All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 23
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NewsTehran metro car order derailed
IRAN: A deal for Stadler Rail to supply rolling stock for two of the country’s metro networks is expected to collapse as a result of US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear limitation agreement and reimpose sanctions. At the end of February, ...
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NewsSolaris wins Hamburg electric bus order
GERMANY: Solaris is to supply 10 electric buses to Hamburg public transport operator Hochbahn, the company announced on May 24. Two of the Urbino 12 vehicles are due to be delivered later this year, with the remaining eight to come in September 2019. The buses will have capacity ...
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NewsVDL wins Umeå electric bus contract
SWEDEN: VDL Bus & Coach is to supply 25 articulated electric buses to Umeå municipality, the manufacturer announced on May 23. The Citeas SLFA-180 buses are expected to enter service in June 2019 on routes 1 and 8, operated by Transdev Sverige. The buses will be fitted with 48 ...
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NewsSKM Warszawa signs Pesa Elf2 order
POLAND: Suburban rail operator SKM Warszawa signed a contract with Pesa on May 21 for the supply of up to 21 Elf2 electric multiple-units. Deliveries of the base order of eight five-car and five four-car trainsets are due to be completed within two years. The contract is worth 310·5m ...
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NewsKazan orders more Uraltransmash trams
RUSSIA: Kazan transport agency Metroelectrotrans has signed contract with trading company Fobos-TS for the supply of 20 Uraltransmash 71-407 trams. Deliveries are due to be completed by the end of August. The 340m rouble order includes a 160m rouble contribution from the government’s programme of federal funding to stimulate ...
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NewsDurmazlar to supply trams to Olsztyn
POLAND: Sole bidder Durmazlar has been selected to supply up to 24 trams to Olsztyn, the city announced on May 16. The base order covers 12 trams for 107·9m złoty. This would rise to 206·2m złoty if all options were to be exercised. The first two trams are ...
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NewsMoscow orders 200 battery buses
RUSSIA: Moscow bus operator Mosgortrans has selected two manufacturers to supply a total of 200 electric buses and charging infrastructure. KAMAZ and GAZ are each to supply 100 low-floor battery buses. Each of the 6·35bn rouble orders include 15 years of maintenance, as well as the installation and maintenance ...
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NewsVDL wins Oslo electric bus order
NORWAY: Greater Oslo bus operator Unibuss placed an order for 40 electric buses from VDL Bus & Coach on May 8. Unibuss has ordered 30 Citeas SLFA-180 Electric buses, which have a 169 kWh battery pack, to operate on routes 20, 21, 28, 34, 37 and 54. A further ...
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NewsGrand Paris selects supplier for up to 1 000 driverless train cars
FRANCE: Alstom has been selected as preferred bidder to supply up to 1 000 large-profile metro cars to operate three lines of the automated Grand Paris Express network, project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced on May 2. As part of its 2010 mandate to deliver the infrastructure for ...
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NewsDortmund orders 24 light rail vehicles
GERMANY: Dortmund public transport authority DSW21 has awarded a €195m contract to a consortium of HeiterBlick and Kiepe Electric to supply 24 light rail vehicles and modernise 64 from the existing fleet. The first of the new high-floor bidirectional two-section LRVs is due to be delivered in 2020 and ...
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NewsCAF to supply next generation of Amsterdam metro trains
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam public transport authority GVB has selected CAF as preferred provider to supply up to 60 metro trainsets, it announced on April 30. A firm order for 30 type M7 trainsets would be used to replace older stock. GVB says that the S2 and S3 series trains are ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more metro trains to Singapore
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has signed a contract with Alstom for the supply of additional metro rolling stock, the manufacturer announced on April 30. Alstom is to supply six six-car Metropolis trainsets for the North-East Line and 11 three-car trainsets for the Circle Line under the €150m contract. The ...
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NewsMore Škoda trams delivered to Riga
LATVIA: The first of five 41 m long trams which Rīgas Satiksme ordered from Škoda Transportation in 2016 arrived in the city on the night of April 15-16 and was unloaded at the Aleksandra Vārtu depot. The €62·6m contract signed in April 2016 covers 15 three-section and five four-section ...
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NewsCAF trams run in Cagliari
ITALY: Three CAF trams entered service in Cagliari on April 21 as part of the 950 mm gauge network’s 10th anniversary celebrations, which included a day of free travel. Sardinia transport authority ARST ordered the vehicles in 2013, and the first arrived in Cagliari in November 2016. The five-section ...
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NewsSofia metro shunters rolled out
BULGARIA: Two diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives for Sofia metro Line 3 have been rolled out at Express Service’s factory in Ruse. Express Service is supplying its MDD 3 model, which has two driven axles, each powered by a 150 kW motor. The shunters are to be used for depot movements, ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more tram-trains to Paris
FRANCE: Alstom is to supply 32 more Citadis Dualis tram-trains to Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF Transilien, the manufacturer announced on April 24. Île-de-France Mobilités is financing the €170m order. Deliveries are due to take place in 2020-22, with 22 vehicles intended to operate on the T12 Express line and ...
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NewsFirst Stadler tram delivered to Ostrava
CZECH REPUBLIC: DP Ostrava took delivery of its first Stadler tram on April 23. The two-section vehicle was transported by road from Stadler’s Siedlce factory in Poland. The SFr45m framework contract for up to 40 vehicles is the first order for trams in Stadler Polska’s history. Designated Tango NF2 ...
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NewsNürnberg metro trainsets under construction
GERMANY: The first painted car body for a batch of 21 four-car Type G1 metro trainsets ordered by Nürnberg transport operator VAG has been completed at Siemens’ plant in Wien. The trainsets were ordered in December 2015 at cost of €164m and are scheduled to be delivered at the end ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiC traction converter offers energy saving
SWEDEN: Bombardier Transportation has demonstrated a silicon carbide Mitrac TC1500 traction converter on a Stockholm metro C20 trainset, as part of a research programme to investigate the potential for SiC devices to lower energy consumption and noise. The programme supported by the Swedish Energy Agency was led by Bombardier and ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground alarm contract
UK: London Undeground has awarded Leeds company Pickersgill-Kaye a £0·5m contract to supply 1 400 emergency alarm pull handle units for the trainsets used on the Bakerloo Line. This follows orders to supply similar equipment for the Central, Jubilee and Northern lines. The electromechanical assemblies designed to be installed in ...