Light rail news – Page 17
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Metro Report InternationalLuxembourg: Luxtram eyes an expanding network
As Luxembourg City’s first modern light rail line nears completion, work is getting underway on two branches to form a second route. Two more routes are being planned, along with an interurban link to the country’s second city.
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Metro Report InternationalSt Louis orders light rail vehicles with onboard energy storage
USA: Bi-State Development Agency has formally awarded Siemens Mobility a contract supply 55 high-floor light rail vehicles with battery onboard energy storage for the MetroLink network serving the greater St Louis region. Siemens was the sole bidder for the order, which the agency approved last year. ...
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In depthNetherlands: TINA on course to reshape HTM tram fleet
Dutch operator HTM has unveiled a mock-up of its next-generation trams from Stadler’s expanding modular TINA range. Dr Harry Hondius reports from Den Haag.
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Metro Report InternationalPorto Pink Line signalling contract awarded
PORTUGAL: Metro do Porto has awarded Alstom a contract to supply signalling, safety and control systems for the Pink Line project. The first section of the Pink Line will run underground for 3 km from São Bento to Boavista-Casa da Música, serving four stations and improving ...
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Metro Report InternationalMaryland’s Purple Line project pushed back
USA: The opening date for the 26 km Purple Line light rail route between New Carrollton and Bethesda in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC has been pushed back again. ‘Despite significant achievements in the last year, including reaching project completion of more than 65%, an ...
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Metro Report InternationalRail skills and innovation collaboration
UAE: A strategic partnership to develop rail sector skills and innovation in the UAE and the wider region has been agreed by Dubai metro and tram operator Keolis MHI and the UK’s University of Birmingham, which has a campus in Dubai. Students will be offered internships ...
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Metro Report InternationalLe Mans trams to be lengthened to boost capacity
FRANCE: Le Mans Métropole has awarded Alstom a €57m contract to extend the city’s 34 Citadis trams from 32 m to 44 m. This will increase capacity by 85 passengers to 296. The project also includes updates to the CCTV and tachometric control units and the ...
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Metro Report InternationalLeeds and Bradford trams in West Yorkshire mass transit plan
UK: Plans for two tram lines in Leeds and Bradford have been set out by West Yorkshire Combined Authority, ahead of the Mayoral election in May.
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Metro Report InternationalBochum light rail vehicle modernised as B80-Neo
GERMANY: Stadler has completed work on the first of 25 Bochum light rail vehicles which it is to extensively modernise over the next four years. The B80D LRVs dating from the 1980s are being redesignated B80-Neo following the work which Stadler is undertaking in Berlin. ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrams for three cities under construction
GERMANY: Officials from Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg and Cottbus have visited Škoda Group’s factory at Plzeň in the Czech Republic to see the first of the ForCity Plus FCB trams being produced under a joint order. An initial €110m contract for ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram training transformation
UK: The Light Rail Safety & Standards Board has launched a sector-wide initiative to ‘revolutionise’ training and development at tram operators. This will include an central online resource for operators to plan and maintain their own training programmes. The platform will monitor employee competencies, keep track ...
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Metro Report InternationalPesa delivers first new generation Twist tram to Wrocław
POLAND: Pesa has delivered the first of 40 Twist 146N tram vehicles it is supplying to Wrocław. Operator MPK Wrocław awarded Pesą Bydgoszcz a 204m złoty firm order in December 2021 for the supply of 24 low-floor trams. It subsequently exercised options for 16 more, taking ...
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul’s Sirkeci – Kazlıçeşme ‘light rail’ line opens
TURKEY: A ‘light rail’ line on the alignment of the former railway to the historic Sirkeci station on the European side of Istanbul was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan February 26. The Halkalı – Sirkeci section of line closed in August 2013 as part of ...
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Metro Report InternationalMilano northern tram link takes shape
ITALY: Construction started on February 16 on the initial 1·3 km Cascina Gobba – Quartiere Adriano section of Milano’s tangential tramway linking districts to the north of the city. The Metrotranvia Interquartiere Nord project involves extensions at both ends of an existing tramway in the north ...
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Metro Report InternationalHydrogen tram development project underway
GERMANY: The Hydrogen Tram for Next Generation project has been launched to develop a fuel cell-powered vehicle which would enable services to be extended into new areas and tram-train routes created without the need for electrification. The HyTraGen research project is led by Hörmann Vehicle Engineering. ...
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Metro Report InternationalManchester Metrolink upgrade funding approved
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester has announced that £21·4m from the government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement will be spent on the Metrolink light rail network over the next 12 months. The spending approved on February 22 is part of a planned £147m package to maintain, ...
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Metro Report InternationalFunding agreed for Curitiba light rail studies
BRAZIL: Federal development bank BNDES has agreed to fund studies for a 22·8 km light rail line linking Centro Cívico in Curitiba with Afonso Pena International Airport in neighbouring São José dos Pinhais. A contract for BNDES to provide R$12·5m to fund the technical-operational, economic, legal, ...
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Metro Report InternationalHaifa – Nazareth light rail contract winner announced
ISRAEL: The Ministry of Transport & Road Safety and project promoter Trans Israel have selected the Group Three consortium of Alstom, Electra and Minrav for a PPP contract to finance, design and construct the railway systems and rolling stock for the Nofit Light Rail line and ...
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Metro Report InternationalValència urban rail expansion plans
SPAIN: València city council and operator FGV have announced plans to further expand the Metrovalencia urban rail network by 2030. Light rail Line 10 which currently runs 5·3 km from Alacant in the city centre to Natzaret is to be extended north from Natzaret to the ...
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Metro Report InternationalConstruction of Wien tram Route 27 begins
AUSTRIA: Wien transport operator Wiener Linien has formally launched construction of tram Route 27, with opening planned for autumn 2025.