All Peoplemover articles
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Metro Report InternationalNew fleet boosts capacity on Nippori-Toneri Liner
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has completed the deliveries of a further 12 five-car Series 330 Automated Guideway Transit trainsets for Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation’s Nippori-Toneri Liner. Delivery of the lightweight aluminium alloy Series 330 trainsets has enabled the replacement of 16 ...
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Metro Report InternationalHS2 invites Birmingham Interchange peoplemover bids
UK: High speed line project promoter HS2 Ltd has invited shortlisted companies Poma and Doppelmayr Cable Car UK to tender for contracts to supply and operate a cable-hauled automated peoplemover to link the future Interchange station with the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International station and the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBaseball branded trainset to ‘raise excitement and enthusiasm’
JAPAN: Seibu Railway has ordered three Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rubber-tyre Automated Guideway Transit trainsets for use on its 2·8 km three-station Yamaguchi Line peoplemover which connects Tamako to Seibukyujo-mae in the greater Toyko area. The four-car sets are to be delivered in ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrazil: Urban rail projects battle local politics
Examples in Cuiabá and Canoas show how vulnerable Brazilian urban rail projects are to changes in local politics, as well as the temptation of alternative modes which are seen as less complex, even if the benefits are lower. Marcelo Benoit examines the two cases.
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Metro Report InternationalContract let to build Newark airport peoplemover as successor to monorail
USA: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has selected a joint venture of Tutor Perini and O&G for a $1·2bn contract to design and build a 4 km peoplemover with three stations to replace the existing AirTrain Newark monorail serving the New Jersey ...
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NewsRobots and Hyper Tube among KRRI research projects on show at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Korea Railroad Research Institute is to highlight eight of its latest innovations and research programmes during the upcoming Berlin fair. Evacuation robot KRRI’s Evacuation Guide Robot is designed for rapid response to disasters such as fires and floods in main line and metro tunnels. Mounted ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom to modernise Las Vegas airport peoplemover
USA: Clark County Department of Aviation has awarded Alstom a $84m contract to upgrade the Green and Blue lines of the automated peoplemover at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, including the supply of new vehicles.
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Metro Report InternationalElevated peoplemover opens in Xi’an
CHINA: Revenue services began on Xi’an’s Yunba Line on August 12. This 17·4 km elevated peoplemover runs from the southwest terminus of metro Line 3 at Yuhuazhai south to Hengye Dadao with 18 stops, including an interchange with metro Line 6. The 22 three-car rubber-tyred trains ...
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Metro Report InternationalInnovia R peoplemover cars enter service on Bukit Panjang LRT
SINGAPORE: The first two of 19 Innovia 300R peoplemover cars which Alstom is supplying as part of an upgrade of the 7·8 km Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit entered passenger service on August 1. The S$344m contract which the Land Transport Authority awarded to what was ...
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Metro Report InternationalInglewood Transit Connector peoplemover contractor selected
USA: The Californian city of Inglewood has selected the Elevate Inglewood Partners consortium as best value proposer for the Inglewood Transit Connector project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a 2·6 km three-station automated peoplemover. This will link Downtown Inglewood on Los Angeles MTA’s light ...
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Metro Report InternationalDenver airport peoplemover cars enter service
USA: Denver International Airport peoplemover operator Alstom has put into service the first six of 26 ‘top-of-the-line’ Innovia APM 300R peoplemover cars which it says will increase ‘capacity, efficiency and comfort’ at one of the world’s largest aviation hubs. ‘Manufactured in the US, and specifically designed ...
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Metro Report InternationalDetroit to acquire peoplemover cars from Toronto
USA: Municipal officials in Detroit have approved funding for Detroit Transportation Corp to replace its fleet of automated peoplemover cars with vehicles from Toronto.
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Metro Report InternationalDubai considers elevated pod platoons
UAE: Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding to work with Urban.MASS on an operational pilot of its Floc Duo Rail concept for platoons of driverless electric pods running on an elevated track. Urban.MASS is now seeking funding for development and deployment ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrbanloop personal rapid transit testing begins
FRANCE: Testing of Urbanloop personal rapid transit pods has begun on 2 km track in a park at St-Quentin-en-Yvelines in the suburbs of Paris. The line is to be operated by Keolis, connecting a car park to a 2024 Olympic Games fan zone. The rubber-tyred vehicles ...
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Metro Report InternationalDallas Fort Worth airport peoplemover modernisation contract
USA: Alstom has been awarded a $72·2m contract to modernise the Skylink automated peoplemover at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. This will include the overhaul, retrofit or replacement of vehicle and lineside components to ensure reliability and mitigate against obsolescence. In 2022 Alstom ...
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Metro Report InternationalInglewood Transit Connector peoplemover project makes progress
USA: The Federal Transit Administration has given a positive rating to the Inglewood Transit Connector peoplemover project, making it eligible for funding from the Capital Investment Grants programme. The proposed 2·6 km three-station elevated automated peoplemover would link Los Angeles MTA’s K Line with event and ...
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Metro Report InternationalPraha funicular cars ordered
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha transport operator DPP has awarded Doppelmayr/Garaventa a KC138m contract to supply a pair of replacement cars for the Petřín hill funicular railway. The custom-designed 1 435 mm gauge vehicles will be manufactured by Doppelmayr’s CWA subsidiary at Olten in Switzerland, while its Frey ...
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Metro Report InternationalShanghai Pujiang Line maintenance contract signed
CHINA: Shanghai metro operator Shanghai Shentong Metro Group has awarded the CRRC Puzhen Alstom Transportation Systems joint venture a contract to maintain the rolling stock and railway systems on the Pujiang Line automated peoplemover. The elevated line with six stations opened in March 2018, running 6·6 ...
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Metro Report InternationalHS2 Interchange peoplemover procurement begins
UK: HS2 Ltd has begun procurement of an automated peoplemover to link the future High Speed 2 Interchange station in Solihull with the National Exhibition Centre, the existing Birmingham International station and the airport. Procurement has begun with the APM Systems contract, which has two elements. ...
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Metro Report InternationalAdditional Sengkang-Punggol LRT cars ordered
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries a contract to supply a further eight two-car rubber-tyre automated light metro trainsets for the Sengkang and Punggol Light Rapid Transit lines. The firm order announced on May 9 follows on from an order for 17 two-car ...