All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2019 – Page 12
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Rail Business UKRail projects funded to support housing plans
UK: The government has announced the allocation of grants from its Housing Infrastructure Fund to transport projects which are intended to facilitate the development of new homes. This includes £80·8m for the Greater London Authority’s East London Line – Growth Capacity programme to support the development of 14 000 ...
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NewsTurkish operator orders Stadler electro-diesel locos
TURKEY: The Körfez Ulaştırma rail transport subsidiary of oil refiner Tüpraş has awarded Stadler a contract to supply seven Eurodual electro-diesel locomotives from 2021, along with an eight-year full service maintenance agreement. Stadler said the order announced on August 27 was its first contract in Turkey, and they would ...
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Metro Report InternationalPublic trial of autonomous vehicles begins in Singapore
SINGAPORE: A public trial of on-demand transport using autonomous vehicles has started on Sentosa island, and will run until November 15. Two minibuses and two smaller shuttles operate on a private road from Silso Point to Palawan Beach taxi stand, and then along public roads to the Sentosa ...
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Metro Report InternationalTwo shortlisted for Auckland light rail project
NEW ZEALAND: The government has shortlisted two organisations to develop the City Centre – Māngere light rail project in Auckland, it announced on August 22. It expects to select a preferred bidder early next year. The shortlisted bidders are the NZ Transport Agency, a government body, and the ...
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Metro Report InternationalEast London Line capacity increase project receives government funding
UK: The Greater London Authority’s East London Line – Growth Capacity programme has been allocated an £80·8m from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. This project envisages an increase in the frequency of London Overground services on the core section of the East London Line between Dalston Junction and ...
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Metro Report InternationalFive shortlisted for Bogotá metro concession
COLOMBIA: Metro de Bogotá has shortlisted five bidders for the design-finance-build-operate-maintain-transfer concession covering the initial phase of the city’s first metro line. It expects to award the concession on October 21. The shortlisted consortia are: APCA Transmimetro: China Harbor Engineering Co, Xi’an Metro Co, CRRC Changchun, ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport news in brief
TSA is to supply traction motors to the seven trams that CAF is supplying for the tram project in Lund. Uber is integrating public transport information into its app for users in Sydney. CRRC Zhuzhou has tested its Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit articulated battery ...