The city and regional authorities have approved plans for a 1·4 km double-track tramway extension to the Kamechy district of Brno including a 320 m tunnel and three stops. Work on the KC3bn project is expected to get underway this year for opening in 2027.
The 4·9 km seven-stop section of Kaohsiung’s Circle Line tramway between Heart of Love River and Kaisyuan Park opened on January 1, completing a circle. Travel is free until February 25.
The Land of Sachsen has approved funding worth €35·6m from local and federal sources to support the modernisation of tram infrastructure in Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig. Among the projects covered are rebuilding of part of Chemnitz Route 1 towards Schönau (€11·8m); accessibility improvements on Dresden Route 3’s northern section (€6·1m); and renewal of several sections of tramway in Leipzig (€17·7m).
UKVZ was sole bidder on two tenders for the supply of 55 trams for Chelyabinsk at a combined value of 4·1bn roubles. UKVZ is to build 30 Type 71-623-04 four-axle vehicles with reduced height entry, plus 25 fully low-floor cars. Deliveries are due to be completed by December this year.
New York MTA has awarded Skanska a $146m design-build contract to replace 21 escalators at six Subway stations by February 2027.
Mirbud was the lowest bidder for a contract to modernise the Toruńska tram depot in Bydgoszcz. However, its bid came in at 125m złoty, outside of the 100m złoty budget which included a 65m złoty government contribution, and meaning the municipality still needs to identify extra funding. The project would include remodelling the track layout and installing a tram washing plant and wheel reprofiling workshop.
Karwan Bazar and Shahbagh stations on Dhaka metro Line 6 opened for revenue service on December 31. The two intermediate stations are the last to open on the Bangladeshi capital’s first metro line.
Vesconite Bearings is testing the thinnest-walled product it has developed, a 0·5 mm thick wear-resistant Vesconite Hilube bowl liner for GE90-SW-type bearings in the articulation points of S6000 trams used in Italy.
Construction has started on a 4·4 km section of Kaohsiung’s Yellow Line metro including stations Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 in the NiaoSong District.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has launched a Your 2023 Metro online tool providing passengers with detailed information about their use of public transport in the past year. This includes the number of bus and rail trips, number of stations visited, distance travelled, most used bus route, CO2 emissions saved compared to driving or ride-hailing, and how the users rank against other riders.