On September 13 the city of Odesa launched tram Route 7, its longest running 29 km on existing lines from Kyivskyi to Suvorovskyi districts with 63 stops. Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov said the concept of a north-south through route had been discussed for 30 years, and the required major works to upgrading the tracks began in 2015. The city said the tram fare is half that of a bus, while the level of comfort is higher.
The infill Pubian station on Xiamen metro Line 3 opened on September 5. A further four stations are to follow on the northeastern part of the line.
Wabtec is to supply 300 half-height platform screen doors across for Panama City’s Line 3 monorail stations being built by the Grupo de Empresas Sunrise Monorail consortium. ‘Having worked with Wabtec on a successful project to install half-height platform screen doors on the København metro, the team at Hitachi knew our proven capabilities in this area’, said Wabtec Transit President Lilian Leroux.
A team of specialists from TÜV India is inspecting the 40 Alstom trains for the 80 km Delhi - Meerut RRTS commuter rail line before they are handed over to National Capital Region Transport Corp. ‘No electronic system may interfere with another during operation; clarifying this is the main task of our tests’, said TÜV India’s Project Manager Jayesh Patel . ‘Among other areas, the team deals with train control system, emergency brakes, hardware, software and door control, fire protection and the interface between signalling and vehicle.’