Infrastructure news – Page 21
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Metro Report InternationalBangkok Orange Line construction contract awarded
THAILAND: Mass Rapid Transit Authority signed a 79·2bn baht contract for construction of the first section of the Orange Line on February 9. Work is due to begin in June, with opening of the metro line due in 2023. A joint venture of CH Karnchang, Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction, ...
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul metro Line M7 breaks through
TURKEY: Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş attended a ceremony on February 9 to mark the completion of tunnelling on the Mecidiyeköy – Tekstilkent section of metro Line M7. Construction of the 24·5 km Line M7 started in 2014, and opening is due in late 2018. The east-west route from Kabataş ...
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Metro Report InternationalLTE-R improves Busan metro communications
SOUTH KOREA: Pilot operation of what supplier SK Telecom says is the first deployment of LTE-R communications began on Busan metro Line 1 on February 9, with full operation planned to go live in April. In August 2015 operator Busan Transportation Corp awarded SK Telecom a contract to provide LTE-R ...
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Metro Report InternationalOklahoma City Streetcar breaks ground
USA: Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the city’s streetcar project on February 7. A joint venture of Herzog and Stacy & Witbeck is building the line, with ADG, Jacobs Engineering, Aecom and SOJ providing consultancy services. Opening is scheduled for December 2018. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalToronto Pearson transit hub proposed
CANADA: Greater Toronto Airports Authority has announced plans for a regional transit centre to be developed at Toronto Pearson International Airport. GTAA says that more than 300 000 people work in the area around the airport, making it the second-largest employment zone in Canada. However, poor public transport options ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens wins Nanjing metro communications contract
CHINA: Nanjing Metro has awarded Siemens a contract to supply its Trainguard MT automatic train protection for Line S9 of the Nanjing metro. CBTC, CCTV and passenger information data will be transferred using an LTE network supplied by TD-Tech, a company jointly owned by Nokia and Huawei. Due ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrand Paris Express civil works awarded
FRANCE: Project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced on February 1 that it had awarded a joint venture led by Bouygues Travaux Publics a €968m contract to undertake civil works on Section T2A of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express network, running from Villejuif Louis-Aragon to Créteil l’Echat. ...
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Metro Report InternationalDelhi metro to trial LED display screens from April
INDIA: XTD announced on February 3 that it will start a six-month trial of its Cross Track Media information and advertising displays at Kashmere Gate metro station in Delhi. Cross Track uses billboard-sized LED screens and high-definition sound to broadcast content to passengers waiting at stations. Four screens are ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Nagpur metro signalling
INDIA: Project promoter Maharashtra Metro Rail Corp announced on February 1 that it had selected Siemens to supply signalling for the first phase of the Nagpur metro. A consortium comprising Siemens India and Siemens Rail Automation of Spain won the contract with its bid of Rs2·87bn. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalManila metro interchange agreement signed
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation, Light Rail Transit Authority, Ayala Corp and San Miguel Corp signed an agreement on January 18 to build an interchange between Manila metro lines 1, 3 and 7. The so-called Common Station is to be built between the two shopping malls in Quezon City ...
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Metro Report InternationalContract awarded to make Lyon metro Line B driverless
FRANCE: Lyon transport authority Sytral has awarded Alstom a €91m contract to upgrade signalling for driverless operation on two lines of the Lyon metro. Alstom will supply its Urbalis 400 CBTC to Line B, which is due to be converted to driverless operation at the end of 2019. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalCatanzaro metro work begins
ITALY: President of the Calabria region Mario Oliverio has launched work on a metro line in Catanzaro. The 5 km underground link is part of an EU-funded €103m project that also includes upgrading existing rail lines to metro standards. The new line would link Catanzaro station on the FS ...
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Metro Report InternationalTunnelling completed on Riyadh metro’s longest line
SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh Governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud attended a ceremony at the future Qasr Al Hokm Downtown station to mark the completion of tunnelling on Line 3 of the Riyadh metro. The 41 km Orange Line includes 11 km of tunnels. These have been ...
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Metro Report InternationalTempe Streetcar contractor selected
USA: Valley Metro has approved the main construction contract for the Tempe Streetcar project, selecting Stacy & Witbeck as the contractor. Work is expected to begin later this year. In late 2016 Valley Metro selected Stantec Consulting Services to undertake design work. The 4·8 km route will link Marina ...
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Metro Report InternationalAnsaldo STS to supply Perth Airport rail link signalling
AUSTRALIA: Ansaldo STS has been awarded a A$44m contract to supply signalling and telecoms for the Forrestfield-Airport Link in Perth. Civil works on the A$1·96bn project began in November. Due to be completed in September 2020, the 8 km extension to the city’s 1 067 mm gauge suburban network ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York Subway sucks
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has started testing a prototype track vacuum cleaner from Neu Railways as part of its Track Sweep initiative to reduce the amount of litter on metro tracks. A second prototype unit is due to be deployed within the next two weeks. Tests are ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground Northern Line extension tunnelling to start in March
UK: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on January 20 that tunnelling on London Underground’s Northern Line extension to Battersea is to begin in March. Two tunnel boring machines supplied by NFM Technologies have been unveiled at Battersea and are undergoing final tests. They were shipped from NFM’s factory ...
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Metro Report InternationalSolar power to be allocated to Melbourne trams
AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria is to call tenders in the first half of 2017 for the construction of solar power farms, with part of the output to be bought to power the Melbourne tram network. Work to build solar farms with a generating capacity of 75 MW is ...
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Metro Report InternationalKaohsiung tram signalling contract awarded
TAIWAN: China Steel Corp has awarded a contract for Thales to supply signalling for the extension of the Kaohsiung light rail line, the supplier announced on January 19. The 4½ year contract includes the supply of interlockings, traffic light priority systems and automatic vehicle location detection. Trial operations started ...
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Metro Report InternationalEdmonton light rail trackwork contract awarded
CANADA: London Trackwork has been awarded a contract to supply trackwork including turnouts and crossovers for the first phase of the Valley Line light rail project in Edmonton. The work is expected to take 1½ to 2 years to complete. Work on the 13·1 km first phase began in ...