All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 30
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NewsBody formed for joint procurement of tram-trains
EUROPE: Seven transport operators and the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) announced on November 8 that they had formed a group to place joint orders for tram-train vehicles. VDV TramTrain includes Karlsruhe transport operators VBK and AVG, Saarbahn Netz, Kasseler Verkehrs Gesellschaft, Erms-Neckar-Bahn, Regionaltangente West from Germany, as ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem to supply Ahmedabad metro train fleet
INDIA: Hyundai Rotem announced on November 7 that it had been awarded a 177·1bn won contract to supply 32 three-car trainsets for the Ahmedabad metro. Deliveries from Rotem’s Changwon plant are due to take place between April 2019 and July 2020. The trains will have a maximum speed of ...
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Metro Report InternationalTalgo to refurbish more Los Angeles metro cars
USA: The board of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to exercise a $18·3m option for Talgo to refurbish 36 Red Line metro cars. Last year LACMTA awarded the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer a $55m contract to refurbish 38 metro cars, with an option for a further ...
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NewsUraltransmash sole bidder in revised Kolomna tram tender
RUSSIA: Uraltransmash has emerged as the sole bidder for a contract to supply 21 trams to Kolomna. The manufacturer is likely to supply its single-section partly low-floor Type 71-407. Six trams are due to be delivered by December 29, with the remaining 15 by the end of February. The ...
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NewsŁódź to buy more second-hand trams from Bochum
POLAND: Bochum-Gelsenkirchen tram operator Bogestra submitted the only bid in a tender to supply trams to MPK Łódź. Bogestra is to supply 32 NF6D partly low-floor trams for €3·2m. Deliveries are due by 2020, and there are options for two more trams. MPK previously purchased one NF6D tram ...
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NewsMetrowagonmash to supply metro cars to Nizhny Novgorod
RUSSIA: Nizhny Novgorod metro operator Nizhegorodskoe Metro signed a 1·3bn rouble contract on November 1 with Metrowagonmash and Sberbank Leasing for the supply of 23 metro cars. Metrowagonmash is to supply 10 driving cars and 13 intermediate cars by the end of 2017. These are to be stabled at ...
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NewsŠkoda wins Pardubice trolleybus contract
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric has won a KC150m contract to supply 15 trolleybuses to Pardubice, the manufacturer announced on October 31. The purchase is being co-financed by EU funds. The 12 m long low-floor air-conditioned 30 Tr vehicles are due to be delivered in the second quarter of 2018. ...
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NewsRefurbished metro trainsets enter service in Tbilisi
GEORGIA: Two modernised four-car trainsets entered service on Tbilisi metro Line 1 on October 23. Originally built by Metrowagonmash, the sets were modernised by Electro-Rolling-Stock Repair Plant Tbilisi Branch (ZREPS), a 50:50 joint venture of Tbilisi Transport Co and the Moscow Electric Stock Repair Plant. They have received new ...
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NewsTramwaje Szczecińskie orders Modertrans tram kits
POLAND: Tramwaje Szczecińskie has selected sole bidder Modertrans to supply two Moderus Beta trams kits for assembly by TS at its workshops. The first kit is to be delivered within 90 days, with the second to come by the end of September 2018. The assembled vehicles have will have ...
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NewsStadler to supply more metro trains to Berlin
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has ordered a further 80 metro cars from Stadler Pankow, in response to an urgent need to increase capacity on its small-profile lines. The first must be delivered at the latest during the second half of 2019. BVG announced in 2011 its intention to ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC tests ‘railless train’ electric bus in Zhuzhou
CHINA: CRRC Zhuzhou has started testing its Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit vehicle on a 3 km route in Zhuzhou, ahead of the planned introduction of a 6·5 km passenger service early next year. In June the manufacturer unveiled what it describes as a ‘railless train’. The articulated electric bus ...
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NewsIzmir suburban rolling stock order planned
TURKEY: Izmir suburban rail operator Izban is planning to purchase the first double-deck rolling stock in Turkey, it announced on October 28. Izban intends to purchase 25 three-car electric multiple-units, of which nine would have a double-deck centre car. The EMUs are expected to be delivered in two years, ...
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NewsSolaris to supply electric buses to Rzeszów
POLAND: The city of Rzeszów signed a contract with Solaris Bus & Coach on October 30 for the supply of 10 electric and 30 diesel buses. Solaris will supply 10 of its Urbino 12 buses under a 30·2m złoty contract that includes charging infrastructure. The 12 m long vehicles ...
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NewsCAF to supply more trams to Stockholm
SWEDEN: CAF has won a further tram order from Stockholm transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, the company announced on October 25. The €37m contract for 12 trams includes 10 three-section trams for the Tvärbana line, which is due to be extended in 2021, and two four-section trams for the Lidingöbanan ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more trams to Rabat
MOROCCO: Société des Transports de Rabat-Salé has signed a €45m contract with Alstom for the supply of 22 Citadis trams, the manufacturer announced on October 26. The 32 m long low-floor vehicles will run in coupled pairs and will augment the fleet of 44 Citadis trams that Alstom supplied ...
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NewsVDL to supply electric minibuses to Noord-Holland
NETHERLANDS: Transdev subsidiary Connexxion has placed an order with VDL Bus & Coach for 62 electric minibuses to be used for services that are part of the Noord-Holland Noord concession from next year. The 8 m long MidCity Electric buses will be fitted with 87 kWh batteries. The order ...
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NewsStadler Minsk metro car order confirmed
BELARUS: Stadler has confirmed details of the metro trains that it is supplying to Minsk. The first four-car trainset is due to arrive in the capital next year, with the rest following by 2020. Stadler Minsk CEO Philipp Brunner told local media of the order in January ...
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NewsMünster orders more electric buses
GERMANY: VDL Bus & Coach has received a follow-on order to supply five Citea SLF-120 Electric buses to Stadtwerke Münster. In April 2015 VDL delivered five Citeas Electric to Münster for testing. One was delivered under the Fast Charging Systems for Electric Buses in Public Transport (SEB) programme, subsidised ...
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NewsHradec Králové orders battery trolleybuses
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric is to supply nine of its 30 Tr trolleybuses to Hradec Králové, the manufacturer announced on October 19. Deliveries under the KC120m contract are due in mid-2018. The 12 m long vehicles will be equipped with batteries for off-wire operation.
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NewsHyundai Rotem to supply 128 EMU cars to Korail
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem signed a 111·6bn won contract with Korail for the supply of 128 electric multiple-unit cars, the manufacturer announced on October 18. Delivery of the 110 km/h trainsets is due to be completed by the end of 2019. Most of the trainsets will be deployed on ...