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Metro Report InternationalTramCité de Québec development agreement signed
CANADA: An agreement defining stakeholders’ responsibilities for the development of the Québec City tram project has been signed. The signatories were the city council, public infrastructure developer CDPQ Infra and the province’s Ministry of Transport & Sustainable Mobility, which said each partner now has a clear ...
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul tramway approval hints at political détente over transport investment
TURKEY: Istanbul municipality has been given the go-ahead by the city’s governor to develop the planned 21 km Üsküdar – Kadıköy – Maltepe tram line, following a ruling that no environmental impact assessment would be required for the project. Construction is expected to start before the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBengaluru Red Line approval progress
INDIA: On December 6, the Karnataka Cabinet approved Phase 3A of the Bengaluru metro, allowing the project to go forward for central government sign-off.
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Metro Report InternationalPenang Island LRT railway systems procurement launched
MALAYSIA: Tenders have been invited for a turnkey contract to supply and maintain the railway systems for the Mutiara (Pearl) light rail project on Penang Island. The planned 29 km ‘medium capacity’ line with 21 stations would run from Silicon Island in the south of Penang ...
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Metro Report InternationalCardiff Crossrail tramway design and build contract awarded
UK: Graham has been awarded a contract for the detailed design and construction of a tram-train line between Cardiff Central station and Cardiff Bay. This forms Phase 1 of the planned Cardiff Crossrail plan to develop a line running from the northwest of the city to ...
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Metro Report InternationalKing inaugurates Riyadh Metro ahead of public opening
SAUDI ARABIA: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud officially inaugurated the Riyadh Metro as the future backbone of the capital’s public transport network on November 27. A phased opening to passengers is planned between December 1 and January 5.
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NewsSecond Melbourne loop tunnelling contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: The A$1·7bn Tunnels North contract for Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East was announced by Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority on November 9. The Terra Verde consortium of Webuild, GS Engineering & Construction and Bouygues Construction Australia will bore twin tunnels from Glen Waverley to Box Hill, ...
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Metro Report InternationalBangkok Blue Line to be upgraded and Orange Line extension civils contract awarded
THAILAND: Plans to upgrade Bangkok’s Blue Line were approved by an extraordinary ceneral meeting of Bangkok Expressway & Metro shareholders on October 31. CH Karnchang plc has been contracted to oversee procurement of trains and infrastructure enhancements valued at 6·8 bn baht. A proposal for an ...
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Metro Report InternationalConsultants to support West Yorkshire Mass Transit programme
UK: West Yorkshire Combined Authority has appointed a consortium of Jacobs and Mott MacDonald as its Design Development Partner for the next phase of the West Yorkshire Mass Transit programme, which includes two light rail lines integrated with cycling, walking and rail travel. One line would ...
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Metro Report InternationalVoters reject Salzburg S-Link rail project
AUSTRIA: Voters in the Salzburg area have rejected a proposal to build a 15 km partly underground light rail line, which will not now go ahead. The S-Link would have run from Salzburg’s main station to the city centre, and then on to the suburb of ...
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Metro Report InternationalAgreement to complete Rio de Janeiro’s unfinished Gávea metro interchange
BRAZIL: A ‘conduct adjustment’ agreement was signed in early October that resolves long-lasting disputes between state transport agency Agetransp, operating concessionaire MetrôRio, and Line 4 project concessionaire Rio Barra over the suspended works for the Gávea metro interchange in Rio de Janeiro. The document was signed ...
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Metro Report InternationalLow key opening for Barcelona tramway extension
SPAIN: An extension of Barcelona’s Trambesòs light rail network along Avenida Diagonal between the Plaça de les Glòres and Verdaguer opened without ceremony on November 10. The planned celebrations have been postponed as a mark of solidarity with people affected by the severe flooding in València. ...
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Metro Report InternationalHamilton light rail civil works procurement begins
CANADA: The province of Ontario has issued a request for qualifications for the civil works & utility relocation contract for the Hamilton Light Rail Transit project. In May 2021 the province and federal government each announced C$1·7bn of co-funding to enable the construction of the line, ...
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Metro Report InternationalKarlsruhe light rail extension plan dropped
GERMANY: The Karlsruhe district authority has dropped plans to extend Stadtbahn Line S2 from Stutensee-Spöck via Bruchsal and Hambrücken to Waghäusel. Preliminary studies forecast ridership of around 3 000 additional passengers per day, which did not justify the estimated cost of more than €575m and the ...
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa opens its longest tramway extension since the 1950s
POLAND: A 6·5 km extension of the Warszawa tram network from Spacerowa to Miasteczko Wilanów opened on October 29, with the city saying it is longest new section of tramway added in the capital since the 1950s. The extension is served by routes 14 and 16, ...
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Metro Report InternationalGalway light rail line could be feasible, study finds
IRELAND: The National Transport Authority has published a study into the feasibility of developing a light rail line in Galway.
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Metro Report InternationalMonaco seeks cross-border underground metro proposals
MONACO: The Ministry of Public Works, Environment & Urban Development has invited proposals to develop a large park-and-ride site in France linked to the principality by a underground express metro. The design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance contract would cover a 3 500 space car park ...
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Metro Report InternationalKing Abdullah Financial District monorail contract signed
SAUDI ARABIA: Contracts have been awarded for the construction of a monorail within Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District mixed-use development. This is intended to reduce the need for private vehicles as part of the vision for a walkable ‘10 min city’. The 3·6 km elevated circular ...
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Metro Report InternationalZagreb tramway extension project launched
CROATIA: Mayor Tomislav Tomašević ceremonially launched work on Zagreb’s first tramway extension for 24 years on October 25, when a construction contract was awarded to Strabag. The Sarajevska extension will run from Zapruđe to Ranžirni Kolodvor. The ceremony marked the start of work on 1·8 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalFunding gap looms over New York rail and Subway investment plans
USA: Further roll-out of CBTC on the New York Subway and renewal of the rolling stock fleet are core rail elements of New York MTA’s next Capital Plan, covering the transport authority’s investment priorities for 2025-29.