TURKEY: Test running started on the Antray light rail extension in Antalya on April 3. The extension to Expo 2016 and the airport is due to open for passenger service on April 22.
This is the first extension of the city’s light rail network since the initial line opened between Fatih and Meydan in 2009. The 15-stop section will run for 15·4 km from Meydan to Expo 2016, with a 2·4 km branch to the airport. Construction has taken 1½ years.
TURKEY: The first two vehicles for the T2 extension of the Bursaray light metro network in Bursa are now on test. Bursa Metropolitan Municipality has ordered 12 Silkworm light rail vehicles from Durmazlar as part of the extension project, following an order for 60 LRVs placed at the start ...
TURKEY: Test running has started with 14 CAF light rail vehicles for the 11 km Antalya tramway being built by Alarko, which is due for completion on June 14. The line will have 16 stops, including two cut-and-cover stations, and a depot at the northern terminus of Fatih. From ...
ITALY: Tunnelling on Milano metro Line 4 was completed on September 9, when the project’s two remaining tunnel boring machines reached Parco Solari station, having undertaken a drive from Tricolore station which began in March 2019. The breakthrough concludes excavation of a 15 km tunnel which ...
