All Metro articles – Page 93
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NewsTwo-line metro in Beograd master plan
SERBIA: The city of Beograd published a transport master plan on November 17, which includes proposals for a two-line metro network. The presentation was attended by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, Mayor Siniša Mali and French Ambassador Christine Moro, as well as representatives from Alstom and Egis. One line would ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom wins Shanghai metro traction equipment contract
CHINA: Alstom has won a €31m contract to supply traction equipment and train control monitoring systems for the 156 metro cars that will be used on the second phase of Shanghai metro Line 10. Traction motors will be produced by the Xi’an Alstom Yongji Electric Equipment Co joint venture, ...
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NewsTaipei metro extension breaks ground
TAIWAN: Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Xinyi Line East extension on November 7. The 1·4 km eastern extension from Xiangshan is being built by BES Engineering Corp and Daiho Corp and is expected to cost NT$9bn.
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Metro Report InternationalChicago Transit Authority approves budgets
USA: Chicago Transit Authority approved its 2017 operating budget and 2017-21 capital budget on November 16. CTA has a capital budget of $3·5bn for the next five years. The authority expects to start work on new projects next year, including the selection of an alignment for the proposed Red ...
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Metro Report InternationalUkraine and EIB agree transport loan
UKRAINE: The government and European Investment Bank signed a €200m loan agreement on November 11 to support a nationwide public transport investment programme. The 22-year loan has a five-year grace period. The funds will contribute to the €408m urban transport programme that covers investment in 11 cities. The remainder ...
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Metro Report InternationalŠkoda to supply São Paulo monorail traction equipment
BRAZIL: Škoda Electric has won a contract to supply traction equipment for the 10 five-car monorail vehicles that Scomi Engineering is supplying for São Paulo metro Line 17. The KC100m order follows the signing of a co-operation agreement between the two companies last year. According to Škoda, it ...
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Metro Report InternationalTfL seeks composite conductor rails
UK: As part of a long-term programme to replace London Underground’s steel conductor rails with more energy efficient composite designs, Transport for London is seeking options for conductor rails which could be used on parts of the deep level tube network where clearances are too tight for currently approved conductor ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond Sydney metro line announced
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government announced on November 14 that it is planning to build a second metro line in the state capital. Sydney Metro West would connect central Sydney with Parramatta on a mostly underground alignment. The government notes that nearly half of Sydney’s population lives in ...
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Metro Report InternationalFive prequalify for Montréal REM contracts
CANADA: Calls for proposals for two contracts to build the proposed 67 km Réseau Électrique Métropolitain automated light metro in Montréal are to be issued during the week of November 14, after project promoter CDPQ Infra named the prequalified consortia on November 10. CDPQ Infra has also published a detailed ...
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NewsLucknow metro test running to start on December 1
INDIA: Test running on the Lucknow metro is set to begin on December 1, following the ceremonial handover of the first trainset at Alstom Transport India's Sri City factory on November 4. The first of 20 four-car Metropolis trainsets was handed over within 65 weeks of the contract award on ...
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NewsIsfahan metro extended
IRAN: An extension of Isfahan’s sole metro line by 800 m south from Shohada to Takhti opened on November 2, along with three more intermediate stations at Baharestan, Golestan and Shahid Chamran on the existing route. This takes Line 1 to 12·5 km with 11 stations. Most ...
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Metro Report InternationalBART aims for 'gold standard' in open data
USA: San Francisco’s BART has worked with the Sunlight Foundation to draft an open data policy which it says would make the transport agency ‘the gold standard for data accountability in local government’. The policy envisages the creation of an online portal enabling activists, third-party innovators and the media to ...
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News€3·1bn Berlin fleet renewal programme approved
GERMANY: The supervisory board of Berlin city transport operator BVG approved a €3·1bn metro trainset and tram procurement programme running until 2035 at its meeting on October 31. This decision enables BVG to call the first tenders under the fleet expansion and renewal programme, which could eventually cover 700 large-profile ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC Dalian locomotives enter service with MTR
CHINA: The first four of 23 diesel locomotives which MTR Corp ordered from CCRC Dalian in September 2012 have entered service in Hong Kong following the completion of testing. They will be used to haul maintenance trains on the existing network, and to support the construction of the Shatin – ...
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Metro Report InternationalShenzhen metro adds two lines
CHINA: The Shenzhen metro became the third-largest network in China on October 28, when two lines opened. These bring the network to 285 route-km and eight lines, operated by three companies. Of the two additions to the network, Line 7 is 30·2 km long with 27 stations, including 10 ...
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Metro Report InternationalTowards the Metro of the Future
RGTV: Automation, costs and reliability will be touchstones of metro development over the next 15 to 20 years, according to the panellists convened by the Railway Gazette Group for our latest interactive live debate.Entitled ‘The Metro of the Future’, the debate addressed a number of topics that ...
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NewsAlstom to deliver 30 metro trainsets to Lyon
FRANCE: Lyon transport authority Sytral has awarded Alstom a €140m contract to supply 30 trainsets for the Lyon metro. The order announced on October 26 includes options for up to 18 more trains. The rolling stock has been ordered as part of Sytral’s Future Metro 2020 programme, which aims ...
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Metro Report InternationalCrenshaw/LAX tunnel progress
USA: Excavation of one of the twin tunnels for the Crenshaw/LAX light rail line in Los Angeles was completed on October 20, when tunnel boring machine Harriet broke through at the site of the future Leimert Park station. The Herrenknecht earth pressure balance TBM was lowered into Crenshaw/Expo station ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Guadalajara Line 3 train shipped
MEXICO: The first of 18 trainsets that will operate on Guadalajara metro Line 3 has begun its journey from Alstom’s Barcelona factory in Spain and is due to arrive in Mexico by the end of November. As part of a contract signed in December 2014 for electro-mechanical systems, Alstom is ...
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Metro Report InternationalMTR Corp issues first green bond
CHINA: MTR Corp has issued its first green bond. Eligible investments for green bonds include works relating to low-carbon transport, energy efficiency, sustainability, climate change, conservation, water management, pollution prevention and noise reduction. ‘As a low-carbon transport operator, we are pleased with the issuance of our first green bond which ...