All Europe articles – Page 6

  • Transport for London has selected CAF to supply 43 five-car driverless light metro trains for the Docklands Light Railway.
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    Thales wins Docklands Light Railway signalling contracts

    2019-10-31T11:12:00Z

    UK: Thales has been awarded two contracts for signalling and train control equipment on the Docklands Light Railway light metro in east London, the supplier announced on October 31. Transport for London has awarded Thales a contract to supply upgrades to the signalling software subsystems on the ...

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    Battery trolleybuses delivered to Limoges

    2019-10-30T08:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Limoges has taken delivery of two battery trolleybuses made by Iveco and Škoda Electric. Last year Iveco won a contract for two trolleybuses with an option for four more. The articulated vehicles made to Iveco’s Crealis design feature traction equipment from Škoda, which has also undertaken ...

  • pl-warszawa rotem tram design options
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    Warszawa tram design goes to public vote

    2019-10-25T13:17:00Z

    POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has opened a public vote on the styling of the fleet of trams that Hyundai Rotem is to supply to the capital. The supplier has presented three options for the front-end, and the operator will choose one based on the public vote. From October 25 to 30, ...

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    BYD to supply 55 electric buses to Vy Buss

    2019-10-25T12:12:00Z

    NORWAY: Government-owned national rail and bus operator Vy Buss signed an electric bus order with BYD at the Busworld trade show in Brussels on October 22. BYD is to supply a total of 55 buses that would operate in Oslo, Hamar and Haugesund municipalities. Deliveries are due ...

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    Avignon tramway inaugurated

    2019-10-21T10:22:00Z

    FRANCE: The initial section of the Avignon tramway was inaugurated on October 19 with a day of free travel. The 5·2 km route T1 runs east from Saint-Roch Université des Métiers to Gare Centre, then south along Avenue Saint-Ruf and Avenue de Tarascon, before turning east again ...

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    Sarajevo transport funding approved

    2019-10-18T10:10:00Z

    BOSNIA: The Sarajevo Canton government approved €69·5m of transport funding for the capital on October 17. The largest project by value is the purchase of 20 trams, which has been allocated €41m. A further €23·5m is being put towards a 6·4 km tramway extension from the current ...

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    First RER NG EMU emerges

    2019-10-18T09:56:00Z

    FRANCE: The first of 255 double-deck EMUs being built by Alstom and Bombardier for Paris RER lines D and E has been completed, and is expected to start testing shortly, Île-de-France Mobilités announced on October 18. The regional transport authority has committed to a complete replacement of ...

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    Kiel orders VDL electric buses

    2019-10-16T08:32:00Z

    GERMANY: VDL Bus & Coach signed a contract on October 8 to supply 36 articulated electric buses to Kiel. VDL is to supply its Citea SLFA-187 Electric model. The 18·7 m long three-axle low-floor vehicles will operate on five routes in Kiel. Charing will take place at ...

  • tn_ru-st-petersburg chizhik tram Vladimir Waldin
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    Second St Petersburg PPP tram concession signed

    2019-10-15T10:18:00Z

    Photo: Vladimir Waldin The Chizhik tram route is currently the only tram route in St Petersburg developed under a PPP concession. RUSSIA: The St Petersburg city government signed a PPP concession for the construction of a tram route on October 11. The 30-year design-build-operate concession with the ...

  • Map of the proposed London Underground Bakerloo Line extension.
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    Transport for London consults on latest Bakerloo Line extension plans

    2019-10-14T10:31:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has begun public consultation on ‘the most detailed proposals yet’ for a southeastern extension of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham via Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate. Previous consultations focused on route options and station and shaft ...

  • Keolis has begun operating an electric bus rapid transit route between Bayonne and Biarritz
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    Bayonne – Biarritz e-BRT route launched

    2019-10-14T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Keolis has begun operating a 100% electric bus rapid transit route between Bayonne and Biarritz on behalf of public transport authority SMPBA . According to Keolis, the service is designed to be simple for passengers to understand and use, with the 30 stops having real-time passenger ...

  • Ioki and Regionalbus Ostbayern have launched a driverless shuttle service to Bad Birnbach station.
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    DB launches driverless shuttle to station

    2019-10-11T09:16:00Z

    GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary Ioki and its local bus operator Regionalbus Ostbayern have launched a driverless shuttle service using public roads to provide ‘last mile’ transport between the centre of Bad Birnbach and the town’s station. The service on the 2 040 ...

  • Refurbishment of Paris RER Line B MI84 EMU (Photo: Jean-Paul Masse).
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    Paris Line B train refurbishment underway

    2019-10-10T12:50:00Z

    PARIS: The refurbishment of 31 RATP-owned MI84 electric multiple-units used on Paris RER Line B is underway at Alstom’s Reichshoffen plant, with the first two expected to return to service in December. The similar SNCF-owned MI79 sets have already been refurbished. The MI84 ...

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    Automated tram depot project launched in Potsdam

    2019-10-08T14:28:00Z

    GERMANY: Research into the development of a fully-automated tram depot is to be undertaken in Potsdam by a consortium led by Siemens Mobility. The three-year AStriD (Autonomous Tram in Depot) project is being funded by the federal Ministry for Transport & Digital Infrastructure’s mFUND research initiative. It ...

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    Solaris awarded Bilbao electric bus contract

    2019-10-08T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Operator ALSA has awarded CAF-owned company Solaris a contract to supply two Urbino 12 electric buses and two charging stations for use in Bilbao. Deliveries are scheduled for later this year. The buses will have 26 seats and a total capacity of least 75 passengers, with ...

  • gb-merseyrail-New train on journey to test track Oct 2019-credit-Stefan Schulthess - Railroad, Aviation and Landscape Photography, Switzerland
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    Merseyrail’s first Stadler train heads for testing

    2019-10-07T16:47:00Z

    The first of 52 EMUs which Stadler is building for Merseyrail has been sent for dynamic testing (Photo: Stefan Schulthess Railroad, Aviation & Landscape Photography, Switzerland). UK: The first of 52 bespoke four-car electric multiple-units which Stadler Bussnang is building for Liverpool area commuter operator Merseyrail has ...

  • Alstom is to supply 42 five-car Metropolis trainsets to Barcelona (Image: Alstom Design & Styling).
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    More sustainable metro trains to ‘reflect the identity of Barcelona’

    2019-10-07T13:38:00Z

    Barcelona metro car order SPAIN: Contracts for the replacement of the Barcelona metro’s oldest trains were finalised on October 7, with financing put in place and Alstom formally awarded a €268m contract to supply 42 five-car Metropolis trainsets. The renewal programme is being partly financed ...

  • The West Midlands Combined Authority has selected CAF to supply 21 additional battery-equipped trams for the West Midlands Metro light rail line.
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    CAF wins West Midlands Metro battery tram order

    2019-10-07T11:27:00Z

    UK: The West Midlands Combined Authority has selected CAF to supply 21 additional battery-equipped trams for the West Midlands Metro light rail line from late 2021, with an option for 29 more. The £83·5m contract was announced on October 7 following a competitive ...

  • Toulouse has two metro lines, and a third is planned.
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    Toulouse: Transport investment for a growing population

    As Toulouse grows to become the fourth-largest city in France, it requires transport investment to keep up with the expanding population and to reduce car use.

  • BYD 12 m electric bus
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    BYD wins its first German electric bus order

    2019-10-04T12:33:00Z

    GERMANY: Bochum-Gelsenkirchen transport operator Bogestra and Herne transport operator HCR have placed a joint order for electric buses with BYD in what the manufacturer says is its first electric bus contract in Germany. BYD is to supply 20 buses for Bogestra and two for HCR from mid-2020. ...