All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 40
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Metro Report InternationalTelecoms company sponsors metro train refurbishment
ARMENIA: A refurbished trainset entered passenger service on the Yerevan metro on January 19. Refurbishment of the two-car Type 81-717 trainset was sponsored by mobile telecoms provider Ucom. The train was presented to the metro operator on December 28, when an agreement with Ucom was signed to provide 4G ...
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NewsAlstom to supply trams to Kaohsiung
TAIWAN: China Steel Corp has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 15 Citadis X05 trams for the second phase of the Kaohsiung tram project. To be assembled in La Rochelle, with components coming from Alstom sites in France and Italy, the trams will be equipped with permanent magnet traction ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Toluca line train arrives in Mexico
MEXICO: The first of 30 electric multiple-units being built for the Mexico City – Toluca suburban line arrived in the Port of Veracruz on January 19. CAF is supplying 30 five-car electric multiple-units as part of a consortium including Isolux-Corsán, AZVI and Thales. In late 2014 the Secretariat of ...
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NewsUtrecht orders longer CAF trams
NETHERLANDS: The Province of Utrecht signed a contract with CAF on January 18 for the supply of 22 additional Urbos 100 trams. These are intended to replace vehicles that are more than 30 years old on the city’s sneltram network, which links Utrecht with Nieuwegein and Ijsselstein. The new ...
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NewsOstrava tram contract signed
CZECH REPUBLIC: DP Ostrava has signed the SFr45m contract with Stadler for the supply of 40 trams from its Tango family. The contract includes an option to take only 30 trams, based on the same unit price as an order for 40. Ostrava Mayor Tomáš Macura announced on November ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem unveils prototype Seoul Line 5 metro car
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem presented a prototype of its latest metro car at its Changwon factory on January 18. In December 2015 Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp — which operates metro lines 5, 6, 7 and 8 — awarded Hyundai Rotem a contract to supply 32 metro cars for ...
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Metro Report InternationalHanoi metro Line 3 railway systems contract signed
VIETNAM: Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board signed the railway systems contract for Hanoi metro Line 3 on January 17. The €265m contract has been awarded to a consortium of Alstom, Colas Rail and Thales. The consortium is led by Alstom, whose share of the contract is €190m. Alstom will ...
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NewsSt Petersburg Metro takes delivery of battery locos
RUSSIA: St Petersburg Metro has taken delivery of two twin-section battery locomotives produced by Transmashholding’s Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant. The locomotives are intended to haul service trains when the traction power is turned off. The onboard batteries and asynchronous traction drive will allow for operation throughout a ...
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NewsFirst Luxembourg tram on test
LUXEMBOURG: The first tram for the line under construction in Luxembourg City is due to be delivered next month. It is currently undergoing dynamic tests at CAF’s factory in Zaragoza, where two further trams are currently in production. More than 30 000 people saw a full-scale mock-up that went ...
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NewsPoznań’s first low-floor bidirectional tram enters service
POLAND: The first of 10 bidirectional Moderus Beta trams has entered service on Route 1 of the Poznań network. This is the first bidirectional tram in MPK Poznań’s fleet that is not completely high-floor. Until now the only bidirectional trams in service were fully high-floor GT8 vehicles, which are ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram innovation grants awarded
POLAND: The National Centre for Research & Development has decided to disburse a total of 59·8m złoty in grants to tram projects as part of the Innotabor programme aimed at developing innovative rolling stock. Five projects from four suppliers have been selected to receive grants. Pesa is to receive ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Shanghai peoplemover train delivered
CHINA: The first trainset for the automated peoplemover that will form the southern section of Shanghai metro Line 8 was delivered to the city on January 12. In June 2015 by Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co signed a turnkey contract with a 50:50 joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and ...
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NewsSNCF awards €3·75bn Paris RER fleet renewal contract
FRANCE: The SNCF board has formally selected a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier Transportation for a deal to supply up to 355 custom-designed X'Trapolis Cityduplex double-deck trainsets worth €3·75bn for use on Paris RER lines D and E. The order announced on January 11 is the largest-ever contract to be ...
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NewsHibiya Line to get longer trains
JAPAN: Tokyo Metro has started trial running with the first of 42 seven-car Series 13000 trainsets, which are expected to enter service on the capital’s Hibiya Line later this year. The 1 067 mm gauge aluminium-bodied trainsets are being built Kinki Sharyo in Osaka, and the first train was delivered ...
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NewsDaugavpils selects Belkommunmash trams
LATVIA: Belkommunmash has submitted the best offer to supply trams for Daugavpils, city tram operator Daugavpils Satiksme announced on January 5. The Belarusian manufacturer is to supply eight single-section trams for a total cost of €2·1m. In 2014 Daugavpils Satiksme ordered eight single-section trams and four three-section trams ...
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NewsFirst Uithoflijn tram delivered to Utrecht
NETHERLANDS: The first tram for the Uithoflijn in Utrecht has been delivered from CAF’s factory in Spain to the Nieuwegein sneltram depot. Haulage company Van der Vlist used a 40 m bespoke trailer to transport the 32 m long tram through Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands. A specially ...
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NewsInnovia Metro 300 enters service in Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA: The first of 14 Innovia Metro 300 driverless light metro trainsets ordered by Kuala Lumpur transport agency Prasarana to increase capacity on the Kelana Jaya Line has entered service, supplier Bombardier Transportation and its local partner Hartasuma announced on December 29. The four-car aluminium bodied trainsets have wide walk-through ...
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Metro Report InternationalMacau light metro HVAC contract awarded
CHINA: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has awarded HollySys subsidiary Concord a US$17·2m contract for the supply of HVAC and electrical equipment for the rolling stock that will be used to operate the light metro under construction in Macau. MHI is supplying 158 Crystal Mover rubber-tyred cars, ordered in ...
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NewsKyiv Fokstrot tram deliveries completed
UKRAINE: Pesa has completed deliveries of its Fokstrot trams to Kyiv, with the last four arriving in the capital on December 19. Earlier this year tram operator Kyivpastrans selected Pesa to supply 10 low-floor trams for €11·5m. Four are currently in regular service on the fast tram routes on ...
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Metro Report InternationalSantiago and Medellín order more CAF cars
SOUTH AMERICA: CAF announced on December 21 that it had won follow-on orders to supply additional metro cars to existing customers in Chile and Colombia. Metro de Santiago has approved a contract for four additional driverless trainsets. This is an add-on to a €160m order signed in late 2013 which ...