All Metro articles – Page 87
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NewsBucurești metro expands
ROMANIA: A 2 km extension of metro Line M4 in București opened to passengers on March 31, taking the line northwest from Parc Bazilescu to Straulești with an intermediate station at Laminorului. Construction was completed on December 19. The project also includes the construction of a depot and a ...
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NewsBangkok Sukhumvit Line extended
THAILAND: A southern extension of the Sukhumvit Line in Bangkok opened at 13.00 on April 3, from Bearing to Samrong. Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang attended the opening ceremony for the new section of the elevated metro line. Samrong will offer interchange with the future Yellow Line monorail, which is ...
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NewsGurgaon metro Phase 2 opens
INDIA: Phase 2 of the Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon elevated metro opened on March 31. The 7 km southern extension takes the route to Sector 55-56, with five stations. Work began in October 2012, with Siemens acting as lead contractor. In June 2013 IL&FS Engineering & Construction announced that it ...
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NewsCatania metro reaches Nesima
ITALY: An extension of the Catania metro opened from Borgo to Nesima on March 31, with two days of free travel. The 3 km section has four stations. This is the second extension since the metro line opened in 1999. On December 20 a 1·9 km extension opened at ...
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NewsLondon Underground orders Chinese wagons
UK: Transport for London has awarded the CRRC Shandong subsidiary of Chinese rolling stock conglomerate CRRC a contract to supply wagons to support track renewal and maintenance activities on the London Underground network. The order confirmed by CRRC on March 23 includes 66 open wagons and five flatbed wagons, along ...
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NewsGreek transport projects to receive EU funds
GREECE: Metro projects in Thessaloniki and Athens are to receive investment from EU cohesion funds, the European Commission announced on March 24. The grants form part of a €1·3bn funding package that would allow projects started in the 2007-13 EU budget period to be completed in the 2014-20 budget period. ...
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NewsMoscow metro maintenance contract awarded
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro awarded Metrowagonmash a 25bn rouble contract on March 28 to maintain 50 eight-car Oka trainsets. These were produced by Metrowagonmash in 2012-14 and are stabled at the Ismailovo and Varshavskoye depots. Under the contract, 46 trainsets of the 50 have to be available for service each day. ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi delivers first Miami metro train
USA: Hitachi Rail Italy has delivered the first of 68 two-car trainsets that it is supplying for Miami-Dade Transit’s Metrorail network. The trainset arrived at Metrorail’s Lehman Center depot from HRI’s Medley plant in northwest Miami. Dynamic testing is due to begin in the next few weeks. The second ...
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Metro Report InternationalCrossrail electrification nears completion
UK: Work to electrify the western section of the future Elizabeth Line route on the Great Western Main Line to the west of London has been completed as far as Maidenhead. Infrastructure manager Network Rail led the three-year project which saw a workforce of 800 people to install 1 ...
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NewsMore Innovia trainsets ordered for Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur transport agency Prasarana has ordered a further 27 four-car metro trainsets for the Kelana Jaya Line from a consortium of Bombardier Transportation and Hartasuma. Bombardier has a 1·2bn ringgit share of the 1·7bn ringgit contract that was announced on March 27. The order for aluminium-bodied Innovia ...
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Metro Report InternationalBART extension opens to Warm Springs
USA: A ceremony on March 24 marked the opening of an 8·7 km extension of the BART network serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Passenger services began the following day. The southern extension adds one station to the network. Warm Springs/South Fremont is fitted with solar panels that meet ...
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Metro Report InternationalLos Angeles confirms Chinese metro car order
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has issued CRRC MA Corp with a Notice to Proceed with the supply 64 HR4000 metro cars, the agency confirmed on March 23. The Chinese supplier had been selected in December as preferred bidder for the new stock, which is needed for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBoston Orange Line metro car mock-up receives official visit
USA: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker visited a mock-up of the metro car design that CRRC is supplying for Boston’s Orange Line at MBTA’s Wellington Yard on March 21, accompanied by Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack, Acting MBTA General Manager Brian Shortsleeve and MBTA Chief Operating Officer Jeff Gonneville. CRRC ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuadalajara takes delivery of first TEG-15 trainset
MEXICO: The first of 12 trainsets that Bombardier is supplying for Guadalajara light metro Line 1 arrived in the city on March 18. It was shipped from Bombardier’s Sahagún factory on March 16, two months ahead of schedule. Bombardier announced at the start of 2016 that the Jalisco state government ...
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NewsPisa Mover inaugurated
ITALY: An automated peoplemover linking Galileo Galilei Airport with Pisa Centro railway station was inaugurated on March 18. Travel is free until March 26. Pisa Mover services take 4 min to complete the 1·8 km route, which includes an intermediate station at San Giusto/Aurelia, where there is a 1 ...
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NewsFirst refurbished Budapest Line M3 trainset enters passenger service
HUNGARY: The first modernised metro train entered service on Budapest metro Line M3 on March 20. The six-car set was modernised by Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash, the original supplier. Two more are due to enter service in the next two weeks. Metrowagonmash beat six other bidders to be selected in ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrump budget proposes cuts to urban transport grants
USA: In a blueprint for its proposed Financial Year 2018 budget, the Trump administration is planning to cut funding for the Department of Transportation to $16bn, a 13% reduction on that available for FY2017. Under the proposals, swingeing cuts would be made both to passenger train and municipal transport ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC begins construction of Chicago factory
USA: CRRC Sifang America held a groundbreaking ceremony for its rolling stock assembly plant in Chicago on March 16. CRRC intends the 35 390 m2 factory in the Hegewisch district of southeast Chicago to become its North American assembly hub. Chicago Transit Authority awarded CRRC Sifang a framework contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalTaking a regional approach to journey planning
FRANCE: The Syndicat Mixte Intermodal Régional de Transports grouping of transport authorities in northern France has become the first organisation to deploy Conduent’s Mobility Companion Platform. The journey planner aims to simplify and encourage the use of public transport across the region. The passpass.fr website enables door-to-door journey planning ...
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NewsMoscow metro Line 8 extension opens
RUSSIA: Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin opened an extension of the western section of metro Line 8 on March 16. The 7·3 km southwestern extension from Park Pobedy to Ramenki adds three stations. Construction of the extension started in April 2013, and test runs commenced on December 30 2016. Already ...