Urban transport news – Page 2

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    Metro Report International

    Four Chinese metros expand during anniversary events

    2024-10-18T05:00:00Z

    CHINA: Public holidays marking the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China on October 1 saw metro and suburban lines opened in four cities. On September 26 Xi’an opened a new line and extended two others. This added over 43 route-km, with ...

  • Paris tram T1 TW20 (Photo: Jeremie Anne)
    Metro Report International

    Next generation of trams for Paris T1 unveiled

    2024-10-17T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités, operator RATP and Alstom have unveiled the first of the TW20 trams being supplied as part of a major programme to modernise and increase capacity on the busy T1 route across northern Paris. The 17 km route through the capital’s suburbs from ...

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    Tanger railway study commissioned

    2024-10-16T11:00:00Z

    MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has commissioned a consortium of Spain’s Ineco and local partner CID to undertake feasibility studies for a passenger rail service connecting central Tanger with the football stadium and the airport, and a line from Tanger to Tétouan. Ineco said the project includes ...

  • Kolkata tram protest (Photo CTUA)
    Metro Report International

    Urban transport industry news round-up

    2024-10-16T05:00:00Z

    West Bengal Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty has announced plans to close the tram network in Kolkata; a limited heritage route would be retained for tourists. The Calcutta Tram Users Association organised a protest march on October 5, calling on citizens to ‘unite for the revival and modernisation ...

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    Metro Report International

    London Underground train production underway in Goole

    2024-10-15T11:00:00Z

    Metro Report International visits the factory in Goole where Siemens Mobility is producing trains for London Underground’s Piccadidlly Line

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    Metro Report International

    Kraków metro plans to be developed

    2024-10-15T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: The city of Kraków has established a committee to advance the detailed development of long-standing proposals for what would be Poland’s second metro. The first phase would run 6 km from the intersection of Reymonta and Piastowska streets in the west to the Młyńskie roundabout ...

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    Metro Report International

    Belo Horizonte metro Line 2 construction starts

    2024-10-14T13:00:00Z

    BRAZIL: Construction started on Belo Horizonte’s second metro line on September 16 with a ceremony organised by metro operating concessionaire Metrô BH and the Minas Gerais state government. The 10·5 km metro Line 2 will link Nova Suíça on Line 1 with Barreiro in the ...

  • Milano Metro M4 train (Photo Comune de Milano)
    Metro Report International

    Milano metro M4 extension opens

    2024-10-14T11:10:00Z

    ITALY: Milano’s metro Line M4 has been extended 7·8 km west from San Babila around the south of the city centre and on to San Cristoforo. Minister of Infrastructure & Transport Matteo Salvini and Milano Mayor Beppe Sala were among the dignitaries at the inauguration on ...

  • Turku tramway impression (Image City of Turku)
    Metro Report International

    Turku plans tram procurement

    2024-10-14T05:00:00Z

    FINLAND: The city of Turku’s tramway project promoter Turun Raitiotie has begun market consultation ahead of the procurement of a fleet of trams. It plans to order 1 435 mm gauge trams 37 m long and 2 650 mm wide with a capacity of 220-260 passengers ...

  • Staten Island Railway R211s (Photo Marc A Hermann,  MTA)
    Metro Report International

    Staten Island Railway fleet begins entering service

    2024-10-11T11:00:00Z

    USA: New York MTA’s Staten Island Railway began using its first R211S metro cars in public service on October 8. Kawasaki Rail Car is supplying 75 R211S cars for the 23 km standalone line on Staten Island as part of a large-scale programme to supply R211 ...

  • Mannheim Skoda ForCity Smart 38T tram (Photo Skoda) (1)
    Metro Report International

    Long tram unveiled in Mannheim

    2024-10-11T05:00:00Z

    GERMANY: ‘We are now launching the new flagship of our fleet — the 60 m long tram’, said Christian Specht, Mayor of Mannheim and Chair of the Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr supervisory board at the unveiling of the operator’s first Škoda ForCity Smart 38T LRV. Specht reported that the ...

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    Metro Report International

    London Underground Bakerloo Line Extension stations study commissioned

    2024-10-10T12:45:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has appointed AECOM and WW+P Architects to undertake a feasibility study for the four stations on the proposed extension of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line southeast from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham. The studies for the stations at Burgess Park, Old Kent Road, ...

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    Paris CDG Express airport train delayed to 2027

    2024-10-10T11:00:00Z

    FRANCE: The project for a dedicated non-stop rail service between central Paris and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport has been postponed again.

  • India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the first 12·7 km section of Mumbai Metro’s Aqua Line, or Line 3, flagging off a service at Bandra-Kurla Complex station
    Metro Report International

    Modi opens Mumbai metro Aqua Line

    2024-10-10T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: On October 5 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the first 12·7 km section of Mumbai Metro’s Aqua Line, or Line 3, flagging off a service at Bandra-Kurla Complex station before riding the line. Public services started on October 7. Unlike Mumbai’s three other operational ...

  • London Underground Bakerloo Line train (1)
    Metro Report International

    ‘Critical’ decision on London Underground's Bakerloo Line fleet is needed

    2024-10-09T11:00:00Z

    UK: Officials across government departments recognise that Transport for London needs a long-term comprehensive funding agreement, but ‘the challenge is the duration and quantum involved’, London’s Transport Commissioner Andy Lord said at the opening of Siemens Mobility’s Goole factory on October 3. The Goole site will ...

  • Alameda – Melipilla tunnel livery (image EFE)
    Metro Report International

    Urban transport industry news round-up

    2024-10-09T05:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.

  • Bologna tramway impression (Image Comune di Bologna)
    Metro Report International

    Bologna and Roma tram orders placed

    2024-10-08T11:30:00Z

    ITALY: CAF has been awarded a framework contract to supply and maintain a fleet of trams for the network under construction in Bologna, while Roma transport operator ATAC has exercised an option to increase a previous order. The orders announced on October 8 have a total ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Siemens Mobility announces further UK investment at opening of Goole train factory

    2024-10-08T10:15:00Z

    UK: Siemens Mobility announced new investment of up to £40m and the creation of up to a further 300 jobs when Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan attended the official opening of its £200m Goole Rail Village on October ...

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    Metro Report International

    Easy-to-use fare gate launched at InnoTrans

    2024-10-08T05:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Scheidt & Bachmann Fare Collection Systems unveiled its FareGo PG|50 ticket gate which designed to be intuitive for passengers to use, upgradable to handle future developments in ticket media and offer fraud prevention technologies along with low operating costs. An overhead ...

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    Metro Report International

    First tram delivered for Temirtau tramway revival

    2024-10-07T05:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: The first tram has been delivered for the reopening of the tramway which links the Temirtau steelworks to the city. The 11 km line was included in the deal when steelmaker company Qarmet acquired the steelworks from ArcelorMittal Steel in December ...