All Metro articles – Page 31
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Metro Report InternationalLate-stage design changes increase cost of London Underground fleet renewal
UK: Late design changes have brought a £34m increase in the cost of the trains which Siemens Mobility is to supply for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line, after the operator discovered that it would not be able to accept the fleet into service as originally specified. ...
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Metro Report InternationalChongqing metro passes 400 km as Line 9 opens
CHINA: The first phase of Chongqing metro Line 9 opened on January 25. The route runs 32·3 km northeast from Gaotanyan to Xingkedadao serving 23 stations, of which nine provide interchange to other metro lines. Two infill stations are under construction, along ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi and RATP extend Paris metro and tram maintenance partnership
FRANCE: RATP has awarded Hitachi Rail a further maintenance contract covering signalling and train control systems on nine Paris metro lines and seven tram routes. The four-year, renewable €33m contract builds on ‘more than a century of partnership between Hitachi Rail’s French entity and the Paris ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro Flow work begins to eliminate South Tyneside bottlenecks
UK: Preliminary work on the £103m Metro Flow double-tracking project in South Tyneside has begun. Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd, which last year won a £55m contract for the construction stage of the scheme, will now begin upgrading and electrifying at 1∙5 kV DC an infrequently used ...
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Metro Report InternationalTfL executive management team slimmed down
UK: London’s Transport Commissioner Andy Byford has announced a restructuring and reduction in size of Transport for London’s executive team with effect from February 1. TfL said this would be ‘ensure that TfL is in the best possible shape to become an even more efficient organisation ...
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Metro Report InternationalWomen’s university awards Hitachi Rail new operating contract
SAUDI ARABIA: Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University has awarded Hitachi Rail a €72·5m contract to continue to operate and maintain the driverless light metro on its Riyadh campus for a further three years. The four-line network serving the women’s university campus totals 11·5 km with 14 ...
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In depthBrazil: Private participation keeps metro momentum building
Led by São Paulo, Brazilian cities are making use of private sector funding and operating models to accelerate urban rail development across the country. Benjámin Zelki reports.
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Metro Report InternationalAutomated metro to serve Izmir university campus
TURKEY: Gülermak Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract to build a 13·5 km driverless underground metro line in Izmir, with construction scheduled to begin on February 14. To be known as the Buca Line, it will serve 11 stations, linking the existing Üçyol metro station ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis Line 4 reaches Bagneux as driverless conversion moves forward
FRANCE: Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités and operator RATP opened the southern extension of metro Line 4 to Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac on January 13.
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Metro Report InternationalCutting-edge passenger information on Wien Series X trains
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien’s Series X metro trainsets, due to be introduced this year on U-Bahn lines U1 to U4, will be fitted with an advanced passenger information system branded Passenger Info Plus. Developed by Siemens subsidiary Hacon in co-operation with the operator, the technology unveiled on ...
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Metro Report InternationalWood to design six stations for Santiago metro Line 7
CHILE: Engineering consultancy Wood is to develop detailed designs for six stations on section C of the future Line 7 in the east of Santiago. Under the 24 month contract, Wood will work on architectural, structural, civil, mechanical and electrical designs, and will provide site support ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond undersea metro tunnel opened
CHINA: A 4 km undersea tunnel has been opened as part of the 38·3 km southern extension of Qingdao metro Line 1 from Qingdao Bei Railway Station to Wangjiagang which was inaugurated on December 30. This is the city’s second undersea tunnel following the 5·4 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalIndigenous signalling on test on Delhi Metro
INDIA: Field trials of the Indigenous Automatic Train Supervision signalling technology have begun on Delhi Metro’s Red Line. The domestic i-ATS technology is being jointly developed by Bharat Electronics Ltd and Deli Metro Rail Corp as part of the government’s Make in India strategy. ‘India will ...
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Metro Report InternationalThree new lines opened as Beijing metro expands again
CHINA: The opening of three new metro lines and six extensions in Beijing has increased the capital’s urban rail network to a total length of 783 route-km.
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom to supply driverless trains for Santiago Line 7
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has selected Alstom to supply and maintain for 20 years the driverless trains and train control systems for the 25·8 km metro Line 7 now under construction.
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Metro Report InternationalShanghai metro passes 800 km as another driverless line opens
CHINA: The total length of the Shanghai urban rail network reached 831 route-km with the inauguration of the city’s fifth fully-automated metro line on December 30.
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Metro Report InternationalChina opens 211 km of urban rail routes in a single day
CHINA: Seven Chinese cities opened new metro lines, suburban railways or route extensions on December 28, totalling almost 211 km and adding 107 stations. Designed for driverless operation at up to 120 km/h, Shenzhen Line 20 runs entirely underground, connecting Airport North to Convention & Exhibition ...
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Metro Report InternationalBucurești metro train maintenance contract awarded
ROMANIA: București metro operator Metrorex has awarded Alstom a 15-year contract to provide full preventive and corrective maintenance and overhaul services for its train fleet. The contract covers 82 trains totalling 492 cars which are currently in service, as well as the new trains on order ...
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Metro Report InternationalPune Metro Line 3 E&M contract awarded
INDIA: A consortium of Siemens companies and Alstom Transport India has been awarded a 39-month contract to provide electrical and mechanical systems for Pune metro Line 3. Siemens will provide project management and turnkey electrification services and signalling, communications and depot equipment with a total value ...
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Metro Report InternationalLuoyang opens second metro line
CHINA: A north-south metro line was opened for revenue service in the Henan provincial city of Luoyang on December 26. The 18·2 km Line 2 connects Erqiao Road in the north with Balitang in the south, and serves 15 stations. Interchange is provided ...