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13 Jun 2008 | Dallas assembles kit cars
USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has begun adding low-floor sections to its 115 KinkiSharyo light rail vehicles under a programme to be completed in 2010. The number of seats is increased from 75 to 100 on the 'Super Light Rail Vehicles', the first of which will begin carrying passengers shortly. Sup More...
13 Jun 2008 | Tokyo metro line inaugurated
JAPAN: Ceremonies were held at Shinjuku-3chome station on June 13 to mark the inauguration of Tokyo Metro Line 13. Now officially known as the Fukutoshin Line, the 8·9 km north-south route connects the districts of Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya on the western side of the Japanese capital. There More...
13 Jun 2008 | St Petersburg to buy low-floor trams
RUSSIA: Petersburg Tram Mechanical Factory is to supply 45 trams to St Petersburg Tramways under a contract won following a competitive tender. The contract, which was expected to be formally signed during May, is worth 645m roubles, under which PTMZ would supply the operator with a further 29 mode More...
12 Jun 2008 | Moscow sets out metro development plan
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro General Manager Dmitry Gaev has revealed plans for further expansion of the network over the period from 2010 to 2015. Gaev hopes to see a further 130 km built by 2015, of which 60 km is already included in the city's budget. Funding for the remainder will come from the federal More...
12 Jun 2008 | Frankfurt LRV handed over
GERMANY: Frankfurt Transport Authority VGF has taken delivery of the first of 146 Flexity Swift light rail vehicles which are being built by Bombardier. A further 11 will be supplied from the Bautzen factory this year, with deliveries continuing until autumn 2015. The bi-directional vehicles have More...
10 Jun 2008 | First section of Delhi metro Phase 2 opens
INDIA: The first extension built under Delhi Metro Rail Corp's Phase 2 expansion programme was inaugurated on June 3, and began carrying passengers the following day. The 3·1 km elevated extension eastwards from Shahdara to Dilshad Garden brings the length of Line 1 to 25·1 km with 21 stations. Th More...
10 Jun 2008 | Mexico's Tren Suburbano inaugurated
MEXICO The first section of a planned suburban rail network in the capital was officially inaugurated on June 2. More...
07 Jun 2008 | Riga buys Skoda trams
LATVIA: Riga urban transport authority SIA Rigas Satiksme has awarded a €51·7m contract to Skoda Transportation for the supply of 20 low-floor trams. The contract was formally signed on May 23, following an international tender launched in December 2007. The 1 524 mm gauge trams will be More...
05 Jun 2008 | Santiago metro orders extra trains
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has exercised an option for a further 36 cars to operate its steel-wheeled Lines 4 and 4A in the Chilean capital. More...
31 May 2008 | Washington's rubbish idea
DEBRIS: Collectors have been installed to keep the rails at two stations on Washington's Red Line free from litter and newspapers. Air flow from train movements blows the discarded papers into the collectors, from where staff can remove rubbish before it is blown into the tunnels. 'These debris col More...
