All Guadalajara articles
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Metro Report InternationalPresident opens Guadalajara Line 3
MEXICO: Guadalajara’s third light rail line was formally inaugurated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on September 12. Following the opening ceremony at 11.00, public services began at 16.00, with free travel being provided until September 20.
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Sistema del Tren Electrico Urbano (Siteur)
Opened 1989. Network comprises 3 lines with 45 stations. See Guadalajara network map. Guadalajara’s inaugural north-south light metro Line 1 opened on September 1 1989 from Periférico Norte to Periférico Sur (15·6 km, 19 stops), with an extension north to Auditorio completed on November 23 2018 (1 km, 1 station). ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuadalajara LRT Line 1 extended
MEXICO: A 1 km, one-station extension of Guadalajara light rail Line 1 from Periférico Norte to Auditorio opened November 23, taking the line to 16·6 km with 20 stations. The former terminus at Periférico Norte has been rebuilt underground beneath a road junction, and all the stations ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuadalajara takes delivery of first TEG-15 trainset
MEXICO: The first of 12 trainsets that Bombardier is supplying for Guadalajara light metro Line 1 arrived in the city on March 18. It was shipped from Bombardier’s Sahagún factory on March 16, two months ahead of schedule. Bombardier announced at the start of 2016 that the Jalisco state government ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Guadalajara Line 3 train presented in Mexico
MEXICO: The first train for the future Line 3 of the Guadalajara metro was presented to the Secretariat of Communications & Transport on January 24. It had started its journey from Alstom’s factory in Barcelona in October. Alstom is supplying 18 three-car Metropolis trainsets under a contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Guadalajara Line 3 train shipped
MEXICO: The first of 18 trainsets that will operate on Guadalajara metro Line 3 has begun its journey from Alstom’s Barcelona factory in Spain and is due to arrive in Mexico by the end of November. As part of a contract signed in December 2014 for electro-mechanical systems, Alstom is ...
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NewsGuadalajara Line 3 mock-up presented
MEXICO: A full-size mock-up of a car for the future light metro Line 3 in Guadalajara has been unveiled in the city by operator SITEUR. Alstom is supplying 18 three-section vehicles from its Metropolis family under a contract awarded in 2014 that also covers substations and communications systems. Signalling and ...
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NewsTunnelling starts on Guadalajara Line 3
MEXICO: As leader of the consortium undertaking civil works, Sacyr Construcción has announced the start of tunnelling on the underground portion of the first section of Line 3 of the light rail network in Guadalajara. A TBM named La Tapatía, the colloquial term for a female inhabitant of Guadalajara, is ...
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NewsBombardier to supply new Guadalajara fleet
MEXICO: The Jalisco state government has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 12 two-car trainsets for Line 1 of the Guadalajara light rail system operated by SITEUR. According to the state government, 13 companies responded to the call for tenders where the winning ...
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NewsAlstom to equip Guadalajara Line 3
MEXICO: The federal Secretariat of Communications & Transport has awarded Alstom and CPVM, a subsidiary of OHL of Spain, a €380m contract to supply railway systems for Line 3 of the Guadalajara light rail network. Announcing the award on December 1, Alstom said that its share of ...
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NewsGuadalajara light rail Line 3 contract awarded
MEXICO: The federal Secretariat of Transport & Communications has awarded a consortium led by Sacyr of Spain, also including Mota-Engil of Portugal and two Mexican companies, a €156m contract for civil works on the first section of light rail Line 3 in Guadalajara. Covering the 8∙7 km ...
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NewsGuadalajara Line 3 out to tender
MEXICO: Governor of Jalisco state Aristóteles Sandoval has signed off tendering documents for the project to build Line 3 of the Guadalajara light rail network. The 21·5 km route runs on a northwest-southeast alignment and is expected to cost nearly 17·7bn pesos. Around three-quarters of the alignment ...
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NewsLonger platforms in Guadalajara
MEXICO: Work will begin this year on a programme to extend platforms on Line 1 of the Guadalajara light rail network from 60 m to 90 m, in order to accommodate three-car trains. According to Jalisco Governor Emilio González, studies for Line 3 to Zapopan, Tlaquepaque and ...