CHINA: Construction of the first metro line in Urumqi was launched with a ceremony on March 20. Opening is scheduled for 2019.
The line will run underground for 27·6 km from the international airport in the northwest to Santunbei in the south, serving 21 stations.
Beijing Railway Construction & Management Co is responsible for building the line, with the national government to meet 40% of the estimated 18bn yuan cost.
CHINA: Three new metro projects have recently been approved, in Fuzhou, Nanchang and Urumqi. A feasibility study for Line 2 of the Fuzhou metro was approved in November. The line is planned to run 26·3 km from Shadi to Gushan, with 22 stations. Fuzhou Metro will build and operate the ...
USA: Automatic train operation has resumed on the Washington DC metro after a 15 year gap. ATO was installed when the metro opened in 1976, but it was turned off following a fatal collision in June 2009. This was caused by a track circuit failure that ...
USA: New York MTA has approved a $1·27bn firm order for a further 435 Kawasaki Rail Car R211 Subway cars, including 80 R211T cars with open gangways. This takes the total number of R211 cars ordered under the 2018 framework agreement to 1 610, of which ...
