Urban transport news – Page 6
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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 InternationalBudget squeeze curtails Liège tram plans
BELGIUM: Test running has started on the north-south tram route in Liège, which is now expected to open on January 31 2025, around three years later than envisaged.
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NewsBelt & Road railway training programme to be launched
CHINA: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Beijing Jiaotong University and MTR Academy are to launch a Belt & Road Advanced Professional Development Programme in Railway Transport. This will combine the teaching and research capabilities of the two universities with MTR Corp’s practical experience. They plan to launch ...
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Metro Report InternationalSeattle light rail extension is ‘the biggest thing to happen in Snohomish County since the first 747’
USA: A ribbon cutting, food trucks, face painting, live music and prizes for people who visited all four new stations were among the celebrations marking the opening on August 30 of a 13·7 km extension of Seattle’s light rail 1 Line north from Northgate to Lynnwood ...
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Metro Report InternationalHigher capacity tram arrives in Göteborg
SWEDEN: Alstom has delivered the first of 60 longer and higher capacity trams that it is building for Göteborg.
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Metro Report InternationalSeoul metro Line 8 reaches Byeollae
SOUTH KOREA: A 13·2 km northern extension of Seoul metro Line 8 from Amsa to Byeollae opened on August 10. A ceremony at Byeollae station on the previous day was attended by Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport Park Sang-woo and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon among ...
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Metro Report InternationalTampere tramway extension plans could be scaled back
FINLAND: Plans for the third phase of the Tampere tramway could be scaled back, after the national government’s 2024-25 budget allocated €55m rather than the expected €100m. The planned 9·3 km, 11-stop extension to Suuppa in Pirkkala would be reduced to 4·7 km and five stops ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York MTA appoints criminal justice advocate to support staff and customers
USA: New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has appointed Kathryn Falasca as its first Criminal Justice Advocate. An experienced criminal attorney, she will work with law enforcement agencies, prosecuting authorities and community organisations to support MTA employees and customers during the investigation and prosecution of people accused ...
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Metro Report InternationalBremen tram depot rebuilding completed
GERMANY: Bremen transport operator BSAG has completed a €100m four-year project to rebuild the Gröpelingen public transport interchange and the adjacent century-old tram depot. The 11 000 m2 fully accessible transport interchange opened two years ago, and the rebuilt 13 000 m2 depot with nine stabling ...
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Metro Report InternationalVancouver SkyTrain extension contracts awarded
CANADA: Major construction works for the 16 km extension of Vancouver’s SkyTrain light metro Expo Line from King George in Surrey to 203 Street in Langley are set to begin this year, following the award of the guideway, stations and systems & trackwork contracts. The SkyLink ...
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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 InternationalTwo sections of Foshan Line 3 open on the same day
CHINA: On August 23 Foshan Metro opened a 5·8 km extension of its Line 3 north from Zhen’an to Zhongshan Park, to the east of Foshan main line station which is currently closed for rebuilding as part of the Guangzhou – Zhanjiang high speed line project. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBielefeld buys narrow gauge rail grinder
GERMANY: Windhoff has delivered the first narrow gauge version of its VentuS NV rail grinder to Bielefeld tram operator moBiel. The VentuS SF 50 has been designed for the grinding and cleaning of various types of rail head across the 1 000 mm gauge network. It ...
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NewsMock-up aims to ensure Queensland trains are accessible to all
AUSTRALIA: A mock-up built by Allweld Manufacturing is being used to gather feedback from future users including train drivers, people with reduced mobility and cyclists to ensure that a future fleet of electric multiple-units will be accessible for all. In 2023 Downer beat CAF and Alstom ...
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Metro Report InternationalSão Paulo Line 2 power and telecoms contract let
BRAZIL: Metrô de São Paulo has awarded Agis Construção a R$2bn contract to supply and install power supply and telecommunications systems, as well as platform screen doors for metro Line 2-Green. The contract provides for the installation of equipment on both the 8∙3 km northeastern extension ...
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Metro Report InternationalLogIKTram freight tram demonstrates urban distribution alternative
GERMANY: Small volumes of freight can be handled on urban rail networks using freight trams or similar vehicles, a research project conducted in Karlsruhe has concluded.
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Metro Report InternationalKøbenhavn tram test running begins
DENMARK: København’s Hovedstadens Letbane has carried out the first test run between the light rail line’s depot at Rødovre Nord and Glostrup, 6 km to the south. The daytime test on August 14 was the first time one of the fleet of 29 Avenio LRVs built ...
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin calls tramway extension planning tender
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has called tenders for the provision of planning services to support the development of a proposed extension of tram Route M17 from Johannisthal to Gropiusstadt in the southeast of the capital. Preliminary feasibility and economic viability studies were completed in 2023, ...
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NewsCaltrain Downtown Rail Extension contract awarded
USA: The Transbay Joint Powers Authority has selected the AECOM-led Portal Connectors team to provide programme management and construction management services for the long-planned extension of Caltrain commuter rail services into central San Francisco. Downtown Rail Extension Branded as The Portal, the Downtown Rail Extension project ...
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Metro Report InternationalBattery-electric tampers ordered for rubber-tyred metro lines
FRANCE: Infrastructure maintenance contractor TSO has ordered two Plasser & Theurer MetroFlex E³ battery-electric tamping machines customised for use on the rubber-tyred metro lines in Paris. A special tamping concept is necessary to deal with the complex trackform; the rubber tyred wheelsets run on horizontal guideways ...