URBAN RAIL
05 Aug 2008 | Urban rail news in brief
On July 16 Chicago Transit Authority announced a pilot programme to remove the seats from a number of metro cars to increase capacity by 25 to 50 people per car. Eight-car peak trains would have one or two seatless cars, running initially on the Brown Line with the Blue and Red lines to follow. CTA More...
04 Aug 2008 | CPTM contracts
BRAZIL: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has been awarded a €442m contract to supply 40 eight-car trainsets to São Paulo suburban operator CPTM. Deliveries are scheduled for completion in 2010. CPTM has awarded Union Switch & Signal International and Efacec a US$120m contract to resignal line More...
03 Aug 2008 | Mumbai car order
INDIA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Company is to supply 16 four-car trains for Line 1 of Mumbai metro under a Rs6bn contract. The first four trainsets are due to be delivered in 18 months' time, with the whole fleet arriving in Mumbai by mid-2010. Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd is currently building More...
02 Aug 2008 | Hamburg's DT5 takes shape
GERMANY: Hamburger Hochbahn AG presented its next generation U-Bahn trainset at the Alstom LHB works in Salzgitter in July, unveiling a full-size mock-up showing the car end, driving cab and interior layout. HHA ordered 27 trainsets in December 2006 from a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier at a c More...
31 Jul 2008 | Interfleet appointed 'shadow operator' for Sydney metro
AUSTRALIA: Premier of New South Wales Morris Iemma announced the appointment of Interfleet Technology to oversee planning of the A$12bn North West Metro on July 27. Interfleet Technology will be 'shadow operator' during the development and design of the proposed 38 km metro line between central S More...
30 Jul 2008 | Three bids for Athens metro contract
GREECE: Attiko Metro and the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning & Public Works have received three bids for a contract to supply 17 six-car trainsets for Athens lines 2 and 3. Technical and financial offers were submitted by AnsaldoBreda, CAF and a partnership of Hyundai-Rotem and Han More...
27 Jul 2008 | East End Corridor construction
USA: Houston's $1·3bn Metro Solutions expansion programme took a significant step forward on June 30 with the start of construction along the East End Corridor, one of five planned extensions to the existing single-route light rail network. The 6·4 km East End Corridor will run from Magnolia Transi More...
26 Jul 2008 | Trial running to Jinzhou
CHINA: Test running has commenced on a 14·3 km extension of the Dalian Fast Rail Link. The first trains took to the branch on July 8 after the extension was handed over by the China Railway Electrification Bureau, which led the construction project. The present Line 3 provides a suburban service l More...
24 Jul 2008 | Tram tender in trouble
CANADA: Plans to replace Toronto's tram fleet were thrown into disarray on July 18 when Toronto Transit Commission unexpectedly rejected both of the bids it had received on June 30. TTC had issued a Request for Proposals to supply 204 new 100% low -floor vehicles worth around C$1·25bn to replace its More...
22 Jul 2008 | Line 12 contract awarded
MEXICO: A US$1·7bn contract to build metro Line 12 in Mexico City has been awarded to a consortium led by construction firm Empresas ICA and including Alstom and Carso Infraestructura y Construccion. Running entirely underground, the 24 km Line 12 will have 22 stations serving the southern portion More...
