All Metro articles – Page 42
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Metro Report InternationalValue share contribution mechanism to finance Sydney Metro station
AUSTRALIA: The NSW government is to finance the construction of Pyrmont station on the Sydney Metro West project using a value share contribution mechanism on the Pyrmont Peninsula. This will require some commercial property owners – other than small businesses – which benefit from increased land values ...
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Metro Report InternationalAgra Metro construction gets underway
INDIA: Construction of the two-line Agra Metro network was formally launched with a ceremony on December 7.
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Metro Report InternationalBengaluru metro orders CBTC for GoA4 driverless operation
INDIA: Bengaluru metro agency Bangalore Metro Rail Corp has awarded Siemens Mobility and Siemens Ltd India a Rs2·48bn contract to supply communications-based train control to support unattended operation on the future Yellow Line. Siemens Mobility said this would be the first CBTC project in India to be ...
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul secures US$580m to complete stalled metro projects
TURKEY: Work on four stalled metro projects is set to resume after Istanbul municipality successfully raised US$580m to fund construction through its first international Eurobond sale.
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Metro Report InternationalMalaysia – Singapore Rapid Transit System civils contract awarded
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded the first of two civil works contracts for construction of the Singapore end of the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System cross-border shuttle to Bukit Chagar in Malaysia. The S$933m contract won by Penta-Ocean Construction covers the RTS Link Woodlands ...
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Metro Report InternationalSmarter maintenance to support Chinese metro growth
CHINA: Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co has developed a condition-based maintenance planning platform for metro rolling stock which is to be expanded to cover all elements of urban rail networks. ZTEC said Foresee had been developed because of the difficulty of scaling-up traditional scheduled and fault-based maintenance ...
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin U5 link unites east and west
GERMANY: A 2·2 km extension of Berlin metro Line U5 west from Alexanderplatz to Brandenburger Tor opened on December 4, and U5 absorbed the formerly-isolated U55 with trains now running through from Hauptbahnhof to U5’s eastern terminus at Hönow.
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Metro Report InternationalReducing brake dust to improve air quality
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP is testing Wabtec’s Green Friction braking materials, which are designed to help improve the air quality in tunnels by reducing the amount of microparticles emitted. Initial bench tests are simulating the operation of a MI09 transet operating on RER Line A, looking ...
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Metro Report InternationalXuzhou enters the ‘multi-line’ era as metro Line 2 opens
CHINA: The second metro line in Xuzhou was formally opened for revenue service on November 28, with a ceremony at City Administration Centre station which will be the future interchange between lines 2 and 6.
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Rail Business UKStadler partners with Newcastle University to support metro fleet renewal
UK: Newcastle University and Stadler have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on research, education and innovation initiatives relating the the Swiss firm’s contract to supply and maintain a new fleet of trainsets for the Tyne & Wear Metro. Running for an initial five years, ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro to the pyramids contract awarded
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded a consortium of Mitsubishi Corp and Orascom Construction the US$800m Railway Systems, Track & Depot Works Package CP411 contract for Cairo metro Line 4 Phase 1. This will run 19 km southwest from central Cairo to the Giza Pyramid ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuangzhou metro Line 8 extended north to Baiyun
CHINA: Guangzhou Metro Corp opened an extension of Line 8 from Cultural Park on the west side of the city centre to Jiaoxin in Baiyun District to the north on November 26, adding 16·3 km and 11 stations. Two further stations on the new section are to ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney tenders western airport metro works
AUSTRALIA: Prequalification has started for a second package of civil engineering works on the planned metro line to serve the future Western Sydney International Airport and the proposed Western Parkland City. Construction of the new international airport is already underway. Sydney Metro ...
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Metro Report InternationalGlasgow Subway tunnel improvement contract awarded
UK: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has awarded Freyssinet a five-year contract to undertake tunnel lining improvements as part of the second phase of the modernisation of the Glasgow Subway. The specialist works will include infilling annulus voids, leak sealing and water management to ...
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Metro Report InternationalTwo openings expand Nanning metro
CHINA: Nanning metro Line 4 running 20·7 km east-west from Lengtangcun to Hongyun Lu with 16 stations opened on November 23, along with a 6·3 km, five-station extension of Line 2 southeast from Yudong to Tanze. Construction of the first phase of Line ...
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Metro Report InternationalRussia sets out national metro standards
RUSSIA: The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation & Metrology Rosstandart has formally approved the first part of a planned set of national standards for the construction and operation of metro networks.
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Metro Report InternationalFirst REM light metro trainset unveiled in Montréal
CANADA: The first cars to be supplied by Alstom for the Réseau Express Métropolitain automated metro network in Montréal were formally unveiled by Groupe PMM on November 16.
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Metro Report InternationalSydney travel app adds social distancing information
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales has worked with Amazon Web Services, digital services company Tigerspike and transport software developer AppJourney to add physical distancing and passenger occupancy notifications for Sydney Trains and metro services to the Opal Travel app. Passengers can receive real time alerts about ...
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Metro Report InternationalLight metro cars bring a fresh breeze to Tokyo’s waterfront
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering has completed delivery of eight six-car Series 7500 rubber-tyred light metro trainsets which were ordered in September 2016 to replace Series 7200 sets on Tokyo’s Yurikamome Line. Formerly known as the Tokyo New Transit Waterfront Line, the 14·7 km automated guideway ...
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Metro Report InternationalMTA uses WhatsApp to reach more New Yorkers
USA: New York subway and bus users can now communicate with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in real time using the WhatsApp messaging platform. MTA expects this to prove especially helpful for non-native English speakers, with frontline personnel from the Digital Communications Unit using Google Translate to ...