All Metro articles – Page 73
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NewsToulouse metro project assistance contract awarded
FRANCE: A consortium of Systra and Arcadis has been awarded a systems project management assistance contract for the third line of the Toulouse automated metro. The planned 27 km line with 20 stations would link major centres of employment and offer interchanges with metro Lines A and B, two tram ...
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Metro Report InternationalMünchen tests metro navigation app
GERMANY: An app designed to help visually impaired passengers navigate around metro stations is being tested by München transport operator MVG at Münchner Freiheit station. Bluetooth beacons provide location details, enabling the user to receive position-specific information including the best routes to lifts, exits and platforms, as well as departure ...
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NewsNürnberg metro trainsets under construction
GERMANY: The first painted car body for a batch of 21 four-car Type G1 metro trainsets ordered by Nürnberg transport operator VAG has been completed at Siemens’ plant in Wien. The trainsets were ordered in December 2015 at cost of €164m and are scheduled to be delivered at the end ...
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NewsAlger metro extensions open
ALGERIA: The single metro line in Alger has been extended at each end, with the official opening by President Abdelaziz Boutefli on April 9 of a 1·7 km extension from Tafourah-Grande Poste to Place des Martyrs and a 3·7 km branch from Haï El Badr to Ain Naadja. Revenue services ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiC traction converter offers energy saving
SWEDEN: Bombardier Transportation has demonstrated a silicon carbide Mitrac TC1500 traction converter on a Stockholm metro C20 trainset, as part of a research programme to investigate the potential for SiC devices to lower energy consumption and noise. The programme supported by the Swedish Energy Agency was led by Bombardier and ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground alarm contract
UK: London Undeground has awarded Leeds company Pickersgill-Kaye a £0·5m contract to supply 1 400 emergency alarm pull handle units for the trainsets used on the Bakerloo Line. This follows orders to supply similar equipment for the Central, Jubilee and Northern lines. The electromechanical assemblies designed to be installed in ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau Taipa Line operating contract awarded
CHINA: The Macau Special Administrative Region government has appointed Hong Kong’s MTR Corp to operate and maintain the Macau Light Rapid Transit Taipa Line. The 9·3 km first phase of the driverless rubber-tyred metro line with 11 stations is under construction for opening in 2019. A 5·88bn ...
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Metro Report InternationalMontréal automated metro contracts signed
CANADA: CDPQ Infra signed the contracts for the Réseau Électrique Métropolitain automated metro project in Montréal on April 12, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held on the same day. The 67 km network is intended to link the south shore suburbs, the city centre, the airport, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue ...
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Metro Report InternationalSão Paulo Line 15 extended
BRAZIL: An extension of São Paulo metro Line 15 opened on April 6, adding four stations to the monorail line. The extension from Oratório to Vila União is initially operating on weekdays between 10.00 and 15.00. Due to be completed in 2021, Line 15 would run for 26·6 ...
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Metro Report InternationalShenyang metro Line 2 extended north
CHINA: A northern extension of Shenyang metro Line 2 opened on April 8, taking the north-south route to 31·9 km. The 4·9 km extension with four stations connects Hangkong Hangtian Daxue with Putianlu on an underground alignment. The initial section of Line 2 opened in January 2012, and ...
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Metro Report InternationalAnsaldo STS wins Paris metro CBTC contract
FRANCE: Ansaldo STS is to supply CBTC signalling equipment for Line 6 of the Paris metro. The contract with RATP announced on April 6 is worth €17·6m. Ansaldo STS is to supply its Zone Controller and Frontam lineside equipment for the 14 km line with 28 stations as part ...
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NewsOsaka metro reform paves the way for investment drive
JAPAN: The Osaka metro has been restructured from a public body to an arms-length company, with the city government’s Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau becoming Osaka Metro Co on April 1. Former Panasonic executive Hideaki Kawai has been brought in as President of the new company, under changes pushed through by ...
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NewsRiyadh metro test running begins
SAUDI ARABIA: Test running started on the Riyadh metro on April 4 using an Alstom Metropolis trainset. The six-line network is due to open next year. Work is being undertaken in three packages. Lines 1 and 2 are being designed and built by the BACS consortium led by Bechtel and ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Panamá City metro Line 2 train shipped
PANAMA: Alstom shipped the first train for Panamá City metro Line 2 from its Santa Perpètua de Mogoda factory near Barcelona on March 28. Due to open next year, the 21 km Line 2 is being built by the Línea 2 consortium of FCC and Odebrecht. Alstom is supplying ...
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NewsBEML delivers first train for Kolkata’s East-West Line
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp took delivery of the first train for the East-West Line on March 31 from BEML’s factory in Bangalore. KMRC originally awarded CAF the rolling stock contract in 2009, but the Spanish manufacturer pulled out of the project in 2014. In September 2015 BEML emerged ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless peoplemover opens in Shanghai
CHINA: Shanghai’s Pujiang Line automated peoplemover opened to passengers on March 31. The 6·6 km elevated route runs from the southern terminus of metro Line 8 at Shendu Gonglu to Huizhenlu in Pujiang, serving six stations. The line is expected to carry 73 000 passengers a day, with services running ...
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Metro Report InternationalTicket vending machines for Santiago
CHILE: SICE and software partner GMV are supplying a total of 80 standard and 150 compact customised ticket vending machines for Santiago metro Line 6 which opened last November and the future Line 3 which is scheduled to open at the end of this year. The TVMs are being used ...
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Metro Report InternationalCivil works awarded for Paris Line 14 extension
FRANCE: RATP has awarded two contracts to undertake civil works on the southern extension of its driverless metro Line 14, which will run for 14 km between Olympiades and Orly Airport. The project is being funded by Société du Grand Paris as part of the Grand Paris Express programme. Contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalSeoul metro LTE-R contract awarded
SOUTH KOREA: SK Telecom has signed a contract to supply LTE-R communications for an extension of Seoul metro Line 5, the company announced on March 26. LTE-R is to be installed on the 7·7 km extension from Sangil-dong to Hanam by the end of 2020. It will use the ...
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NewsJakarta light metro train rolled out
INDONESIA: Hyundai Rotem has rolled out the first of eight two-car light metro trainsets for Jakarta at its Changwon factory. The Korean company was selected last year to supply rolling stock for the first phase of a light metro network that is due to open in in time for ...