connector Project. The design, build, operate and maintain contract covers construction of an automated peoplemover linking BART’s Coliseum station with passenger terminals at the airport. OAC is scheduled ...
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NewsNPL provides accurate measurement
UK: Britain's national measurement institute is measuring sample gear cases from trains on London Underground's Central and Waterloo & City lines every three months to ensure that they remain within specified tolerances. The National Physical Laboratory has been working for two years to validate the geometry of final drive ...
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NewsChina South rolls out Hong Kong light rail cars
CHINA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen has rolled out the initial two of 22 light rail vehicles which it is building under the first contract for LRVs to be supplied to Hong Kong from mainland China. A partnership of the Chinese firm and Australia's United Group Rail was awarded the contract ...
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NewsNottingham tram extension funding approved
UK: Transport Minister Sadiq Khan travelled to Nottingham on July 31 to announce conditional approval of government funding and a workplace parking levy to finance expansion of the Nottingham Express Transit light rail network. The government's contribution to NET Phase Two is capped at £530·7m in Private Finance Initiative ...
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NewsLondon Underground issues SSL signalling tender
UK: London Underground issued invitations to tender to prequalified bidders for the contract to resignal the Sub-Surface Lines on July 16. Responses are due by December 18. Following the collapse of Metronet in 2007, LU decided to cancel the original order placed with Westinghouse Rail Systems. According to Richard Parry, ...
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NewsBrasilia metro orders Metropolis trains
BRAZIL: Alstom Transport signed a €110m contract on July 23 to supply the Brasilia metro with 12 four-car Metropolis trains and to upgrade the existing rolling stock and infrastructure for automatic train operation. Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social is providing an R$260·3m loan to the Federal District ...
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NewsSeoul Line 9 is now open
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul’s first privately-operated metro line entered revenue service at 07.00 on July 24. The opening had been delayed for several weeks while the government finalised the contactless ticketing arrangements. The 25·5 km underground line runs across the city from east to west, linking Sinnonhyeon in Gangnam to Gimpo ...
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NewsChinese metros still growing
CHINA: Urban rail projects are being planned in a further 19 cities, a government official has revealed. State media quoted Duo Hao, Deputy General Manager of China International Engineering Consulting Corp, as saying that 2 100 km of line would be under construction by the middle of the next ...