All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 41
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NewsCAF to supply new fleet for Schönbuchbahn modernisation
GERMANY: Transport authority Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn has selected CAF for a €51·3m contract to supply nine three-car light rail vehicles of a new design for use on the Schönbuchbahn. The 17 km locally-owned railway southwest of Stuttgart is to be upgraded and electrified to accommodate growing ridership. Announcing the agreement on ...
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NewsDesert tram delivered to Ouargla
ALGERIA: The first Citadis tram for Ouargla arrived in the city from Cital’s factory in Annaba on December 20. The Cital joint venture of Ferrovial (41%), Entreprise Métro d’Alger (10%), Alstom Transport France (43%) and Alstom Algérie (6%) is supplying 23 trams under a contract awarded in 2014. Each ...
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Metro Report InternationalBeijing receives first maglev train
CHINA: CRRC Tangshan delivered the first of 10 maglev trains to Beijing on December 16. These will be used on the ‘medium-low speed’ maglev Line S1 due to open next year. The six-car Linglong trainsets have a maximum speed of 100 km/h and capacity for 1 302 passengers. The ...
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NewsSeoul Line 9 train order
SOUTH KOREA: The Seoul Metropolitan Government has awarded Hyundai Rotem a 44bn won contract for the supply of 32 metro cars for use on Line 9 of the city’s metro. To be built at Hyundai Rotem’s Changwon plant, the cars are to be delivered to Seoul by December 2018. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMore SkyTrain vehicles ordered for Vancouver
CANADA: Vancouver regional transport authority TransLink signed a C$93m contract on December 16 for Bombardier Transportation to supply 28 SkyTrain Mark III light metro cars for use on the Expo and Millennium lines. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2018, with entry into service starting in early 2019. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalGeneration 15 trainsets enter service in Wuppertal
GERMANY: A ceremony at Kluse station on December 18 marked the entry into service of the first five Generation 15 vehicles on Wuppertal’s schwebebahn suspension monorail. The first Generation 15 car was presented in Wuppertal in November 2015. The 31 three-car sets are being supplied by Stadler Rail Valencia ...
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NewsStadler selected to supply bespoke Merseyrail train fleet
UK: The leaders of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority gave the go-ahead on December 16 for a £460m project to replace the Merseyrail suburban electric multiple-unit fleet. This includes the selection of Stadler to supply a fleet of 52 trainsets for entry into service from the end of 2020. ...
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NewsMPK Wrocław calls off last Modertrans Beta tram option
POLAND: Transport authority MPK Wrocław has ordered a further 13 Moderus Beta trams from Modertrans for 50m złoty. The partly low-floor vehicles are due to be delivered by the end of 2017. The latest order calls off the remaining options from a 23m złoty contract placed in 2015. The ...
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NewsRotterdam light rail vehicle loan agreement signed
NETHERLANDS: The European Investment Bank announced on December 14 that it had signed a €120m loan agreement with Rotterdam transport authority RET. The low-interest loan will be used towards the purchase of rolling stock and signalling equipment. RET is purchasing 16 three-section light rail vehicles from Bombardier to operate ...
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NewsMore Artic trams for Helsinki approved
FINLAND: The board of Helsinki transport operator HKL approved the purchase of 20 more trams from Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech on December 8. Deliveries of the low-floor Artic trams are due to take place in 2018-19. The 27·4 m long trams from the €57·3m order would be identical to ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC to supply 120 more cars for Boston’s Red Line
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal & Management Control Board has approved the award of a $277m contract for CRRC MA Corp to supply an additional 120 metro cars for Boston’s Red Line, with an option for a further 14. Subsidiaries of what is now CRRC were selected in 2014 ...
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NewsSolaris to supply more trams to Leipzig
GERMANY: Leipzig transport authority LVB is to exercise a second option to its contract with Solaris, following the approval by the Land of Sachsen for a further €7·3m towards the purchase of rolling stock. The latest funding package would cover half the cost of a further nine trams. In ...
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NewsSt Petersburg metro chooses TMH
RUSSIA: Transmashholding has been selected to supply five eight-car trainsets to be used on Line 1 of the St Petersburg metro. TMH’s bid of 19bn roubles was cheaper than that submitted by Škoda Transportation subsidiary Vagonmaš. Deliveries of the Yubileyny trainsets are due to take place between January 16 ...
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NewsParis metro Line 4 train order
FRANCE: Paris public transport operator RATP is to exercise an option for a further 20 six-car MP14 metro trainsets from Alstom, the supplier announced on December 7. The order is to be placed in January and forms part of a framework contract awarded by RATP on behalf of Île-de-France transport ...
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Metro Report InternationalEU tram funding agreements signed
POLAND: Implementing agency Centre for EU Transport Projects signed agreements with two tram operators on December 6 allocating EU funds, subject to approval by the European Commission. MPK Kraków is to receive 124·9m złoty to support its 314·4m złoty purchase of 35 low-floor trams. These would be 32 to ...
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NewsTramwaje Śląskie unveils modernised ex-Frankfurt tram
POLAND: The first of 15 Type Pt trams which Tramwaje Śląskie acquired second-hand from Frankfurt-am-Main has been unveiled following an extensive modernisation. The tram has been fitted with new ends, along with a low-floor centre section built by Katowice company SAG to replace a high-floor module. The tram has been ...
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Metro Report InternationalCitadis trams delivered to Shanghai
CHINA: Test running on the first two lines of the tramway under construction in the Songjiang district of southwestern Shanghai is set to begin shortly, following the delivery of the first vehicles. In April 2015 Shanghai Songjiang Tramway Investment & Operation Co placed a €72m order for 30 Citadis trams ...
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Metro Report InternationalCharlotte selects Siemens battery trams
USA: Charlotte City Council decided on November 28 to award Siemens a contract to supply six S70 light rail vehicles for the Charlotte Area Transit System. These will be equipped with batteries for catenary-free operation in the Uptown area. The LRVs are to be supplied from Siemens’ Sacramento plant and ...
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NewsLondon Underground receives final S Stock train
UK: The last of 192 S Stock trainsets for use on London Underground’s Sub-Surface Lines has been delivered to LU’s Ruislip depot from Bombardier’s factory in Derby. Deliveries of the S Stock began in 2009, with the first unit entering service on the Metropolitan Line the following year. The ...
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NewsPesa sole bidder in Bydgoszcz tram tender
POLAND: Pesa is the sole bidder in a tender to supply 18 trams to Bydgoszcz, the city in which the manufacturer has its headquarters. The 141·1m złoty order would include 15 five-section trams specified as being at least 30 m long, and three three-section trams. Three of the vehicles ...