FRANCE: Phase 1 of Lyon’s fourth tram line entered service on April 20. Linking Jet d’Eau to Feyzin, the €185·3m line T4 is 10 km long with 18 stops, and is operated by 13 Citadis trams.
Sytral, the city’s transport authority, was one of the first to choose Alstom’s Citadis design, purchasing 47 cars for lines T1 and T2 in 1998; a further 13 were procured in 2005 for Line 3. With the opening of T4, the fleet has now grown to 73 and a further three cars will arrive by 2013.
A JOINT agreement between the French government, Rhône-Alpes region, the département of the Rhône and the Greater Lyon authority together with SNCF and RFF paves the way for the renewal of three regional lines to the west of Lyon. The agreement, signed at a ceremony at Lyon Saint-Paul station ...
PHILIPPINES: Finance Secretary Ralph Recto and Japan International Cooperation Agency Chief Representative Takema Sakamoto signed a ¥150bn loan agreement on March 26 for the third tranche of financing for Phase 1 of the Metro Manila Subway Project. MMSP Phase 1 is being supported by two previous ...
SERBIA: The city of Beograd has renewed RATP Dev’s ongoing contract to provide early operator assistance for the three-line automated metro project. RATP Dev will review and advise on the functional design and specifications of the future metro, focusing on operations and maintenance, safety, passenger experience ...
