All Urban transport projects articles – Page 9
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Metro Report InternationalNew York light rail environmental review contract awarded
USA: WSP USA has been appointed to undertake the environmental review for the Interborough Express light rail project which would link Brooklyn and Queens in New York. The contract announced by state Governor Kathy Hochul on August 2 covers conceptual design and ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlcalá de Guadaíra tramway tenders called
SPAIN: The junta of Andalucía has called tenders for the supply of power supply equipment, signalling and other systems to equip the tramway under construction in Alcalá de Guadaíra to the east of Sevilla. Construction of the 12·5 km line from Montecarmelo to an interchange with ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransit-oriented development to support Malaysia – Singapore metro
MALAYSIA: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has signed a memorandum of understanding to support the planning of transit-oriented development at Bukit Chagar station on the future cross-border metro linking Johor Bahru and Singapore. Malaysian project promoter MRT Corp is looking to generate a sustainable source of income ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney rail to metro conversion confirmed
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has committed to completing the conversion of Sydney’s T3 Bankstown Line from a suburban railway to an automated metro, as the final section of the City & Southwest Metro project. When the current state government was elected in March, it ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro de Sevilla Line 3 tendering underway
SPAIN: Tenders have been called for a contract to build a 1·5 km section of the future Metro de Sevilla Line 3. The €132m 36-month contract covers a section of the line which will run in a 12·5 m deep cut-and-cover tunnel with two stations at ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrains ordered for Sofia metro Line 3 extension project
BULGARIA: Sofia metro operator Metropolitan JSC has awarded the Simetro consortium of Siemens Mobility and Newag a €68m contract to supply a further eight trainsets for Line 3. The order announced on July 20 will take the Line 3 fleet to 38 Inspiro trainsets ordered in ...
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin airport U-Bahn study funded
GERMANY: Funding has been agreed to study the economic feasibility of a proposed extension of Berlin U-Bahn Line U7 south from Rudow to Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
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Metro Report InternationalMediator proposes revised timetable for Liège tram completion
BELGIUM: Opening of the Liège tram route could be put back to January 2025 under proposals tabled by mediators appointed to review the delays and cost over-runs on the PPP-funded project. The 11·7 km line is being built for Wallonnie public transport operator OTW by the ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrand Paris Express Line 15 West construction contract awarded
FRANCE: Automated metro project promoter Société du Grand Paris has awarded the Intencités15 consortium a design and build contract for civil works on the first section of the orbital Line 15 West, running from Pont de Sèvres on Line 15 South to La Défense. The €2·7bn ...
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Metro Report InternationalFifth phase of Shenzhen metro development programme approved
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has approved the fifth phase of the Shenzhen metro development programme. This includes 182·8 km of new lines and extensions. Shenzhen metro development programme phase five Line Description Length, km Stations Line ...
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Metro Report InternationalAtlanta Streetcar extension design contractor selected
USA: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority board has selected a team led by architecture and engineering company HDR to complete final designs for the Streetcar East Extension. The 3 km extension with five stops would run along Edgewood Avenue, Randolph Street, Auburn Avenue and Irwin Street ...
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Metro Report InternationalPalermo tramway expansion contract awarded
ITALY: A joint venture of Sis Scpa and CAF has been appointed to build three tramway extensions in Palermo totalling 24 km and supply nine trams with options for 35 more. The contract announced by CAF on July 6 includes a five-month preparation period before the ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau LRT East Line design contract awarded
CHINA: Arup is to provide architectural, civil, geotechnical, structural, mechanical, electrical and fire engineering services for the detailed design of the south section of the Macau Light Rapid Transit East Line scheme.
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Metro Report InternationalBaltimore Red Line light rail plan revived
USA: Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced the revival of the Red Line project to develop an east–west light rail route in the Baltimore metropolitan area. ‘Nearly a decade ago, the previous administration cut the Red Line project at a time when Baltimore was reeling from ...
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Metro Report InternationalRoma metro station poses ‘unique engineering challenge’
ITALY: Work has begun to build Venezia station on a western extension of Roma metro Line C, which the contractors say poses a ‘unique engineering challenge’ because of its location amid historic monuments and museums, the archaeological importance of the site and the need to avoid ...
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Metro Report InternationalMontevideo light rail proposal to be developed
URUGUAY: The government has authorised the further development of a private sector proposal for a 35 km light rail line serving the urban area along the coast between central Montevideo and El Pinar to the east. The line would start in the capital’s historic centre and ...
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Metro Report InternationalFunding crisis hits Brussels metro Line 3 project
BELGIUM: Citing significant delays and cost over-runs with the development of the north-south metro Line 3 in Brussels, federal project promoter Beliris has requested guidance from the federal and regional governments by July 15 over the future direction of the complex project.
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Metro Report InternationalNext København metro line aims to halve construction carbon footprint
DENMARK: ‘Our ambitions with Line M5 are high. We want to build a metro with a high focus on customer experience and a significantly smaller carbon footprint’, said Russell Saltmarsh, Project Director at København metro agency Metroselskabet when an environmental assessment study was commissioned for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBilbao metro Line 5 construction contract awarded
SPAIN: Local infrastructure manager Euskal Trenbide Sarea has selected a joint venture of Acciona, Sacyr, Altuna y Uria and Bycam to build the central section of Bilbao metro Line 5, Acciona announced on June 15. The 2·8 km section of the planned 6·3 km Line 5 ...
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Metro Report InternationalTfL makes case for Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead
UK: A strategic outline case for an extension of the Docklands Light Railway under the River Thames to Thamesmead and a package of improvements to bus services has been submitted to the government by Transport for London and other stakeholders. The Thamesmead & Beckton Riverside Public ...