Urban transport news – Page 2
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Metro Report InternationalFour Chinese metros expand during anniversary events
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalNext generation of trams for Paris T1 unveiled
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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NewsTanger railway study commissioned
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
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 InternationalLondon Underground train production underway in Goole
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 InternationalKraków metro plans to be developed
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 InternationalBelo Horizonte metro Line 2 construction starts
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalMilano metro M4 extension opens
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalTurku plans tram procurement
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalStaten Island Railway fleet begins entering service
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalLong tram unveiled in Mannheim
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 InternationalLondon Underground Bakerloo Line Extension stations study commissioned
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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NewsParis CDG Express airport train delayed to 2027
FRANCE: The project for a dedicated non-stop rail service between central Paris and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport has been postponed again.
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Metro Report InternationalModi opens Mumbai metro Aqua Line
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 ...
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Metro Report International‘Critical’ decision on London Underground's Bakerloo Line fleet is needed
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Metro Report InternationalBologna and Roma tram orders placed
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 UKSiemens Mobility announces further UK investment at opening of Goole train factory
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 InternationalEasy-to-use fare gate launched at InnoTrans
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 InternationalFirst tram delivered for Temirtau tramway revival
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 ...