All Suburban & Commuter Rail articles – Page 37
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Metro Report InternationalStadler awards Merseyrail depot construction contract
UK: Stadler Rail Services UK has awarded BAM Nuttall a contract worth around £20m to build the depot in Kirkdale where it will maintain the fleet of 52 electric multiple-units which Stadler Bussnang is to supply for Merseyrail services, and also to refurbish the existing Birkenhead North depot. ‘We have ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrump budget proposes cuts to urban transport grants
USA: In a blueprint for its proposed Financial Year 2018 budget, the Trump administration is planning to cut funding for the Department of Transportation to $16bn, a 13% reduction on that available for FY2017. Under the proposals, swingeing cuts would be made both to passenger train and municipal transport ...
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Metro Report InternationalTaking a regional approach to journey planning
FRANCE: The Syndicat Mixte Intermodal Régional de Transports grouping of transport authorities in northern France has become the first organisation to deploy Conduent’s Mobility Companion Platform. The journey planner aims to simplify and encourage the use of public transport across the region. The passpass.fr website enables door-to-door journey planning ...
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NewsSydney Trains extends maintenance contract
AUSTRALIA: Sydney Trains has exercised a A$225m option to extend Downer EDI’s maintenance contract for its fleet of Millennium electric multiple-units for a further 10 years from June 2017. Downer supplied 35 four-car Millennium sets from 2002 and has been responsible for their maintenance from new. Downer is ...
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Metro Report InternationalRhein-Ruhr-Express depot construction launched
GERMANY: The foundation stone for the Rhein-Ruhr-Express maintenance depot was laid in Dortmund-Eving on March 7. Siemens is building the 70 000 m2 facility on the site of a former marshalling yard on the Dortmund – Lünen main line. A 163 m long, 63 m wide and 12·4 m ...
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Metro Report InternationalTEX Rail signalling contract signed
USA: Fort Worth Transportation Authority has awarded Wabtec Corp a $97m contract to provide the signalling, communications and a control centre for the $1·03bn TEX Rail commuter line. The 43 km line between Fort Worth and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is under construction with opening planned for 2018. It will ...
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NewsNairobi moves ahead with transport plans
KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta issued an executive order on February 9 creating the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority. Covering the counties of Nairobi City, Kiambu, Kajiado, Machakos and Murang’a, NMATA aims to formulate a ‘sustainable integrated public transport strategy’ based on bus rapid transit and commuter rail routes. It ...
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NewsMore X’Trapolis EMUs for Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria has signed a €100m contract for Alstom to supply a further nine six-car X’Trapolis 1·5 kV DC electric multiple-units for Melbourne's 1 600 mm gauge suburban network. Announcing the order on February 21, Alstom said production was expected to begin at its Ballarat plant later ...
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NewsStadler signs Merseyrail EMU contract
UK: The contract for Stadler Bussnang AG to supply and maintain 52 electric multiple-units was signed by Liverpool region transport authority Merseytravel on February 16. The deal is worth ‘up to £700m’, including maintenance throughout the EMUs’ expected 35-year lifecycle at the Kirkdale depot which will be designed, built and ...
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NewsLugano tram-train project receives regional funding
SWITZERLAND: The Grand Council of Ticino has approved SFr1·5m towards the first phase of a tram-train project serving Lugano. This follows the approval of SFr300m by the Federal Council in November. The first phase, planned to open in 2020, would build around 4 km of new double-track alignment to ...
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Metro Report InternationalToronto Pearson transit hub proposed
CANADA: Greater Toronto Airports Authority has announced plans for a regional transit centre to be developed at Toronto Pearson International Airport. GTAA says that more than 300 000 people work in the area around the airport, making it the second-largest employment zone in Canada. However, poor public transport options ...
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NewsAlstom to refurbish Paris RER Line B trains
FRANCE: Paris public transport authority RATP has selected Alstom to renovate up to 41 MI84 four-car electric multiple-units in service on Line B of the Paris RER network. The €75m contract is expected to be approved by Ile-de-France transport authority STIF on March 22. The base order covers 31 ...
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Metro Report International‘Richer content’ in Elizabeth Line passenger information
UK: Transport for London has awarded Atos company Worldline a contract to provide passenger information systems at 22 stations on the future Elizabeth Line route. The four-year managed service contract announced on January 30 includes the installation and maintenance of information screens and the provision of a central content management ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew Jersey Transit orders training simulators
USA: Corys is to supply two training simulators to New Jersey Transit ahead of the introduction of Positive Train Control on the operator’s 12 routes. The two desk simulators form part of a $225m PTC overhaul that will integrate ACSES II. They will be used by around 1 200 ...
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Metro Report InternationalAnsaldo STS to supply Perth Airport rail link signalling
AUSTRALIA: Ansaldo STS has been awarded a A$44m contract to supply signalling and telecoms for the Forrestfield-Airport Link in Perth. Civil works on the A$1·96bn project began in November. Due to be completed in September 2020, the 8 km extension to the city’s 1 067 mm gauge suburban network ...
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Metro Report InternationalBogotá transport funding announced
COLOMBIA: The government has approved 15bn pesos for urban transport projects serving Bogotá, including metro and suburban routes. The investment package aims to double the number of passengers served by public transport in the Bogotá region. The metro is to receive 12·82bn pesos. Mayor Enrique Peñalosa said that tenders ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Toluca line train arrives in Mexico
MEXICO: The first of 30 electric multiple-units being built for the Mexico City – Toluca suburban line arrived in the Port of Veracruz on January 19. CAF is supplying 30 five-car electric multiple-units as part of a consortium including Isolux-Corsán, AZVI and Thales. In late 2014 the Secretariat of ...
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NewsSNCF awards €3·75bn Paris RER fleet renewal contract
FRANCE: The SNCF board has formally selected a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier Transportation for a deal to supply up to 355 custom-designed X'Trapolis Cityduplex double-deck trainsets worth €3·75bn for use on Paris RER lines D and E. The order announced on January 11 is the largest-ever contract to be ...
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NewsTenders called for first tram-train project in Hungary
HUNGARY: Tenders have been called for a tram-train route to be developed between Szeged and Hódmezővásárhely in the south of the country. The cost of infrastructure is estimated at HF13·25bn and rolling stock at HF10bn, and the project will be fully financed by the EU. The route will incorporate ...
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NewsIndian suburban rail development guidelines published
INDIA: In response to an increasing number of requests from state governments interested in the introduction of new suburban rail services, the Ministry of Railways has published draft policy guidelines which states can be use when developing proposals. The strategy envisages that proposals would be led by state ...