USA railroad industry news – Page 40
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NewsDMUs ordered for California’s Arrow commuter service
USA: California’s San Bernardino County Transportation Authority has issued Stadler with a notice to proceed with the design and supply of three Flirt diesel multiple-units for the Arrow commuter service which is to be launched in 2021 under the Redlands Passenger Rail Project. The services will use ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Louis unveils north-south LRT plan
USA: Proposals for a north-south light rail line in St Louis have been unveiled by the city authorities at a series of community consultation meetings which began on January 16. East-West Gateway Council of Governments, has launched a conceptual design study for the 27·3 km Northside-Southside LRT in partnership with ...
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Metro Report InternationalDenver airport peoplemover contract renewed
USA: The City & County of Denver has renewed its contract for Bombardier Transportation to provide operations and maintenance for the peoplemover at Denver International Airport. The $150m seven-year contract takes effect on January 1 2018. Bombardier supplied the Innovia APM automated system and has been operating and maintaining ...
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Metro Report InternationalSound Transit orders Tacoma Link extension LRVs
USA: Terms have been agreed for Brookville Equipment Corp to supply Seattle’s Sound Transit with five Liberty light rail vehicles for $26·5m plus tax, the manufacturer announced on December 4. The LRVs are required as part of the project to build a 3·9 km extension of the 2·6 km Tacoma ...
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Metro Report InternationalLos Angeles light rail extension groundbreaking
USA: The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 2 for the next phase of the light rail route. The 19·8 km eastern extension from APU/Citrus College in Glendora to Montclair will add six stops. Main construction work is due to begin in 2020, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi Rail Italy metro train enters service in Miami
USA: The first trainset supplied by Hitachi Rail Italy entered service with Miami Metrorail on November 30, marking the first new rolling stock on the network since it opened to passengers in 1984. Miami-Dade Transit placed a $300m order with AnsaldoBreda in November 2012, before the Italian manufacturer was ...
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Metro Report InternationalNext-generation New York Subway car mock-up on display
USA: New York MTA has put a mock-up of a future R211 metro car on public display at 34 St-Hudson Yards station. To be displayed until December 6, the mock-up is being used to gather customer feedback on the proposed design. In July 2016 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Siemens LRV in service in San Francisco
USA: The first of 219 Siemens S200 light rail vehicles for San Francisco’s Muni network has entered revenue service, the manufacturer announced on November 20. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency signed a $648m contract in September 2014 covering a firm order for 175 LRVs with options for up to ...
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Metro Report InternationalBoston Green Line light rail extension contract awarded
USA: The award of a design and build contract for Boston’s Green Line light rail extension was approved by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on November 20. The winning bidder was the GLX Constructors joint venture led by Flour and including Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Herzog Contracting Group and The Middlesex Corp. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMBTA’s CharlieCard to be replaced under PPP contract
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has selected Cubic Transportation Systems and John Laing as preferred bidder for a PPP contract to design, supply and operate a multimodal fare payment system. This will include account-based ticketing with mobile and contactless bank card options, as well as dedicated fare media for those ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC metro cars on their way to Boston
USA: The first four CRRC metro cars for Boston’s Orange Line are on their way to the USA from the company’s factory in Changchun, having arrived at the port of Shanghai on November 14. In 2014 CRRC MA won a $430·2m contract to supply 152 cars for the Orange ...
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Metro Report InternationalLas Vegas mixed-traffic driverless shuttle pilot launched
USA: The American Automobile Association has launched a one-year pilot of a driverless shuttle running in mixed traffic in central Las Vegas. Free rides will be offered on the 970 m circular route in the Innovation District, with three stops on Fremont Street and Carson Street. The AAA’s Northern ...
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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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Metro Report InternationalBreeze moves to the cloud in Atlanta
USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a $6·5m contract to migrate back office system for the Breeze Card to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. As part of the upgrade, Cubic will update the back-office software to the latest version of its NextFare package. Cubic ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York to get London-style fare collection system
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected Cubic Transportation Systems to supply an account-based fare collection system to replace the current MetroCard. The $539·5m contract, which is subject to finalisation, includes the supply of fare validators and ticket vending machines for 472 Subway stations and 6 000 buses ...
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Metro Report InternationalCities pledge to buy zero-emission buses
INTERNATIONAL: The mayors of 12 cities pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 when they signed the C40 Fossil-Fuel-Free Streets Declaration on October 23. The leaders of London, Paris, København, Barcelona, Milano, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Mexico City, Quito, Auckland and Cape Town ‘envision a future where walking, ...
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Metro Report InternationalSan Diego MTS keeps playing the naming rights game
USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System announced a naming rights deal for the Green Line on October 19. The 38 km route with 27 stops will be known as the Sycuan Green Line as part of the deal with Sycuan Casino. MTS says that the agreement would generate up ...
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Metro Report InternationalNashville transport plan unveiled
USA: Nashville Mayor Megan Barry announced a transport plan on October 17 that would include construction of a light rail network in the city. Let’s Move Nashville: Metro’s Transportation Solution will be put to a ballot in May 2018. If approved, the $5·2bn scheme would be funded from sources ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC’s Springfield factory opens as Boston Orange Line cars on test
USA: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker officially opened the CRRC MA rolling stock assembly plant in Springfield on October 12. The $95m plant and test track has been built to fulfil a contractual requirement for 60% domestic content in the metro cars that the Chinese manufacturer is supplying to Massachusetts ...
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Metro Report InternationalNavya plans US production of autonomous shuttles
USA: Keolis Transit America used the APTA Expo in Atlanta on October 8-11 to demonstrate the potential for autonomous bus shuttles to be used for ‘last mile’ public transport in urban and suburban applications. The vehicle carried passengers within a demonstration zone in the main exhibition hall of the ...