RUSSIA: The City of Moscow awarded Ust-Katav Car Plant a 1·1bn rouble contract to supply 67 trams on January 29. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by October 1.
The single-car trams will be 16 m long with space for 125 passengers. They will be 35% low-floor, to provide access for passengers with limited mobility.
RUSSIA: Moscow City Government's transport department has selected a consortium of Uralvagonzavod and Bombardier Transportation for a contract to supply 120 low-floor trams to modernise the capital's extensive tram network. After an earlier bidding process was cancelled in mid-2012, a second call for tenders was announced in October, with bids ...
PHILIPPINES: Passenger services on the Manila LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Phase 1 began on November 16, following an official inauguration by President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr the previous day. ‘This extension will greatly reduce travel time, giving commuters the gift of more moments spent with ...
THAILAND: Plans to upgrade Bangkok’s Blue Line were approved by an extraordinary ceneral meeting of Bangkok Expressway & Metro shareholders on October 31. CH Karnchang plc has been contracted to oversee procurement of trains and infrastructure enhancements valued at 6·8 bn baht. A proposal for an ...
