PORTUGAL: The government has approved a €210m investment with the aim of increasing frequencies on the Lisboa metro.
Tenders are due to be launched in July for the supply of 14 three-car trainsets within a budget of €110m. The remaining €100m would be put towards the modernisation of signalling, train control and safety equipment, some of which dates from the 1970s.
As this investment was not in the state budget, it is to be financed from the Environmental Fund.
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 ...
