PORTUGAL: Metropolitano de Lisboa has called tenders for the supply of 14 three-car trainsets and CBTC to replace the signalling, which dates from the 1970s.
A total investment of €127m is planned. The new rolling stock is expected to arrive in 2022, with entry into service of the trains and new signalling in 2025.
With GoA 2 operation and a larger fleet, headways would be able to shorten to less than 4 min. Capacity on the four-line network would increase by 20%.
PORTUGAL: Lisboa Metro has finalised a €114·5m contract with Siemens Mobility and Stadler for resignalling of its three oldest metro lines and the supply of 14 three-car trainsets, having selected the consortium as preferred bidder in January 2020.
PORTUGAL: The European Commission has approved an €83m allocation from the EU Cohesion Fund to support expansion of the Lisboa metro network. Creation of a circular route around the city is envisaged under the plans, which would see a short connection built between the Yellow Line terminus ...
Lisboa has a four-line metro network with a total length of 45 km. PORTUGAL: On January 24, Metropolitano de Lisboa selected a consortium of Stadler Valencia and Siemens Mobility Unipessoal to provide rolling stock and signalling equipment under contracts worth €114m. Stadler will supply 14 three-car metro ...
