All Light Rail / Tramway articles
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In depthColombia: Bogotá’s Regiotram schemes face mounting hurdles
Completion of the first line in the planned Regiotram tram-train network in the Colombian capital has been delayed following intervention by the National Authority for Environmental Licences, reports Christian Scasso.
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Resita Tramway
Work on reopening a tram line began in 2022. It is to follow most of the central section of Reșita’s previous tram route, running from Kaufland in the north to Piața Republicii in the southeast in 2024 (9 km). The original line operated for just 23 years until being abandoned ...
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Asunción Light Rail
A project is being developed to construct a 44 km light rail line between Asunción and Ypacarai, via Puerto Botánico, Luque, Yukyry, Patiño and Areguá. In December 2022 a bill was passed to allow a consortium of Benito Roggio e Hijos with Hyundai Rotem to be awarded a turnkey contract ...
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Galveston Island Trolley
Single tram line, reopened 2021. Street-running ‘Downtown Route’ tramway along 25th Street, linking loops at 20th & Market and 21St & Seawall (3·2 km, 11 stops); the service connects with rubber-tyred road replica buses operating the longer Seawall Route. The line had operated as a heritage trolley from 1988 until ...
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Be’er Sheva Light Rail
Plans for a light rail line are being developed. A 25 km light rail line is being planned to run northeast from a loop serving central Be’er Sheva along the Highway 60 corridor to Likit and Meitar. The city centre loop would serve both North/University and Central railway stations, Ben ...
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Dopravní podnik mesta Mostu a Litvínova as (DPML)
Opened 1951; inter-urban tramway with four operating routes serving 27 stops. The main line runs between Most main station north to Litvínov main staion, terminating northeast of the town at Citadela. In Most, a branch runs southwest to Velebudická. DPML introduced three new EVO2 trams in 2019-20, with extensive upgrading ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrest awards contract for tram and electric bus projects
FRANCE: Brest Métropole has selected the Mobi-Brest consortium to develop a second tram line and an electric bus rapid transit route. The consortium is led by Systra and includes SCE, B3I, LA/BA, Forma-6 and Ferrand-Sigal as joint contractors, with Copenhagenize, Toolz, AUAS and Artgéo as subcontractors. ...
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Reggio Emilia Light Rail
A project to construct a light rail line was approved by the city council in January 2021 Line T1 would run from Rivalta in the southwest to the city centre and mainline station, then north via the high-speed station to Mancasale (14·5 km, 29 stops). A fleet of 16 LRVs ...
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Wenshan State Tram
’Y’-shaped tram route under construction for opening 2021, to serve 10 stops.
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Bologna Monorail & Tramway
Single monorail route opened 2020 with 3 stops. Tramway under construction. The Marconi Express monorail peoplemover runs from Centrale station northwest to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport and was opened on November 18 2020 (5·1 km, 3 stops). On March 7 2019 Bologna’s mayor announced plans for a four-line tram network. ...
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Jiaxing Tramway
Tramway opened 2021; single line with 21 stops. A network is being developed to serve this city north of Hangzhou Bay, to the southwest of Shanghai. Line T1 opened on June 25 2021 from Fanggong/Binhe, just southeast of the original mainline station, southeast to Jiaxing Nan high-speed station (10·6 km, ...
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Regional-Stadtbahn Neckar-Alb
Regional tram-train and light rail project centred on Tübingen, together with Reutlingen and Mössingen. The network is to be developed in stages, with upgrading and electrification of the Metzingen – Bad Urach Ermstalbahn (10·4 km), and of the Tübingen – Herrenberg Ammertalbahn (21·4 km) to be complete by 2022. Further ...
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Qingyuan Maglev
Single maglev line under construction at Yinzhan, located 25 km northwest of Guangzhou’s Baiyun International Airport. An initial phase linking Yinzhan to the Changlong theme park is under construction for opening due in 2022. The 8·1 km line will serve two intermediate stops. At Yinzhan there will be an interchange ...